Conscious Connecting
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All couples hit rough patches—especially during major life transitions like having kids, moving, or recovering from betrayal. I help couples rebuild trust, improve communication, and feel like partners again—not just roommates or co-parents.
Whether you’re stuck in patterns of conflict or disconnection, there’s a path forward—together.
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Specialties:
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Communication breakdowns and conflict
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Intimacy struggles
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Pregnancy or postpartum transitions
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Parenting
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Repair from breaches of trust and betrayal
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Conscious uncoupling or co-parenting
Sessions are typically 50 minutes once a week, depending on the circumstances. The couple is always the client, and goals are set in relation to this premise. If you find you need to work on individual goals outside of couple therapy, or if you are already seeing a therapist, please discuss with me so we can determine the appropriateness of working together at the same time.
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Individual sessions are completed early in couples' therapy for the following purposes:
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To observe and interact with each partner in context without other partner.
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To hear how each partner sees and feels about their partner and the relationship.
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To obtain information and check hypotheses (e.g. competing attachments, level of commitment, previous trauma that may be impacting the relationship in the present, contraindications, safety concerns, etc.).
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To refine impressions of attachment fears and needs underlying their interactional positions and to begin to articulate them.
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FOR COHABITATING AND MARRIED COUPLES
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A couple who still feels “in love” after years together is unsinkable in the waves of life. In addition to addressing your individual concerns and goals, I support you
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growing your skills for communication,
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resolving conflict before it becomes contempt and resentment
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forgiving authentically
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rebuilding trust
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identifying and satisfying personal needs
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constructing a marriage story
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making time to keep intimacy strong
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WHEN ONE OF YOU WANTS TO END IT
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Discernment Counseling was designed to work when one spouse wants to work on the relationship while the other is seriously considering breaking up. The goal of Discernment Counseling is to
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determine the future of the relationship by clarifying how the relationship got to this point and each partner’s contributions to the issues.
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to make a decision to either keep the relationship as it is, to separate, or to commit to lengthier couples therapy with separation off the table. This third option may involve a healing or therapeutic separation.
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WHEN THE DECISION IS MADE TO LEAVE
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Unfortunately, some couples will decide to dissolve their partnership for a variety of reasons, and I have included some brief information on this, here.
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I have also included information for those experiencing domestic violence and/or harassment, here.
