Services for Couples
Clarity, Connection, and a Path Forward
Whether you're strengthening your relationship or deciding if it's time to part ways, we'll cut through the noise and figure out your next step together.
There’s no better time to get started than now. Book a free consultation today.
What I Offer:
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For couples Who Want to Start Strong
You’ve said “yes” - whether it’s to moving in or saying “I do!” - now let’s make sure your foundation is solid. Premarital support sessions offer intentional time to explore the parts of your relationship that matter most: your values, communication styles, hopes for the future, and practical skills that keep love steady after the honeymoon phase.
In our sessions, we’ll focus on:
+ Navigating conflict with clarity, care, and respect
+ Understanding each other’s needs and preferences
+ Planning around money, family, intimacy, and your shared future
+ Developing tools to support each other through life’s changes
These sessions help you feel confident, connected, and prepared as you enter this next chapter—knowing you’re in it together, for real.
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Skill-Building & Support for Better Relationships
When it comes to relationship work, I keep it real, practical, and focused on what actually helps. Whether you’re stuck in the same arguments, feeling distant, or struggling to communicate, we’ll slow things down and look at what’s really happening between you. Then, I’ll help you build skills and strategies to communicate, connect, and move forward—together.
Using approaches informed by the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we’ll identify the habits and routines that get in your way and start shifting them—without judgment and at your own pace. My work is LGBTQ+ affirming and inclusive of all relationship structures.
This isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about developing practical skills, deepening connection, and strengthening your partnership.
Together, we’ll work on:
+ Breaking unhelpful patterns and learning how to reconnect
+ Asking for what you need—without blame or shutdown
+ Strengthening communication and collaboration after conflict or disagreement
+ Creating space for open, constructive dialogue and teamwork
If you’re ready to stop spinning your wheels and start building a relationship that can handle the challenges of day-to-day partnership, let’s talk.
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For couples ready to make real progress—fast.
Sometimes you don’t need (or have time!) weekly sessions—you need focused time to reconnect, clarify, and build practical skills together. Whether you’re at a major crossroads, navigating conflict, or simply want dedicated space to strengthen your partnership, a couples intensive offers a concentrated experience that sparks progress and momentum.
Available in 3-, 6-, and 12-hour (2-day) options, we’ll dive into the patterns and habits that get in your way, focus on the areas you want to strengthen, and leave with a practical roadmap for your relationship.
What this looks like:
+ A concentrated look at the patterns that keep you stuck
+ Tools and strategies you can start using immediately
+ Space to practice reconnecting after disagreements or miscommunication
+ Clarity on your shared goals and next steps
Intensives are perfect for couples who want to reset, deepen connection, or navigate a turning point with focus and intention. If this feels like the right fit, reach out today.
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For Couples Asking: “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
If you or your spouse are considering divorce but are not completely sure that’s the best path, you are in a tough spot. And Discernment Counseling is designed for you. It’s a chance to slowdown, take a breath, and look at your options for your marriage.
Discernment Counseling is a new way of helping couples where one person is “leaning out” of the relationship—and not sure that regular marriage counseling would help--and the other is "leaning in”—that is, interested in rebuilding the marriage.
I will help you decide whether to try to restore your marriage to health, move toward divorce, or take a time out and decide later.
The goal is for you to gain clarity and confidence about a direction, based on a deeper understanding of your relationship and its possibilities for the future.
The goal is not to solve your marital problems but to see if they are solvable. You will each be treated with compassion and respect no matter how you are feeling about your marriage at the moment. No bad guys and good guys.
You will come in as a couple but the most important work occurs in the one-to-one conversations with me. Why? Because you are starting out in different places.
I will respect your reasons for divorce while trying to open up the possibility of restoring the marriage to health.
I’ll also emphasize the importance of each of you seeing your own contributions to the problems and the possible solutions. This will be useful in future relationships even if this one ends.
Number of Sessions: A maximum of 5 counseling sessions. The first session is usually 2 hours and the subsequent are 1.5 or 2 hours.
Discernment Counseling is not suited for these situations:When one spouse has already made a final decision to divorce
When one spouse is coercing the other to participate
When there is danger of domestic violence
Discernment Counseling IS suited for these situations:
When one partner is interested in saving the relationship, and the other is unsure.
When both partners are open to considering the three relationship paths: maintain status quo, separate/divorce, or commit to 6 months of couples therapy.
When both partners are open to examining how their own behavior has impacted the relationship.
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So how does this usually work?
Step 1: Reach Out
Start with a free consultation. We'll talk through what's going on and which path fits you best — premarital counseling, couples therapy, or discernment counseling.
Step 2: Attend Regular Sessions
Whether you choose discernment counseling (1-5 sessions) or couples therapy (12-24 sessions), sessions are usually 80–90 minutes and offered in person or via secure telehealth. There’s space for direct work on communication patterns, conflict cycles, and toward whatever relational goals you set together.
Step 3: Wrap Up and Next Steps
You'll leave with either a stronger relationship and real skills, or clarity and confidence in your next step — even if that means separating.
FAQs
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80-minute Initial Intake Session: (+ data analysis and summary): Comprehensive Gottman Method assessment that can include Oral History of relationship, conflict discussion, goals, and strengths. Includes time spent on my part for data analysis and creation of your relationship road map: $300
Gottman Relationship Checkup: A research-based assessment covering all key areas of your relationship. By capturing your strengths and challenges upfront, we can spend our sessions focusing on the skills and strategies that will make the biggest impact. $39 paid directly to the Gottman Institute
Subsequent 80-minute sessions devoted to time spent working on goals outlined in treatment plan and/or current life challenges or topics brought in by clients: $225.00
Couples therapy is an investment—no doubt about it. But considering your relationship impacts everything—how you show up at work, with friends, with family, and even your ability to feel joy—it’s an investment that pays off if you’re willing to put in the work.
I offer a limited number of sliding-scale spots for couples who need support but are working with a tighter budget. You can ask about availability of this option in our consultation.
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No — I work with couples on a private-pay basis. Insurance requires a diagnosis to bill, and relationships aren't diagnosable. Private pay means no red tape, full confidentiality, and flexible session length.
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It depends on your goals. Couples therapy is typically 12–24 sessions; discernment counseling is capped at 5 (not including intake).
Intensives (3, 6, or 12 hours) are available if you want faster momentum.
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Getting started is simple—just reach out for a free 20-minute consultation, and we’ll talk about what’s going on, what you’re hoping for, and how we can get to work on strengthening your relationship.