Couple and Family Psychotherapy

My approach to couples and family therapy is rooted in attachment, primarily using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) as the foundation. As an EFT therapist, my goal is to help couples move away from conflict and disconnection toward emotional safety, greater intimacy, emotional connection, and closeness.  Through EFT, we work to understand your attachment patterns and how they influence your interactions, helping out recognize the protective moves and strategies each of you uses when feeling threatened or disconnected.  Couples therapy or family counseling using EFT provides a dedicated space to understand the root of reoccurring patterns - to see how each person contributes to or pulls away from genuine connection, and to break cycles that leave you feeling unsafe or unseen.  EFT is an evidence-based couples therapy with a clear, structures roadmap toward real and lasting change.   Research consistently shows these improvements endure long after therapy ends.

I am also trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) - Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO) - a framework specifically designed for relationship counseling.  This approach helps you connect with yourself at a deeper level so you can understand how your different parts show up in your relationship with your partner., including protective parts that activate when you feel our emotional safety or relational security is threatened.  When you understand yourself more fully - and recognize your own protective strategies with compassion - you can naturally relate to your partner with greater awareness and compassion.   Depending on the need, I also weave in complementary elements from other evidence based treatment modalities, such as  Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support your specific goals and help you both build the relationship you long for.  Whether you are experiencing relationship distress, communication challenges, intimacy issues, or family conflict, couples therapy and family counseling offer a safe, structures space to establish relational safety, move towards secure attachment,  and reconnect =  creating meaningful, lasting change together.