Who this is for
Partners stuck in the same fight on a loop.
A couple rebuilding after an affair, a betrayal, or a long stretch of disconnection.
Partners who've become efficient roommates and can't remember the last real conversation.
New parents who haven't been alone together in a year.
Couples who disagree about money, sex, in-laws, or how to parent.
Couples preparing to marry who'd rather learn this before they need it.
Couples who aren't sure they want to stay together and need help deciding rather than help fixing.
What we work on
How it works
Sessions run 50–80 minutes, weekly to start. Both of you attend together — couples work is done in the room together. Individual sessions may occasionally happen but they're an adjunct, not the therapy itself.
Approaches we use here
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Works on the attachment needs underneath the argument, rather than the argument itself.
Gottman Method
Specific, research-based tools for conflict, friendship, and shared meaning.
Discernment counseling
A short, structured option when one partner is leaning out and you aren't sure whether to work on it.
What makes this different
Three things worth knowing going in: both of you have to come, since this work happens together in the room. We don't take sides or determine who's right — the therapist's client is the relationship. And we can't work with active violence: if there's ongoing physical violence or coercive control in the relationship, joint therapy isn't safe or appropriate. Call anyway — we'll help each of you find the right individual support, and there's no judgment in that conversation.
FAQ
Ready to talk it through?
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