Couples Therapy

Our primary relationships are integral to our well-being, and yet often are neglected. We seldom learn that “…love is a skill, not just an enthusiasm” (de Botton, The Course of Love). Couples therapy can help you learn the best way to love and be with your partner. Therapy can be beneficial at any stage, whether you are working out a kink in a new relationship, seeking a “tune up,” desperately trying to make it work, deciding whether it even can work, or want to part with grace and move forward as effective co-parents.

It is shame that much couples’ therapy can devolve into rehashing past transgressions. I am committed to evidence-based approaches to couples’ relationships that focus on a balance of acceptance/change, expectation setting, skill building, and enhancement.

I offer the following:

• Integrated Behavioral Couples’ Therapy (IBCT)

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Couples

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Couples

Family Therapy

While parents are always involved in a child’s treatment, sometimes a broader family focus is helpful.

Examples of family therapy goals:

• improve communication

• develop effective structure/routine

• promote perspective/understanding

• foster positive relationships

• increase functional independence/accountability

• resolve conflict

• establish better boundaries

“There are lots of different ways to make a family. It just takes love” (Parr, We Belong Together). My family is amazing, unique, and unlike many. As such, I have experience and particular interest in working with non-traditional families.

Areas of interest and proficiency include:

• Multicultural/multiracial families

• Adoptive families

• Divorcing/co-parenting/blending families