Services
Our practice provides individual and couples therapy for women, men, couples, LGBTQIA+, and gender-diverse adults. I implement an evidence-based empirical research approach and involves encouraging clients to identify and build upon their strengths to create positive growth and changes in their lives. Therapy goals include restoring healthy relationships, communication, alleviating symptoms of anxiety and depression, adaptive coping skills, healing past trauma, grief, and loss, and transforming dysfunctional behavior patterns into positive life choices, healthy emotions, and behaviors.
My primary emphasis is as a relationship specialist for individuals and couples including:
Couples Therapy
Affairs, Betrayal, Infidelity Recovery
Bringing Baby Home
Boundaries and Communication
Cross-Cultural Couples
Disconnection
Grief & Loss
Infertility & IVF
Intimacy and Sexuality
LGBTQIA+ Couples
Major Life Transitions
Maternal Mental Health
Multicultural and Multiethnic Couples
Parenting Styles
Partners of Sex Addicts
Premarital and Newlywed Couples
Romantic Relationships
Separations, Discernment and Divorce
Sexual Betrayal Trauma
Staying Together For The Kids
Unsolvable Problems
Additionally, I provide clients coping skills to reduce negative symptoms related to stress, relationships, feelings, or challenging life transitions, including:
Anxiety
Career Stress
Challenging Break-ups
COVID-19 Mental Health
Depression
Co-Dependency
LGBTQUI+ Affirmative Therapy
EMDR & Trauma
Identity Exploration
Life-Work Balance
Life Transitions
Maternal Mental Health
Panic Attacks
Relationships & Marriage
Self-Esteem & Self-Worth
Social Media & Technology
Stress Management
My therapy treatment approach for individuals is primarily Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), challenging expectations and self-talk, and investigating patterns to understand yourself better, determine your goals, and help achieve them. Couples therapy’s approach is Gottman Method Couples Therapy (GMCT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
The Gottman Method is an approach to couples therapy that includes a thorough assessment of the couple’s relationship. The Gottman Connect Relationship Check-up Questionnaire incorporates assessment and evidence-based research interventions from the Sound Relationship House Theory. The couple’s goals of the Gottman Method are to disarm negative communication, increase affection, connection and closeness, decrease arguments and conflict, increase sexual intimacy, establish respect for one another, and create compassion and mutual understanding within the couple’s relationship.
I focus on educating the client or couple, utilizing their strengths, and providing techniques to overcome existing conflicts. My goal is not to diagnose you but to improve your life and relationships while developing skills to manage future concerns independently.