Marriage Counseling

Understanding one’s wants and needs in relationships; exploring patterns of interaction, addressing concerns, and strengthening satisfaction in relationships, dating and marriage

In summary, my approach to working with relationship issues combines a deep understanding of relational dynamics with proven therapeutic techniques. By focusing on communication, trust, intimacy, and personal growth. I strive to help you achieve a healthier, more fulfilling relationships through better connections that begins with a commitment to understanding, healing, and growing together to create the relationship you both want.

Spouses come to me when they are struggling with communication, ongoing conflict, feelings of loneliness, and discontent. I have experience working with married couples to repair frustrated bonds and build a more satisfying marriage. I use attachment theory, emotionally focused therapy, and interventions from the Gottman method.

Relationships can feel like a constant battle and leave us feeling lonely, hurt, abandoned or confused. Communication sometimes breaks down and our partner can feel like an enemy. Relationship problems happen to all of us. I can help you better understand the underlying issues and help you find tools to create the relationship you deserve. You deserve to feel happy and safe in your relationship.

When it comes to working with couples, I training from Level 1 Gottman Method Couples Therapy and EFT to help couples navigate conflict and communication struggles that have caused relational wounds. I also believe all relationships (romantic and platonic) teach us a lot about ourselves, so when I work with individuals, I incorporate what can be learned from relationships both past and present.

Even if you and your partner have been struggling for a long time, your relationship can improve. What you think the other thinks or intends or believes may not be right. Sometimes in order to hear one a another, really hear one another it takes an expert to help you sort through the noise. Jeannette York is such an expert. For over 15 years she has been helping couples and families have healthy and healing conversations.

I work with partners at any stage—whether you're adjusting to a new marriage or reigniting your bond after many years together. When practical skills are needed, like conflict resolution, we will use proven methods such as the Gottman Method. Then, we’ll dive deeper with Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy to strengthen emotional connection and break negative patterns. My approach fosters understanding and creates a supportive space for lasting, meaningful change in your relationship.

Relationship issues can include anything from a new romantic relationship, a recent breakup, or relationship issues between friends or family members. Relationship issues can also include an overall difficulty maintaining relationships or fear or commitment. We'll discuss relationship history and current relationships to identify patterns that might be keeping you feeling stuck.

We are passionate about helping romantic partners gain new insight and forge better connection. Whether you’re in a traditional or a non-tradition relationship, we can help you navigate towards a stronger, healthier relationship and a more balanced personal perspective. We counsel couples with or without the formality of marriage, whether they are binary, non-binary, LGBTQ, transgender and transitioning, or polyamorous – all love is welcome.

I offer couples the opportunity to focus on the problems they are challenged with while respecting that the deep love and commitment you have has served you well. Together we'll look at how to soften some harsher edges, review what can be learned from regrettable incidents to begin the healing process & develop effective communication skills unique to each partner. Changes in family dynamics, exploring how to manage the stress of aging & other hurtles are common discussions.

The majority of my practice is couples work. I am unique, in that I tell my clients that the *relationship* is not my client- THEY are. My goal is for each person that I work with to be happy and healthy. If you can do that together? I have tools and techniques that will help you get there. Let's do it. If you can't? Then the primary goal of our work should be creating a path forward towards health and happiness for you both, even if that means the relationship evolves or ends.

Working with couples in particular is one of my favorite and most fulfilling private practice services. I especially value assisting clients to diffuse tension and then develop improved communications skill so that more deeper issues can be dealt with and resolved.

As a highly trained EFT couples counselor, we first develop an understanding of both your and your partner’s individual and collective experience within the relationship. Once we gather this understanding, we focus on the stuck places in your relationship and what is fundamentally creating the disconnection in communication and closeness.

Is your relationship or family system caught up in a negative interaction pattern? Do you have difficulty resolving disagreements or getting back to a place of feeling connected? Through the use of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a strongly evidence-based approach, I help you to navigate difficult conversations in therapy and create new patterns of interaction.

Many clients present with concerns about their relationships. This may include working through a break-up, adjusting to a new intimate relationship, sexual issues, family conflict, reassessment of friendships, challenges with coworkers, and difficulties in parenting. Our staff believe the most important aspect of therapy is the relationship between client and therapist, and this relationship can be transformative as clients work through challenges in their other primary relationships.

When our relationship is going well, we feel loved, supported, and as though we have a true partner in life. Sometimes this fades over time or life stressors get in the way of our relationships functioning at their highest and best levels. Maybe a chance to vent, get perspective, and get refreshed on some basic skills is all you need for your relationship tune up. If the issues are more complex, we can talk about that too and do our best to problem solve. Reach out today!

As a couples therapist I provide marriage counseling along with pre-marital counseling. I help couples with relationship issues, and issues with sex and intimacy.

Fear, sorrow and shame can all be triggered and soothed in relationship. So can deep joy and connection. Often with the same person in the same day. I love working with couples who want to break free from habitual patterns of relating and explore new ways to communicate more authentically. It can be liberating to start recognizing triggers and defenses and responding to each other in a way that cues safety and openness.

Our team is passionate about couples counseling, and we are extremely well- trained in all things in the relationship arena. We are experienced in the most sensitive and difficult couples issues, like infidelity and sexual issues. We operate from an Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) & Gottman Method framework, and our results are incredible. We see relationships restored every day. Let yours be next. Contact us today.