Couples Counseling
Long-term relationships can feel like pressure cookers—miscommunications and emotional wounds often build until they feel overwhelming. Sometimes there's a clear conflict to resolve; other times, we’re simply stuck in cycles of pain, needing to feel understood but unable to bridge the gap.
Couples often begin therapy either to strengthen their relationship or navigate a crisis. As a therapist, I find both deeply romantic—choosing to grow together despite challenges is a beautiful, redemptive act. What may feel like misalignment can often be two well-balanced individuals simply learning they don’t need to be the same.
There is no shame in seeking out counseling whatsoever. Sophisticated, healthy, and capable people seek it out regularly (and indeed, it’s a marker of their intelligence!).
I’ve worked with couples at every stage of a relationship, from pre-marital counseling, through pregnancy and new children, to being decades into a relationship. Having a trained professional to act as “translator” to help two people learn how to be in healthier conflict where necessary and resolve conflict where possible can be essential, especially in our increasingly busy lives.
The etymology of psychotherapist is actually “soul attendant,” and in couples’ work, it is the soul of the relationship that we center each week. That in and of itself sends a message about how important this project continues to be, how worthy of our attention it is. It needn’t be a crisis to be so. The relationship itself warrants this attention.
