Couples Therapy That Actually Addresses What’s Happening

Most couples don’t come to therapy because they’ve fallen out of love. They come because they’re stuck.

Same arguments. Same shutdowns. Same distance. Different day.

What It Looks Like

Maybe every conversation turns into a fight:

• Feedback feels like criticism
• Tone matters more than meaning
• You’re both defending yourselves instead of understanding each other

Or maybe it’s the opposite:

• You’ve stopped arguing

• You’ve also stopped talking

• The relationship feels flat, distant… lonely

That’s not peace. That’s withdrawal.

Modalities

• Experiential Dynamic Therapies

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

• Gestalt Therapy

• Trauma- and Attachment-Informed Care

• Interspiritual Counseling

• Somatic and Martial Arts Influences (Daoist practice, Chi Gung, Tai Chi, Aikido)

Training & Background

• Ph. D. Human Sexuality;  California Institute of Integral Studies
• Masters In Counseling and Human Development University of Pennsylvania
• Ongoing supervision and training with senior trainers in the Experimental Dynamic Therapy Community
• Internal Family Systems 
• Couples and relationship Therapeutics: Gottman, PACT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Dynamic perspectives.
• Supervision with Esther Perel
• Accelerated Experiential dynamic Psychotherapy for couples with David Mars, MFT, Ph.D.