Issues Addressed in Couples Therapy and Marriage Counseling

• SEXUAL DIFFERENCES

You find yourself in a partnership where you and your partner have different wants for sex in frequency or practices. In your relationship, sex isn’t happening like it used to. Or maybe sex has really never been in an ideal place in your relationship. It’s time for a sexual tune-up.

• DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIP & SEXUAL AGREEMENTS

Boundaries can only be kept or broken when there’s an agreement to start with. People often feel hurt in relationships when they are working from different pages of understanding. Maybe you’re wanting to consider what ethical non-monogamy can look like in your relationship or explore how to incorporate kink and BDSM. As a sex and couples therapist, I am here to affirm your sexuality and guide you towards agreements and processes that work for your relationship (not what everyone else says you should do).

• BROKEN AGREEMENTS

Infidelity shakes the very foundation of relationships. It can lead to deep hurt and mistrust. If you’re in the midst of an affair, you know exactly what I’m talking about. You want to feel safe and at ease with your partner. And you want to know you can count on them and can be counted on. In a process of healing, you won’t be going back to the way things were. In couples therapy, I guide a process in which partners can speak up and be heard in ways that deepen the relationship and lead to new ways of relating to one another.

• COMMUNICATION TUNE-UP

It’s not that you’re not trying. You’ve been saying the same things over and over and it just isn’t getting through. Maybe you’re feeling like you don’t have the right words or you’re embarrassed to say anything. It’s time to stop banging your head against the wall and dive into something new. In couples therapy and marriage counseling, you have the opportunity to communicate what is most important to you while your partner is guided to be fully present for what you’ve got to say. Of course, this goes both ways. In couples therapy, I guide partners to be more curious and move towards each other so they can feel and maintain the friendship that’s so necessary to ground any long-term commitment.