"Conflict is the doorway to intimacy."

-dan Allender

Couples often seek therapeutic support amidst seasons of unbearable rupture and after acknowledging the relationship is in significant trouble. They enter therapy with a strong sense of a designated problem while also navigating deep hurt, anger, sadness, loneliness, fear, guilt, and shame.

Similar to our work with individuals, it is important for each partner in the couples dyad to understand their own family of origin narrative and how it shaped and informed their unique style of relating and expectations for intimate relationships. With this formation in mind, the therapeutic work will focus on encouraging, equipping, and empowering couples to thrive and navigate relational distress. This process equips couples with more effective communication strategies that help clarify emotions, identify corresponding needs, and how to advocate for those needs in healthier ways. Throughout this collaborative work, couples experience that rupture is inevitable in all meaningful relationships and discover a reparative process that facilitates deeper intimacy and sustainable connections. 

Areas of Focus