I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist working with Individuals, Couples and Families for 30 years.
The word "marriage" really means "in relationship". As a specialist in treating relationship, I help people in a variety of relationship to verbally and emotionally communicate their needs to each other.
The great advantage in relational therapy is that I get to experience, in the room, how partners get thrown off course in their attempts to be understood. That creates a powerful opportunity where I can offer targeted interventions that can overcome the blocks to intimacy and connection. Instead of "talking about" what's blocking love, intimacy, friendship, empathy, it happens in the room. I can then help couples recogize where they stray away and guide them back.
By using proven Somatic Therapy techniques, I help couples learn to calm their nervous system away from Fight/Flight responses and with calmness, discuss and explore with each other what they are seeking to reestablish the harmony and love that brought them together.
Also, is this calm state, couples can explore the choices of staying togerther, separating or divorce. Those are huge decisions to make and within a state of calm can be weighed carefully and empathetically to reach appropriate conclusions.
