Healthy relationships are created by healthy individuals with sufficient self-confidence and esteem to value and nurture differences in others, especially, those we love. My work with couples revolves around helping each partner identify insecurities that may be placing pressure on a relationship that results in failed expectations and distrust. With an appreciation of your partner's childhood, the fears we all carry from early experiences and the strength of your shared devotion, I will help you establish stronger individual footing that allows each person the comfort to compassionately nurture the other without attempting to control. My approach is often humor-based and requires couples to "close the exits" while working on their relationship together, meaning that both agree to remain committed to one another without contemplation of separating throughout an agreed upon term of therapy. In the event that "closing the exits" is not possible, I will work with each partner to deal with the liklihood of separation in a way that allows each person to feel respected, valued and honored as an individual making the painful journey through the transformative time.
