You have found your person. The one who makes your soul dance and your heart sing with joy. Life has been pretty good, but something happened along the way and things started to change. You no longer feel heard, understood, or even respected by the person who once looked you in the eyes and said "I love you".
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist who uses Emotionally Focused Therapy to help couples reconnect and rediscover each other. This means a couple of things. First, as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I am trained to work with couples and spend time looking at all the factors that contribute to the current state of the relationship. This is where my speciality of trauma comes in. For many couples, either one or both partners has a history of trauma. This could be bullying when you were young, having a parent who struggled with narcisissm, abuse by previous partners, and a number of other possibilities. These experiences impact how we respond to others, even those we love.
Second, when using Emotionally Focused Therapy, I see disagreements as the way you get caught up in patterns and cycles. The patterns involve the way each of you impact the other. Emotionally Focused therapy works to increase connection by increasing understanding and improving communication.
I have worked at a group practice that also specialized in sex therapy, and have experience helping people through struggles with intimacy. I would love to talk to you about how I can help you and your partner reconnect.
