Online Counseling Services
Individual Counseling
One-on-one therapy can be a powerful and effective strategy to improve your life. During individual counseling, you will have the opportunity and flexibility to address a wide variety of topics. This might include
~ grief & loss,
I believe in the wisdom inherent in your lived experience and am interested in hearing your story.
During individual therapy, we are able to work at a pace that best suits you. Individual therapy sessions are personalized, focused, and articulated toward your goals. Therapy is tailored specifically for you.
I am comfortable blending different therapy modalities and techniques to meet your individual needs (including, but not limited to, cognitive-behavioral therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), solution-focused therapy, narrative therapy, parts work, attachment-based therapy, family-of-origin work, person-centered therapy, etc.)
My goal is to create space where you feel supported and valued as you work toward your goals.
Couples Counseling
Are you interested in strengthening your bond, restoring affection, resolving conflict, or building trust with your partner?
If so, I offer two options:
Option 1: Couples Counseling. Couples may use this opportunity to address a specific challenge (i.e. grief or trauma) or improve the overall quality of their relationship.
Option 2: Couples Education: Stronger Together. This skills-based, 10-module program, is available for purchase as a self-paced, online course. It can also be used as an effective adjunct learning tool for couples counseling.
Whether you’re married, living together, or dating, couples counseling can help you achieve your relationship goals.
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Whether you are seeking couples counseling to address a specific issue (like grief or trauma) or to improve your relationship overall, I’m here to help.
Grief. Losing a loved one (especially a child) changes your life in VERY PROFOUND ways. Your heart hurts so much. And the pain often feels overwhelming. It may feel as if no one really understands. You may be experiencing sadness, denial, guilt, anger, and anxiety, as well as many other emotions.
Grief counseling for couples focuses on
the shared experience of the loss,
living with the loss,
respecting different ways of grieving,
understanding your own grief experience, and
maintaining connection with those living and deceased.
Trauma. Experiencing a traumatic event can have a lasting impact on the your relationship. It is often important to look at each partner’s life and personal history to develop a deeper understanding of how each partner views and understands the things that have happened, as well as the lasting impact on the relationship.
Other Significant Challenge. There are times in every relationship when partners must face a significant transition or challenge. Some examples of transition points include having a baby, moving, empty nesting, retirement, illness, or injury,. Other challenges may include differences with in-laws, disagreements over money or parenting roles.
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Premarital Counseling | Relationship Check-Up.
Are you seeking to enhance relationships skills, improve communication, and increase connection?
Invest in your relationship. This 10-module program helps couples improve communication, deepen understanding, increase appreciate of individual differences, and prepare for potential challenges.
$29.00 for unlimited access.
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Couples counseling is much different than individual therapy.
And you might be wondering what to expect.
You and your partner will meet with me for our first session. During our first session we will talk about the history of your relationship and the challenges that bring you to therapy. You will be asked about your goals for the relationship. If you are unsure about your goals, that’s okay. It’s the first session. We can work together to figure it out.
Working on your relationship doesn’t stop once your therapy session ends. In fact, a major part of couples therapy is what happens between the sessions. You’ll have homework to complete. The goal of this homework is to practice working on issues outside of therapy.
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I take an integrative approach to couples therapy. I’ve received training in a variety of therapy models (including the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, the Developmental Model, Solution-Focused Couples Counseling, and more). I utilize different aspects of each model, depending on client need.
Lastly, I also tend to be more directive during couples counseling. I find that it is occasionally necessary to interrupt negative or harmful interaction patterns that emerge during session.
Family Counseling
Every family is unique.
And every family is as complex as each of its members. Whether they are your blood relatives or your chosen family, the close connections that we have with others are an important part of our life.
Counseling can help you:
~ create new ways of interacting,
~ change intergenerational patterns,
~ set important boundaries, and
~ navigate difficult life transitions.
Wondering what to expect from family counseling?
Family counseling tends to be short-term (6-12 sessions). There is a common belief that therapy is long-term, however family counseling is generally brief, focused, and goal-oriented.
Family counseling is an interactive form of therapy. My approach to family therapy is rooted in systems theory - which includes strategic, structural, and intergenerational models. A systems approach sees the parts of a system in relation to the whole. Family members are seen as emotionally interconnected.
My goal is to guide conversation in a way that allows everyone the opportunity to describe their experiences. Family counseling is not about placing blame on an individual but rather understanding each other’s perspective and creating a plan to improve tension and conflict. Family members learn how to share their thoughts and emotions clearly and respectfully. We may also spend some time identifying and mapping interaction patterns. Whichever intervention we use, the purpose of counseling is to help your family meet challenges and emerge as a stronger unit on the other side.