Individual Therapy

Wait, you’re a marriage and family therapist. Can you help just me? By myself?

Yes, I work with individuals and usually that work still involves skills needed for strong connections. Here are some general ways I work with individuals:

Depression and Anxiety: Dissatisfied with life? Let’s figure out what needs to change and explore your idea of a fufilling life. Turns out when we spend all of our time and energy on things we think we should do we end up feeling discouraged, stressed, and burned out.

Emotional Awareness: Begin to use your emotions as information and care for your feelings rather than being pushed around by them. Sometimes I call this Emotions 101 because let’s be real, none of us were taught this in school (just like how to file taxes). In this work I have seen clients improve their clarity, communication, relationships, self-trust, and stress levels.

Attachment Work: Identify and understand your patterns in your behavior and emotions in order to be able to choose responses rather than react. Also known as helping you celebrate the holidays with your family without regressing back to your teenage self.

Self-Compassion: Most people have no problem extending grace and compassion to others but can’t do it for themselves. We save bullying, criticism, and black and white thinking we for ourselves.

Burnout: Add play, pleasure, rest, and connection to your life! And I might I suggest you don’t need to wake up before dawn to do it. Let’s try permission, encouragement and small, practical steps.

Relationships: Understand your connections with others and see what you can change to improve them. This is where all those concepts that are hot on TikTok enter the chat. I’m talking boundaries, control, and your nervous system.

Couples Therapy

When the person who is supposed to love you most in the world hurts you it's devastating and disorienting. I help couples hear each other and respond in new effective ways in order to heal the past and stay connected for the future.

Premarital / Precommitment Prep

Congratulations! You found your person! Let’s help you start the next chapter of your life with confidence, open communication, and a shared vision of the future.

Individual Therapy

Live. Laugh. Love? In this economy? Let alone Work, Parent, Exercise. Life Admin. See Friends. Save for Retirement... etc. I can help you move from feeling like an empty husk to living a full, satisfying life.

Sex Therapy

I know sex and intimacy can be many things: mind-blowing, dread-inducing, fun, playful, fraught, and loving. Whether you want more sex, less sex, or better sex I can help you get what you want.

Parents of Young Adults

Parents! Are you losing hope that your young adult will ever be able to leave the nest? I can help refine your approach in a way that fosters motivation, responsibility, and independence.

Family Therapy

These days there are countless conflicts and controversies breaking families apart. I provide a safe place to be truly understood and seen so you can stay connected.

Schedule Today

I offer free, 20-minute online consultations.

The first rule of therapy is: You have to trust your therapist.

Let’s test the waters and see if we are a good fit. Consultations also give me a chance to hear about what you’re looking for, explain the process, and answer any questions you have.

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GR Family Therapy Blog

A Discouraging Statistic

Most couples wait on average seven years before reaching out for therapy. This is one* of the reasons why couples therapy has lower success rates that other forms of therapy. By the time couples reach out, the hurt and anger are big. Sometimes people have lost hope. Some couples only decide to go to therapy when they feel the relationship is already over and they want to be able to say they’ve. Tried. Every. Thing. Sometimes one partner is willing to try therapy and the other one is not.

Emotionally Focused Therapy as explained by the founder, Dr. Sue Johnson

HOLD ME TIGHT Article by Dr. Sue Johnson originally published in Psychology Today I grew up in my parents' pub in England, where there was always a lot of drama. And all the drama—fights, flirting, tears, tantrums—revolved around love. I also watched...

“There’s Going To Be Some Changes Around Here!”

Have you ever said this about your home? My clients tend to say this about expectations and routines for their kids around any change of season: at the beginning of summer vacation, the start of a new school year, or even heading into spring break. At these times...