Couples

I am a Gottman Bringing Baby Home educator for couples from the prenatal period to 3 years post-delivery.   This approach informs my couples therapy approach which translates into improved adult relationships through increasing friendship, effectively dealing with conflict, involving each parent / caregiver in infant care and parenting, and improving the quality of parent-infant interaction.  What I bring to a session is a strong working history and knowledge base related to parenting, emotional regulation, and emotional wounds with the ability to feel, notice, pause, and process the emotions in the room. I incorporate Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples to help couples understand their patterns of stuckness and awaken the security of their partnership. I believe security and emotions, both real and valid, are the driving force toward healing and that each partner holds an important piece of the relationship puzzle.  Our goal is to collaboratively launch you successfully into your next chapter.

Pregnancy, Infertility, and parenting after loss

When you are trying to start your family, it can be overwhelming to find yourself in the office of a reproductive endocrinologist and exploring IUI, IVF, and third party reproductive assistance. Oftentimes, you will find yourself thrown into the world of infertility learning a new language and becoming an “expert” in the medical field. Infertility counseling with me makes the time and space to help guide you toward emotional clarity, self-compassion, and self-empowerment through the use of humor, validation, and compassion.

Through the experience of infertility and loss, pregnancy and parenting after loss can evoke a feeling of helplessness and anxiety. My approach to working individually or within a partnership is to explore your grieving process as an individual and as a couple; to provide support and validation to work through the fear and build connection and pregnancy.

New parents

Moms, dads, mapas, and caregivers, in general; the transition into becoming a new parent is a unique experience. In working together, we will explore which parenting values are important and how you can implement them. When feeling stuck, I encourage exploring historical relationships and understanding how these experiences currently shape you.