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Couples Therapy
My education in Marriage and Family Therapy trained me well in how to work with couples more in depth than a therapist or counselor who was taught to work primarily with individuals. Additionally, I continually seek supplemental education and training so that I am constantly learning about new and innovative practices in the field. As an affiliate faculty member at Regis University, I also share my years of knowledge and experience with couples therapists in training.
I am a certified Prepare/Enrich facilitator, which means I am specially trained to work with couples for premarital counseling and marriage enrichment. The Prepare/Enrich program has helped over 3 million couples in the last 30 years to get the most out of their relationships. I have also trained and am certified under Drs. John and Julie Gottman's couples therapy methods for helping couples have better, more effective, and loving relationships. The idea with this method is to get couples communicating better and increasing their levels of intimacy and trust through reconnecting their friendship and love for each other.
Dating, engaged, and married couples of all genders are welcome in my work. I specialize in premarital counseling as well and offer both private and group counseling. We may discuss issues such as:
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Affection / Sex / Love
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Raising Children / Parenting
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Financial Management
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Each Other's Families of Origin
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Infidelity
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Communication
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Conflict Management
Sessions are usually 60 minutes long and scheduled weekly. Because every couples' needs are different, I do not prescribe a certain amount of sessions (though 12-20 total sessions is an average number of times to see each other). As a policy, I do not allow children in couples therapy sessions because it tends to distract the couple from progressing and being completely open in therapy. Therefore, please make arrangements for childcare before each session. This same policy goes for animals that are not certified for service purposes. I have a strict policy that both partners need to attend all couples therapy sessions unless otherwise agreed upon. If one person is not able to attend, we will need to reschedule to a date and time where both people are able to attend together. Lastly, I have a "no secrets" policy and do not converse separately with either person without the other's knowledge. This basically means anything you plan to say to your therapist, plan to say it to your partner as well.