Couples Therapy

As a therapist at Cedar Park Psychotherapy, I love working with couples. I have a master’s degree in Human Sexuality as well as over a decade of experience. 

One aspect of Sex Therapy is couples or Relationship Counseling. In my work with couples I draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy, Marshall Rosenberg’s Non Violent Communication (NVC) and Internal Family Systems. I have also studied Gottman and I do often offer homework assignments for those who want it. I frequently work with couples who are incorporating polyamory or other forms of ethical non monogamy into their relationships. I also work with cross-race and cross-class couples who need support around topics of racial and economic equity that show up in their intimate lives. 

Most of my couples therapy clients are queer or trans in some form (sometimes one member of a couple or sometimes both) and while sometimes they are navigating topics related to their queerness or transness they are just as often dealing with the garden variety challenges couples face. I welcome straight and heterosexual clients and couples as well! Regardless of sexual orientation or gender, I find many of my couples clients struggling around division of labor in the household and especially around emotional labor. 

More recently I’ve started seeing more couples who are in stable and well relationships who want to do maintenance and preventative work (build the foundation for?)  to ensure they move smoothly into the next 5-10 years of their partnerships.