Couples

Improving Our Relationships

I enjoy working with couples who feel stuck and are open and willing to work to solve their relationship conflicts. I work with all types of couples and have experience working with married, unmarried, biracial, bicultural and same-sex couples.

Relationships are a journey and we often find that as life happens and we experience transitions, our relationships can suffer. Empathy, compassion and communication can be restored in your relationship. It sometimes takes an outside party to aid in bringing you together and helping to improve communication and renewing that bond.

I offer a safe, honest and open environment to work through your conflicts. I am that objective party that can also act as a translator for what is happening in your relationship. I explore family histories and communication styles to help you find ways to communicate with each other in a healthy and empathetic fashion.

Being in a relationship can bring up lots of unresolved issues from childhood. Often we find we have very different ways of resolving conflict. I can help couples communicate better and lovingly.

Partners and Spouses of Sex Addicts

A great deal of my work focuses on the building of trust and emotional intimacy with partners and their sex addict counterparts.

The grieving cycle is intense for partners and there are clear, identifiable things that they need to decide whether to stay in the relationship. Partners need a sense of safety and security moving forward. My work focuses on building trust and creating healthy intimacy and eventually, healthy sexuality.

This work is intense and rewarding, not only for the couples involved, but for me as a therapist.

Education about the addiction helps the intellectual brain. Openness and true transparency from both parties allows for the healing that is needed for the soul and heart.

It is imperative that when seeking help for sex addiction, you seek out a therapist that has experience and expertise in the field of sex addiction.

Sex addicts do not act out because of their partners. It is not about what partners ARE or ARE NOT. Don’t buy this lie!

Parenting

I also enjoy working with parents. Parenting is hard and we often have very different ways of raising our children. I work with couples on finding a balance with parenting.

I also work with parents who have autistic children. With autism rates now 1 out of 150 in California, we are experiencing an epidemic. While divorce rates are 50% in California, couples with an autistic child suffer from substantial stress to their marriage, friendships and careers. The divorce rate with these couples can reach 80%. I can advise you on services for your child as well as helping you emotionally through a difficult time.