You used to reach for each other’s hands and finish each other's sentences. Now conversations turn into arguments practically as they begin or they seem to stop before they start, and there’s more air than intimacy between you. Maybe you can pinpoint exactly when it began; maybe you have no idea because it’s felt like this for a long time. All you know is that finding your way back to each other feels hard, and you’re tired of trying to do it on your own.

Therapy can help. I provide trauma-informed and neuro-affirming support to couples throughout Livermore and California — in person or online — who are working through communication breakdowns, repairing trust after infidelity or betrayals, renewing connections that have frayed due to stress or family strain, or feeling like they've grown apart over time.

Here you'll have a blame-free and shame-free space to explore communication tools and look at patterns that might be keeping your relationship stagnant, so that you can each be heard, seen, and affirmed.

I intertwine Gottman's research-based methods with Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for an integrative approach that blends heart with logic — practical, "nuts and bolts" skills-building alongside deeper, attachment-based work.

Above all, our sessions are guided by your relationship goals and the belief that repairs are possible after ruptures. Come back to each other.