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Couples Therapy 
COUPLES THERAPY IN AUSTIN​
 

You’re not here because everything is fine. Maybe you’re having the same argument for the hundredth time. Maybe you’ve stopped fighting altogether and started avoiding each other instead. Maybe something happened — a betrayal, a loss, a slow drift — and you don’t know if you can come back from it. Maybe you’re in crisis and worried it’s too late.

 

You’ve come to the right place. Working with couples is some of the most meaningful work I do. I offer a steady, engaged presence where both of you can feel seen, while helping you get to the heart of the issue and make real, lasting change in your relationship.

Couple on Beach
You might be here because

  • You keep having the same fight, and nothing ever resolves — it just cycles back around

  • One of you pursues and the other shuts down, and you're both exhausted by it

  • You've stopped bringing things up in your marriage because it never goes well

  • There's been a betrayal — an affair, a lie, broken trust — and you don't know if repair is possible

  • You love each other but the connection and intimacy have faded and the relationship feels like you’re just going through the motions

  • Something has shifted — a move, a loss, a health crisis — and your relationship hasn't caught up

  • You are overwhelmed by resentment and have lost your connection since becoming parents

  • Sex has dropped off, become a source of tension, or something you have been avoiding altogether and you’re not sure how to come back from it

  • Substance use is affecting your connection

  • One or both of you is neurodivergent, and the differences in how you experience the world are creating real friction

  • You're uncertain about the future of the relationship and need help thinking through it honestly

Couple Holding Hands
How I work with couples

Starting couples therapy can feel intimidating – whether it’s your first time or you’ve tried it before with another therapist. Many couples worry the therapist will take sides, judge the relationship or marriage, or tell them whether they should stay together. That’s not how I work. My role isn’t to referee arguments or decide who’s right. My job is to help both of you understand the pattern that keeps pulling the relationship into conflict and help you develop new ways of relating that create lasting change.

 

When we start working together, the first two sessions focus on understanding the relationship as comprehensively as possible, including what brought you into therapy, the conflicts and strengths in the relationship, and what you each hope might change.

Here's what you can expect

 

  • We'll get clear on what's actually happening in your relationship — you’ll understand what’s not working, why, and your options for next steps

  • I'll be honest about what I see and how each partner is contributing — without taking sides

  • We'll work to interrupt the cycles that keep you stuck, and using micro-coaching, we will practice different ways of communicating in real time

  • We'll get to the root cause of what creates those cycles in the first place — we may explore old wounds, family-of-origin patterns, and the things each of you experienced before you met that show up in this relationship

  • When trauma is part of the picture, I bring in EMDR to help process what talk alone can't shift

  • You'll leave with concrete tools — not just insight, but skills you can actually use

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When Sex Becomes the Thing You Don't Talk About

Sexual challenges are a common part of long-term relationships and marriages — but often one of the hardest areas to talk about.

 

​Desire can change over time. Stress, resentment, parenting, and the logistics of everyday life can shift the sexual dynamic between partners. One partner may want sex more than the other. Intimacy may start to feel pressured, avoided, or confusing.

 

In the culture we live in, most of us never got an adequate education about sex and intimacy. I create a space where you can talk about sex without shame or awkwardness — and I'll help you get underneath the surface to understand what's really going on. Talking about sex in therapy normalizes your experiences, needs, and desires and creates a space where couples can learn to work as a team to build a more vital, fun, and fulfilling sex life.

Neurodivergent Couples

I also specialize in working with neurodiverse couples — especially when one or both partners are autistic or have ADHD. These relationships can be deeply rewarding while also, at times, confusing and hard to navigate. The differences in how you process information, experience emotions, handle sensory input, and communicate can create misunderstandings that feel impossible to bridge.

 

I'm an AANE (Association for Autism and Neurodiversity) Certified Couples Therapist practicing in Austin, and I understand these dynamics from both a clinical and a personal perspective. I'll help you:

 

  • Understand how each of you experiences the world — and where those differences are creating friction

  • Build communication strategies that actually account for how each of you processes

  • Navigate differences in social energy, sensory needs, and emotional expression

  • Move past blame and toward genuine understanding and closeness

Couple Sharing Moment
Looking for something more intensive?

If you want to go deeper than weekly sessions allow — or if you're in a place where you need focused, concentrated work — I offer two-day couples intensives in Austin.

I welcome people of all races, genders, sizes, ethnicities, sexual identities, relationship configurations, and lifestyles.

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