Connect with your partner.
Couples Therapy in Denver, CO
Who are you partnered with or married to today?
Is it the same person you met when you first started dating or have they evolved?
“Most people are going to have two or three marriages or committed relationships in their adult life. Some of us will have them with the same person.”
Esther Perel, LMFT
Reflect on how you both have changed and how you want to change for the better in your relationship. Our relationships are meant to continuously evolve – so be open to the journey.
All things can be improved, changed and bettered, with just a little support, no matter how big or small. With couples therapy, you’ll learn how to communicate your feelings and needs, and connect more effectively with your partner.
I primarily use an approach called Relational Life Therapy (RLT) started by Terry Real. I’m happy to answer questions and give you some insights into this model and approach.
I would love to speak about how I may be able to help you relate better with each other, connect and support each other, and grow in your love together.
How can relationship therapy help me?
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Counseling can help you to gain insight into yourself, your partner, and your relationship. We come into our relationships with family, societal, and cultural influences that create the lens through which we see life. Our partner comes into the relationship with a uniquely different lens. In counseling, together we can explore these lenses and influences, and the impacts they have had on your own thoughts and behaviors. By seeking to understand the influences in both our own life and that of our partner, we can expand our own perspective and grow our compassion for our partner as well as ourselves.
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We often respond to our partners in the same manner every time there is conflict, and yet we still expect a different result. By shifting our responses, we can change the result and improve our understanding and connection with each other. Learning or practicing skills with a counselor such as active listening, effective communication, and conflict resolution can shift the patterns where we get “stuck”.
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Once you gain understanding and shift how you show up in your partnership, and choose new ways of relating, these skills can help you understand and shift other relationships in your life. Applying better communication skills with coworkers, kids, family members can improve all relationships.
Conflict is inevitable in our relationships. While conflict can be stressful, learning ways to repair conflict effectively builds trust and makes our relationships stronger.
As your relationship therapist, I am here to help your partnership “team” realize and achieve your goals and explore ways to help you improve your relationships.
