Services Provided:
Couples Therapy, Individual Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Premarital Therapy, and "Journey" Packages
SPECIALIZATIONS:
Premarital Therapy
Stress Management
Anxiety issues (Work, Relationships, Social, Financial, Intimacy, etc.)
Creating healthy relationships
Hypnotherapy (optional Reiki component)
Intensive "Journey Packages" for Individuals and Couples for Effective and Immediate Support
COUPLES THERAPY
Couples Top Reasons for Seeking Therapy:
- Communication issues
- High Conflict/Low Conflict Resolution Skills (frequent arguments)
- Infidelity/Rebuilding Trust
- Intimacy and Passion (difficulty initiating sex, infrequent sex, disinterest in sex)
- Contemplating Divorce/Separation
- Parenting issues
As a licensed Marriage and Family therapist, I am passionate about relationships and treat the couple as the client. I set a tone of safety and respect and create an environment where both partners feel heard, validated and understood. An environment free from secrets and blame, where both partners learn new, more effective ways to communicate and have an opportunity to heal, rediscover each other, and achieve fulfillment in their relationship.
We discuss the expectations they each had when entering into the couple relationship, how they recognize love, how they show love and how they view the current state of their relationship. I utilize elements of Mindfulness, Attachment Theory, Imago, the Gottman Method, and Emotionally Focused Therapy, Esther Perel, and Somatic practices in couples work.
Couples therapy begins with a thorough assessment of the relationship and a check in with each individual partner prior to the first couples session. I offer an optional on-line component which each individual partner completes on their own and a unique couples report is generated.
I have experience working with couples who are having the same arguments, are not feeling connected, are struggling with intimacy and/or sex, are trying to heal from infidelity and rebuild trust, are in the process of family planning, including IVF, couples who are struggling with roles in their relationship or have different views on family, finances, and/or time with friends.
The beauty of couples therapy is having a neutral, experienced relationship therapist help support you with talking through challenging conversations with love and warmth and creating the relationship you seek. You will be given the tools to make having a healthy, connected relationship a reality!
JOURNEY PACKAGES FOR COUPLES
"Couples Revamp Journey" package (8, 12, or 16 sessions): Together we tailor a therapeutic approach to support you with creating the relationship dynamic you seek. We identify areas of focus, couples take the Prepare/Enrich online assessment, and gain extensive knowledge of their love languages, attachment styles, and marital expectations. Through the use of different modalities, we take an integrative approach to identifying the best tools to support them with navigating their differences and building increased intimacy.
"Couples 4 Day Intimacy Journey" package (includes hypnotherapy for each partner and the Prepare/Enrich online assessment): This is a structured 15-hr intensive, geared towards increasing intimacy and trust. Couples dive deep together as they discuss love languages, attachment styles, take the Prepare/Enrich online assessment, and each have an individual heart-centered hypnotherapy session focusing on what is getting in the way of their intimacy. It is intense, focused, connecting, healing, and beautiful!
"Couples in Crisis" package: This is a focused, 3.5-hour intensive designed to support couples in times of crisis, with creating a safe space, hearing one another without interruption, de-escalating, and providing tools to assist with them with next steps.
"Premarital Journey" package (4, 6 or 8 sessions): Sessions are 75 minutes and couples select areas of concentration based on their needs. The couples will complete an the Prepare/Enrich online assessment individually, which will generate a couple’s report. Some couples prefer to focus on one or two topics, while others opt to touch base around all the topics identified on their Prepare/Enrich couples report. The package is customized to the couple’s needs, is meant to be positive, fun, and strength-focused as the couple prepares for their big day and future life together. Couples receive a certificate of completion as a keepsake!
Individuals Top Reasons for Seeking Therapy:
- Recent Breakup/Divorce
- Desire to connect with their life purpose
- Dating (How to date, feeling ready to date, becoming emotionally available)
- Anxiety (Related to work, related to relationships, social phobia)
- Depression (Disinterest in things they once enjoyed, low motivation)
- Sexual identity/gender Issues (Questioning their sexuality, roles in a same-sex relationships and lesbian/gay coming out later in life)
- Fear (of death, change)
- Adjustment Issues (transitions/change at work, with health)
- Low Self-Esteem
- Childhood Trauma
- Guilt
- Those setting out on a journey to discover their authentic self
Whether a native to New York City, or adjusting to the transition of relocating, many people in NYC are driven, high achievers who at times feel the weight of the high expectations imposed on them by others, as well as the high standards they hold for themselves which can lead to symptoms of anxiety and depression. As individuals strive to achieve their goals, they sometimes go prolonged periods of time without checking in with themselves. They are moving so quickly that when they do stop and are present, they struggle to feel connected to the life they have created. When the creation of goals is rooted in the expectations of others, it can lead to depression. What are you goals? What are your desires? What brings you joy?
"JOURNEY" PACKAGES FOR INDIVIDUALS
“My Individual Self-Love Journey” package Hypnotherapy/Psychotherapy (6, 8, or 12 sessions): Together we create a package that is tailored to your needs and desires. You will have an opportunity to select one of three tracks that best fits your needs at this time:
1) Healing Track.
2) Self-Awareness Track.
3) Self-Actualization Track.
All packages above include one hypnotherapy session with at least two age regressions. We explore blockages, self-limiting beliefs, inner-child, shadow work, attachment style, love languages, and self-love. REIKI add-on also available with hypnotherapy session.
"After The Breakup: A Self-Love Journey” (12 or 16 sessions): Breakups can be devasting and traumatic. Sometimes individuals appreciate weekly, indefinite sessions that allow them to go at their own pace. This package focuses on us working together as you complete exercises from "After The Breakup: A Self-Love Workbook," by Tamara Thompson, LMFT. While "healing" and "being ready," is unique to each person and each experience, this journey package gives you an opportunity to work one-on-one with me, as we work through the thoughts and emotions that come up for you when completing the exercises.
All packages include one hypnotherapy session with at least two age regressions. We explore blockages, self-limiting beliefs, inner-child, shadow work, attachment style, love languages, and self-love. REIKI add-on also available with hypnotherapy session.
I challenge my clients to slow down, assess where they are now, in this present moment, and develop goals aligned with who they are at their core.
I provide therapeutic services for individuals and couples from diverse cultural backgrounds and with various sexual orientations. Through thorough assessment, discussion, goal setting and implementation, many of my clients have decreased their anxiety, elevated their mood and have become more productive at home, at work, and in life.