* COUPLES THERAPY * INDIVIDUAL THERAPY * HYPNOTHERAPY * PREMARITAL THERAPY * "JOURNEY" PACKAGES * COUPLES INTENSIVES
SPECIALIZATIONS:
Marital/Couple (Communication, Sex, Infidelity, Intimacy)
Couples 3.25hr Intensives (Intimacy or Couples-in-Crisis)
"Journey" packages (4 -12 week duration)
Conflict Resolution/Communication Tools
Inner-child Healing
Shadow work and Self-love
Anxiety (Work, Relationships, Social, Financial, Intimacy, etc.)
Sacred connections/unions
COUPLES THERAPY
Couples Top Reasons for Seeking Therapy:
- Communication
- High conflict/low conflict resolution skills (frequent arguments)
- Infidelity/rebuilding trust
- Lack of intimacy/disconnection
- Infertility and IVF process
- Resentment or contempt
- In-laws and friends
- Contemplating Divorce/Separation
- Co-parenting misalignment
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, seen, 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.
As a licensed Marriage and Family therapist, I utilize elements of Family Systems Theory, Narrative Family Therapy, Mindfulness, Attachment Theory, the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Somatic practices, and the work of Esther Perel when working with couples.
Couples therapy begins with a thorough assessment of the relationship and a check in with each individual partner during the first couples session. We discuss the expectations they each had when entering the couple relationship, how they show and recognize love, and how they view the current state of their relationship. I offer an optional on-line assessment through Prepare/Enrich, which generates a couples report that we can reference during sessions.
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 and connected relationship a reality!
JOURNEY PACKAGES FOR COUPLES
"Couples-in-Crisis" Intensive:
This focused, 3.25-hour intensive is designed to support couples in times of crisis. The purpose is to create an emotionally safe space where couples can speak without interruption, practice a mindfulness technique for self-emotional regulation, be given tools to support them with de-escalating during conflict, and create a plan for next steps. Couples-in-Crisis intensives are for moments in the relationship when couples are met with a betrayal, a diagnosis, a major life event/trauma, or major life decision that they are having a challenging time discussing due to high emotion, conflict, or stonewalling. Due to the nature of this intensive, sessions are usually held in-person or virtually within 48hr - 72hrs of first outreach.
"Couples Intimacy" Intensive:
This focused, 3.25-hour intensive is designed to support couples who are eager to experience deeper and/or more frequent intimate moments and are struggling with where to begin. This intensive encourages vulnerability through communication around what the barriers are to intimacy, as well as each partners wants, needs, and desires. Couples will have an opportunity to eye gaze, do a shared mindfulness practice, and hold hands as they connect deeply around their hopes and desires for their relationship moving forward. This intensive makes a great anniversary gift or date night!
"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 various modalities, we take an integrative approach to identifying the best tools to support them with navigating their differences and building intimacy. The Revamp Journey allows for couples to learn a great deal about themselves as well as their partner during the process!
"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! See the Premarital Therapy page for more detals! The Premarital Journey package makes a fantastic gift for a newly engaged couple!
- Recent Breakup/Divorce
- Desire for increase self-awareness/self-actualization
- Dating (How to date, feeling ready to date, becoming emotionally available)
- Anxiety (Related to work, related to relationships, social phobia)
- Performance Anxiety (actors, performers, etc.)
- Depression
- Fear (of death, change, etc.)
- Self-limiting beliefs
- Adjustment/Life transition (transitions/change at work, with health)
- Low Self-Esteem
- Childhood Trauma
- Guilt
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.
"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.
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.
All packages include one hypnotherapy session with at least one age regression. 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.