Relationship & Couples Therapy

When Your Relationship Feels Stuck — or Like It’s Breaking

Relationship pain is a particular kind of pain. It can feel isolating even when you’re with someone, and it can make you question yourself, your choices, and what’s actually possible for you going forward. Whether you’re in a partnership that’s struggling, or you’re navigating relationship patterns on your own, therapy can offer a way through.

I work with both individuals and couples. You don’t need to be in a relationship that’s in crisis to benefit from this work — many people come to better understand their attachment style, communication habits, and relationship needs long before things become urgent. Others come because something specific has happened and they need support navigating it together.

Sessions are available via telehealth for clients in New York, Connecticut, and Florida.

Who I Work With

Relationship challenges take many different shapes. I work with individuals and couples who are experiencing:

• Communication breakdown — a sense of not being heard, misunderstood, or talked past
• Emotional or physical distance that has quietly grown over time
• Navigating major life decisions together: fertility treatment, relocation, career shifts, or whether to have children
• Recurring conflict patterns that seem to resolve in the moment but keep coming back
• Attachment anxiety or avoidance — the push and pull that often drives the cycles in relationships
• Adjusting to the shift in identity and intimacy that comes with becoming parents
• The particular strain that infertility or IVF can put on a couple — if this is part of your story, you may also find the fertility & IVF therapy page helpful
• One partner who is ready to work on things while the other is hesitant or uncertain
• Rebuilding trust after a rupture — whether that’s a betrayal, a breach of confidence, or something that simply broke the sense of safety
• Questions about who you each are individually and who you are together

What Therapy for Relationships Looks Like

Relationship work doesn’t follow a script, and I approach it with genuine curiosity about the two of you — or about you as an individual navigating your relational world.

Understanding attachment patterns. Most conflict in relationships is attachment conflict — it’s about safety, closeness, and the fear of losing connection. We look at how your individual patterns were formed and how they show up with each other.

Building communication that feels authentic, not scripted. Communication tools only work if they fit how you actually talk. Rather than teaching scripts, I help you understand what you’re really trying to say and why it’s not landing — and how to change that.

Navigating differences in coping styles and emotional needs. Two people can be equally committed to a relationship and still approach stress, vulnerability, and difficult feelings very differently. I help you make sense of those differences rather than letting them become sources of resentment.

Working through resentment and disconnection. When hurt accumulates over time, it can create a kind of emotional static that drowns out the connection underneath. Therapy creates a structured, supported space to name what’s happened, process it, and start to let some of it go.

Supporting each other through external stressors. Sometimes a relationship is strained not because of anything wrong between two people, but because of what’s pressing in from the outside — fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, financial stress, career transition, or a health crisis. I help couples stay connected while navigating the thing that’s putting them under pressure.