Here Is What Nobody Tells You About Marriage Under Pressure
The Research Says You Should Not Wait
- Couples wait an average of 6 years after problems start before seeking therapy (Gottman Institute). Six years of resentment building brick by brick.
- 75% of couples who commit to therapy see real improvement in their relationship (Journal of Marital and Family Therapy).
- 90% of clients report improved emotional health after completing couples counseling (AAMFT).
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) has success rates as high as 90% for couples moving from distress to recovery.
You do not have to be one of the couples who waited too long. You can be the couple who got ahead of it.
Why Couples Choose Me (And Stay)
I am not the therapist who sits quietly and lets you talk in circles for 50 minutes. I listen. I observe. And then I tell you what I see, even when it is uncomfortable. Both of you will feel challenged. Both of you will feel heard.
- Gottman Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work Certified Trainer. Based on 40+ years of research on what makes marriages succeed or fail. Not opinion. Science.
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). The gold standard for couples therapy. Proven to help 90% of couples move from distress to recovery.
- The Pass Go Regulation Method™. My proprietary framework: Regulate your stress response. Repair the damage. Reconnect from a place of safety.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) Trained. A parts-based approach that helps each of you understand your own internal world, so you can respond instead of react when things get hard.
- Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) Trained. IFS applied to couples work. We go beneath the surface behavior to the parts driving it. That is where real change happens.
- Certified Prepare Enrich Facilitator. A research-backed assessment that identifies exactly where your strengths and growth areas are.
What We Actually Work On Together
- The same fight on repeat. We identify the emotional cycle underneath it and interrupt it at the root.
- Communication that keeps breaking down. I teach you how to talk to each other when your nervous system wants you to shut down or blow up.
- Emotional distance. We rebuild safety so closeness becomes possible again, not forced.
- Trust ruptures. Infidelity, broken promises, patterns of dishonesty. We repair at the foundation, not the surface.
- Parenting stress bleeding into the marriage. Your kids became the center. Your marriage became the afterthought. We fix that balance.
- Intimacy that has faded. Physical and emotional closeness that used to be easy now feels awkward. We address why and rebuild it.
You Did Not Get Married to Feel This Alone.
Your marriage is worth fighting for. And you do not have to fight alone.
Book your session and let me show you what is possible when two people who love each other get the right tools.
Virtual sessions available in Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, and Florida.


