Your Relationship Is Not Broken. But It Needs Attention Now.

Relationship counseling for couples in MD, DC, VA & FL who are ready to stop surviving each other and start choosing each other again.

You did not get into this relationship to become roommates. You did not get married to spend every evening in separate rooms, navigating each other more than connecting with each other.

But here you are.

And you are smart enough to know that “just trying harder” is not a plan. It is how you got here.

What Brings Couples Here

  • Communication breakdown: Every conversation turns into an argument, a shutdown, or a subject change. You are talking but not connecting.
  • Emotional distance: You live in the same house and feel alone. The warmth is gone and you are not sure when it left.
  • Work and life stress spilling over: High-demand careers, parenting, financial pressure. The relationship absorbs all the stress and is running out of room to hold it.
  • Trust issues: Whether from a betrayal or years of small disconnections, the foundation feels shaky. You want to rebuild it.
  • Parenting conflict: You are on the same team in theory. In practice, you disagree about almost everything involving the kids.
  • Growing apart: You are both changing. You are not sure the relationship is changing with you.

How I Work With Couples

I am a Gottman Seven Principles Certified Trainer and Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) Trained therapist. The approaches I use are research-backed, attachment-informed, and built for real people in real relationships.

My framework, The Pass Go Regulation Method™, gives couples a shared language for regulation, repair, and reconnection. You leave sessions with tools, not just insight.

Sessions are focused. I do not let couples spend 50 minutes arguing in my office. We are here to move, not to circle.

Most couples see meaningful change within 8 to 12 sessions. We will always know where we are going and why.

What Better Actually Looks Like

  • You know how to have a hard conversation without it becoming a blowup or a shutdown
  • You repair faster after conflict instead of staying cold for days
  • You feel like partners again, not co-managers of a household
  • You understand what your partner actually needs, not just what they say they need
  • You have daily practices that build connection, not just crisis management

Investment

Initial Intake Session: $275  |  Ongoing Sessions: $250

One More Thing

Both partners do not have to be equally motivated to start. One of you wanting this badly enough is enough to begin.

The worst thing you can do is wait until things are worse. The second worst thing is keep doing what you have been doing and expect different results.

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Virtual sessions in Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, and Florida.

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