Couples Therapy in CT

Feeling More Like Roommates Than Lovers?

Do your conversations feel more like arguments—or worse, silence?
Are you craving closeness but unsure how to reconnect?
Do you find yourselves stuck in the same loop of blame, distance, or resentment?
Or maybe you love each other deeply but feel like you’ve grown apart.

Whether you're navigating trust issues, life transitions, communication breakdowns, or intimacy challenges, couples therapy can help you reconnect—not just with each other, but with the why behind your relationship.

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Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
12pm-7pm

Location
Virtual Sessions in Connecticut

Even Strong Relationships Get Stuck Sometimes

You love each other—and yet, you feel miles apart.
Maybe you’re caught in the same argument on repeat. Maybe one of you wants more emotional connection, while the other is feeling overwhelmed and pulled in every direction. You might be dealing with parenting stress, rebuilding trust after a rupture, or just wondering why the spark is gone.

The truth is, all couples hit rough patches—especially in a world that idealizes perfection and offers very little real-world guidance for how to build lasting, healthy connection. Pop culture feeds us the myth that if love is real, it should come easily. But in real life, relationships are made, not magically maintained.

Without tools for navigating differences, handling conflict, or expressing your needs, it’s easy to fall into patterns that feel frustrating or even hopeless. And if you’ve never seen a healthy relationship modeled, you might be doing your best without a map.

That’s where couples therapy comes in.

With the right support, it’s possible to slow down the cycle, understand what’s really going on beneath the surface, and find new ways to show up for each other—ways that actually work.

How Couples Therapy Can Help

Couples therapy isn’t about choosing sides or deciding who’s “right.” It’s about creating space to hear each other clearly—maybe for the first time in a long time.

With the support of a trained couples therapist, you can begin to understand the deeper needs, emotions, and unmet longings beneath your conflicts. Therapy gives you tools to break out of reactive patterns, communicate more effectively, and reconnect with the parts of your relationship that feel strong, safe, and worth fighting for.

Whether you’re navigating high-stakes decisions, struggling with communication, or simply feel disconnected, couples counseling offers a compassionate and structured space to:

  • De-escalate recurring arguments

  • Repair after betrayal, rupture, or resentment

  • Improve emotional and physical intimacy

  • Navigate mismatched needs or expectations

  • Strengthen communication and trust

  • Explore identity, values, or gender roles in a supportive setting

  • Learn tools for navigating parenting, stress, or life transitions

Therapy can be especially powerful for couples where one or both partners are queer, neurodivergent, or healing from trauma. I create an affirming space where your relationship—however it's defined—can be supported, not judged.

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Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
12pm-7pm

Location
Virtual Sessions in Connecticut

Couples Therapy: What to Expect

Gottman Couples Therapy is designed to help you strengthen your friendship, improve communication, and rebuild trust so you and your partner can create a lasting, fulfilling relationship.

In therapy, we’ll start by assessing your relationship using the Gottman Relationship Checkup to identify strengths and areas to grow. You’ll learn to recognize and reduce harmful patterns like criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling—the “Four Horsemen” that often predict relationship distress.

Sessions focus on building what Dr. John and Dr. Julie Gottman call the Sound Relationship House—deepening friendship, managing conflict with respect, and creating shared meaning through rituals and goals.

You can expect:

  • Practical, evidence-based tools to improve how you communicate and connect daily

  • A focus on emotional attunement and friendship as the foundation of your relationship

  • Guided exercises to help you express needs and understand your partner’s perspective

  • Conflict management strategies that turn arguments into opportunities for growth

  • An affirming space for all couples, including LGBTQ+, non-traditional, and diverse relationships

Together, we’ll build skills to navigate challenges, repair ruptures, and deepen your connection—helping your relationship thrive through all of life’s seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Couples therapy is a form of counseling designed to help partners improve communication, resolve conflicts, and deepen their emotional connection. It provides a safe space to explore challenges and build healthier relationship patterns.

  • Not at all. Seeking couples therapy is a proactive and courageous step toward strengthening your relationship. It shows a commitment to growth, better understanding, and connection—not failure. Every relationship faces challenges, and therapy provides support to navigate them in a healthy way.

  • If you want to improve your communication, resolve ongoing conflicts, or rebuild connection, couples therapy can offer effective tools and guidance. You can schedule a free consultation to discuss your needs and see if therapy feels like a good fit.

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