Strengthen Your Relationship: Therapy for Couples Committed to Growth and a more meaningful relationship.
Let’s strengthen your relationship through growth and deeper connection
Therapy for Couples
Relationships, whether new or longstanding, can be challenging. We all bring our own expectations to a partnership, shaped by past experiences, societal influences, and personal traumas. Our vision of what a relationship should be is often influenced by childhood experiences, cultural messages, and sometimes, unrealistic assumptions. As gender roles evolve, navigating these changes can add complexity. Today, couples face even greater challenges, including balancing dual incomes, living far from support networks, navigating the demands of parenting, and coping with economic uncertainty.
For first responder couples, the unique stressors of high-pressure careers, shift work, emotional tolls, and the potential impact of PTSD can add additional strain. Similarly, couples undergoing infertility treatments or IVF often face emotional and physical challenges that can further complicate their connection.
You may be struggling with:
Navigating the challenges of going through an academy while raising a young family.
Supporting a partner struggling with PTSD and its impact on your relationship.
Not understanding why your partner comes home checked out, irritable, detached, or closed off from sharing what they are going through.
Emotional dysregulation when you get off duty and finding it difficult to communicate effectively with your partner.
Difficulty connecting physically with your partner due to stress from the job, sleep deprivation, or emotional disconnection.
Facing the challenges of impending retirement and the uncertainty it brings for your relationship.
Balancing the demands of raising children while trying to reconnect emotionally and physically with your partner.
Not knowing how to reconnect physically and emotionally with your partner during or after IVF treatments, pregnancy loss, or postpartum.
Feeling disconnected and lost when dealing with multiple deployments or extended separations.
You’re not alone. Many first responder couples face unique relational challenges shaped by shift work, trauma exposure, and high-stress environments. Whether you're navigating the demands of the job, emotional disconnection, or life transitions, couples therapy offers a space to reconnect, repair, and grow.
I specialize in working with first responders and their spouses, creating a safe, supportive space where each partner feels heard, validated, and empowered. Together, we focus on strengthening your emotional bond while also encouraging individual healing—so you can show up for each other more grounded and emotionally regulated.
In our work, we explore the impact of trauma, build tools for deeper connection, and support you in creating a relationship based on mutual respect, shared growth, and meaningful communication.
Common Focus Areas in Couples Therapy with Me:
Pre-marital counseling for first responder couples
Infertility and pregnancy loss
Parenting and co-regulation
Family estrangement and boundary work
Cycle-breaking and intergenerational healing
Intimacy, reconnection, and trust-building
Pre- and post-retirement transitions
Supporting a spouse through injury, illness, or workers' comp
Additional topics may include:
Trauma recovery (including critical incidents and PTSD)
Emotional processing differences
Conflict resolution and communication
Rebuilding after betrayal
Navigating life transitions (e.g., new baby, relocation)
Supporting emotional regulation and recovery at home
Creating rituals of connection and repair
