As a relationship specialist, I focus on the following:
—Couples Who Live as Roommates
—“Hold Me Tight“® Workshops for Couples
Premarital & Stable Couples
How you are: You feel connected and have minimal/average amounts of conflict.
What you want help with:
- Fine-tuning communication
- Learning how to get ‘unstuck’ more quickly
- Nipping negative communication patterns before they get out-of-control
- Addressing issues from past relationships that might impact this one
- Communicating about issues of difference (such as parenting styles or culture,)
Couples in Conflict
How you are: You do not feel connected consistently and you tend to have the same kind of argument, regardless of the topic.
What you want help with:
- Improving your connection and learning better overall communication
- Reducing the conflicts
- Healing some of the hurts that occurred in this relationship
- Understanding your partner’s messages underneath his/her words
- Navigating complicated topics (such as sex, parenting, finances)
Couples Who Live as Roommates
How you are: You do not feel connected, tend not to have conflicts and do not have sex.
What you want help with:
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- Unlocking the emotions and increasing communication
- Connecting with one another in a deeper and more meaningful manner
- Learning how to express yourself without creating more distance
- Bridging the disconnection between the two of you
- Improving sexual intimacy
“Hold Me Tight”® Workshops for Couples
Who it’s designed for: Couples of all ages, cultures, genders and orientations who want to improve the quality of communication and connection in their relationships.
What it helps couples with:
- Hearing the other person’s perspective to better understand his or her reactions so you can communicate from a place of compassion, not anger
- Identifying the pattern you two engage in when you fight, allowing you to change that pattern, and then the result
- Communicating in ways to avoid defenses and keep your partner emotionally close
- Learning how to apologize so that your partner can forgive past hurts, thereby strengthening your connection
- Sharing your most vulnerable feelings, knowing your partner is receptive to hearing them
