Couples Counseling in Nashville, TN.

Of course, I love working with LGBTQIA+ relationships. You can learn more about my work with LGBTQIA+ identity & sexuality.

I'm poly-, ENM-, and kink-affirming. If you're in a non-monogamous or kink-involved relationship and want to work with me, book a consultation. We'll talk through your specific situation and decide together whether I'm the right fit. If I'm not, I have several affirming therapists I can recommend.

Yes. Sex and intimacy are a normal part of couples work. Mismatched desire, feeling disconnected sexually, or questions about anything from orgasms to kinks are common reasons couples want therapy. Sex and communication are often connected.

I'm currently in training through the Sexual Health Alliance toward a certification in Sex Therapy. If something needs a different kind of support, like a medical provider or a specialist, I'll tell you honestly.

If you're asking, something is probably already feeling off. Common signs are having the same fight on repeat, feeling more like roommates than partners, or avoiding conversations because they always go badly. You don't have to be at a breaking point to come in.

Couples therapy isn't right for relationship, and that's what the consultation call is for. We'll talk about what brought you here, and I'll help you figure out whether this is the right next step.

If your partner isn’t ready to go to couples therapy, individual therapy is where I would start. Pressuring someone into the room rarely works, and a partner who feels pushed tends to show up guarded, if they show up at all. Book a consultation for yourself, and we'll talk about what support for you looks like right now.

Often, yes, especially when both people are willing to do the work. However, it depends on how you view the goal of couples work. My goal is not to keep you together or push you apart. Couples therapy should foster both individual autonomy and connection with each other.

The approach I use, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), has strong research behind it. A 2024 meta-analysis of 20 studies found that about 70% of couples were no longer distressed by the end of treatment, and those gains held for up to two years afterward.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a structured, short-term approach to couples work built on attachment science, the idea that we need to feel emotionally safe and connected with the person we love. Instead of coaching you through communication scripts, EFT looks at the pattern you two get caught in and the feelings and needs underneath it, the longing and the fear beneath the fight. In session, we slow that pattern down, help each of you say what's really going on in a way the other can hear, and build new ways of turning toward each other.