Discernment Counseling is a new way of helping couples where one person is “leaning out” of the relationship - and not sure that regular marriage counseling would help - and the other is "leaning in” - that is, interested in rebuilding the marriage. The counselor will help the couple decide whether to try to restore your marriage to health, move toward divorce, or take a time out and decide later.

I offer individual therapy and couples therapy, integrating psychodynamic principles with evidence-supported treatment modalities such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). During the initial consultation, we would discuss your goals for therapy, including what you would consider a satisfactory outcome.

Yes, therapy is confidential. Information can only be shared with your written consent, except in specific emergency situations: if there is imminent risk of harm to yourself or others or if there is suspected child or elder abuse.

If you use out-of-network insurance benefits, certain details like diagnosis and billing codes are submitted to the insurance company for reimbursement purposes.

Most people start therapy with mixed feelings about making any changes. At the same time, people usually also start therapy because they realize something about their usual approach isn’t working as well as it used to. The therapy process can help clarify which aspect of their approach is less effective than it used to be and then can help support any changes someone decides to make. Whether or not to make a change to their outlook or behavior is however always up to that person.