Couple Therapy
Our romantically intimate relationships can be the most rewarding and painful of all relationships. Many couples come together with the hope that each partner will be able to provide the other with love and understanding, only to discover that the partner they chose is not the partner that they expected.
I draw upon my training in the Psychobiological Approach to Couples’ Therapy (PACT), developed by Dr. Stan Tatkin, in my work with couples. Tatkin combines three different areas of study in his approach: neuroscience, attachment theory, and arousal (the state of activation that a person experiences in any given moment). As a couples therapist, I take a very active role during sessions. I use all available information–facial expressions, body language, the ability of members of the couple to accurately read their partner–to help the couple understand how they miss opportunities for connection and repair. I work with the couple to explore how they fight (or don’t fight), and how they can change these interactions so that they can negotiate and resolve issues. I also explore with couples how patterns from their own family of origin (such as how their parents related to each other) may be affecting their current relationship in unhelpful ways.
I draw upon my training in the Psychobiological Approach to Couples’ Therapy (PACT), developed by Dr. Stan Tatkin, in my work with couples. Tatkin combines three different areas of study in his approach: neuroscience, attachment theory, and arousal (the state of activation that a person experiences in any given moment). As a couples therapist, I take a very active role during sessions. I use all available information–facial expressions, body language, the ability of members of the couple to accurately read their partner–to help the couple understand how they miss opportunities for connection and repair. I work with the couple to explore how they fight (or don’t fight), and how they can change these interactions so that they can negotiate and resolve issues. I also explore with couples how patterns from their own family of origin (such as how their parents related to each other) may be affecting their current relationship in unhelpful ways.