Specialized Couple's Therapy means couples therapy focused on a specific mental health concern of one or multiple partners. I proivde specialized couple's therapy for couples where one or more members are experiencing OCD/OCPD, ADHD, Generalized Anxiety, Autism, or other mental health concerns that are impacting their relationship dynamics

I have a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and am trained and experienced in providing therapy for couples. Couples therapy focuses on changing the relational patterns and dynamics that happen between people. As an OCD/anxiety specialist, I love blending my family/couple's therapy skills with my OCD experience to make sure clients are getting the specialized care they need in these cases.

At this time I do not provide general couple's therapy. If you are seeking couple's therapy to address relationship dynamics that are not related to OCD or another mental health condition, I'm happy to provide you with referrals for other couple's therapists who would be a better fit for this.

With couples, I like to have everyone present for every session. Sometimes in the course of our work it may become clear that one or more partners need additional support. If this happens, I will provide referrals for their own individual therapy, so that I can remain in the position of supporting the couple/relationship as a whole. 

I specialize in helping couples where one or more partners have an OCD or related diagnosis, and because of this I will provide education to partners on symptoms and how to respond in ways that are helpful to the relationship without worsening the OCD. 

I typically will assign couple's homework - things to try or focus on between their sessions with me, and then we will follow up on these things in the next session. I may ask couples to practice changing communication patterns in the session, and then we can process that experience together.