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Building a really solid container for change takes time. By the time couples decide to get the support they need in their relationship there’s often an urgency in the air. […]

Forging The Path to a Deeper, More Harmonious Relationship  Behind the Scenes of Couple’s Work Given the natural pressures of work, family, and personal growth, it’s easy for couples to [...]

Creating something of beauty and high integrity requires work. When I’m not “in session” with therapeutic couples work, I sometimes like to create long, flowing beaded angel-wing earrings. Even [...]

What is Guided Couples Work + How is it Different than Couples Counseling? For over a decade, I retained a designation of “Registered Psychotherapist” in order to do formal couples […]

(A RESPONSE TO The Emerald podcast: The Revolution Will Not Be Psychologized.) Viewing Life as Anima: Antidote to Therapy-Speak in Popular Culture?   ..our notions condition the nature of our [...]

A Compass, Guide, and Survival Kit for Mastering Attachment Styles… in the Wild Even in a world of chaos and uncertainty, one thing I know for certain is that attachment […]

Cultivating wisdom in long-term relationships The quality of our whole lives can be reflected in the quality of our core relationships. In fact, the way we relate with anyone and […]

Couples & Kids: Wrestling with Indecision or Ambivalence about Parenthood For some of my couples clients, it’s an easy choice to either have kids, or not to have kids. Others […]

4 Reasons the Strongest Couples Seek Therapy If you’ve found your way to my work, you’re most likely already a significantly self-aware, highly-conscious, relationship-oriented person. You’ve [...]

A Self Check on Commitment: Assess your commitment to doing the work Do you feel deeply in your relationship? When both partners show up to couples counseling committed to “do […]

“It’s Not Us, It’s Our Communication Issues” Think about it: When you’re in a fight with your partner, does it keep coming back to one particular topic? Does the [...]

Relationship Matters: Claiming & Honoring a Core Truth Driving home on a Tuesday, a little after 5 p.m., my one-year-old looking out the window, I was thinking about the great […]

Healing In Relationship: Doing the Work Together Engaging in foundational change is challenging. Doing it alongside others is vulnerable. Therapeutic work gives way to foundational change but it [...]

  We live in an increasingly polarized world, filled with decoherence and drama. We live in a wonderful and beautifully complex world with myriad opportunities for exquisite resonance, [...]

PART III: The Ingredients of APOLOGY Throughout my life, I’ve come to value and cherish the sheer diversity and richness of individuals—I would say that there is nothing more amazing […]