Couples Therapy
for Lasting Connection

For couples exploring psychedelic medicines we integrate insights from those experiences.

As a Gottman-trained therapist who also draws on Somatic and attachment based practices, I help couples understand what's happening beneath their conflict, the flooding, the shutdown, the mismatched attachment styles to build real skills for co-regulation and repair.

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Where Connection Meets Understanding

As a Gottman-trained couples therapist who also brings Somatic and Attachment lens into the therapy room, I help partners see past the surface fighting to what's actually driving it. We explore flooding, shutdown, and attachment styles that don't quite match up.

Most couples don't come in just fighting about the dishes, they come in stuck in a cycle where one partner pursues and the other withdraws, or both go into fight-or-flight before any one is actually heard. Based on the Gottman Method, sessions will help you recognize flooding as it happens, work with, not against, your different attachment styles, and build the co-regulation skills that turn conflict into repair instead of more distance. For couples exploring psychedelic medicines together, those insights and experiences can be worked with.

The goal isn't just fewer arguments; it's real skills for deepened connection, co-regulation, repair, and the kind of connection that holds under pressure.

What this looks like in practice:

  • An initial assessment (4 sessions) of your relationship's patterns, history, and specific areas of friction

  • One sessions together, one individual session with each partner, then all of us together again to review the assessment and plan.

  • Skills training in de-escalation, recognizing flooding, and returning to regulation together

  • Attachment-informed work to understand how each partner's style shapes the dynamic between you

  • Ongoing sessions that build toward lasting repair, not just conflict management

  • For couples interested in it, preparation and integration support around shared psychedelic experiences

Fee: $275 / 53-minute session

Ready to build a stronger connection?

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TESTIMONIALS

  • "Thank you for helping us get through and recover from the affair. Our relationship has gotten better than we ever thought possible."

  • "Laura helped us come back together after drifting apart over our 20 years together."

How it works

Getting Started Together

  • Joint Session & Assessment

    Understanding your relationship as a whole

    We begin with a session together, where I get a picture of your relationship your history, patterns, and what's brought you in using the Gottman assessment framework to understand the dynamic between you.

  • Individual Sessions

    Each partner's story, on its own

    Next, we meet one-on-one first with one partner, then the other  so each of you has space to share your own history, perspective, and attachment patterns without the dynamic of the relationship in the room.

  • Feedback & Treatment Plan

    Bringing it back together

    We reconvene as a couple to review what the assessment revealed and build a shared treatment plan one that addresses both your individual patterns and the cycle you create together going forward.

Why Couples Choose to Work With Me

Gottman-Trained, Research-Backed Approach

Grounded in the Gottman Method, sessions are based on decades of research into what actually makes relationships work not guesswork or generic advice, but a structured understanding of the patterns that pull couples apart and what rebuilds them.

The Body, Not Just the Conversation

Conflict often escalates because of flooding and nervous system overwhelm, not just disagreeing. Bringing Somatic approaches into couples work means addressing what's happening in the body in real time, not just talking around it.

A Process Built for Both of You and the Relationship

With joint sessions, individual sessions, and a shared treatment plan, the work honors each partner's individual story while building skills like co-regulation that belong to the relationship.

FAQ

  • YES — you don't have to be in crisis to benefit from couples therapy. Working together before things reach a breaking point deepens the relationship and builds a stronger foundation for the long term. Whether you're dealing with a recurring pattern, feeling distant after years together, or simply want to strengthen an already solid relationship, therapy helps you build the connection and skills to keep it thriving.

  • Conflict often escalates because of flooding or overwhelm,  a nervous system response where you're too physiologically overwhelmed to communicate effectively, regardless of intention. A somatic approach helps each partner recognize flooding as it happens and return to a regulated state, making real conversation possible again.

  • The Gottman Method is a research-based approach to couples therapy built on decades of studying what actually predicts relationship success or breakdown. It focuses on identifying the specific patterns criticism, defensiveness, withdrawal, escalating conflict that damage relationships, and replacing them with skills for repair, connection, and co-regulation.

Ready to Reconnect?

Every relationship can rebuild with the right support.

You and your partner can move from disconnection to a stronger, more resilient bond that’s built to last.

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