Couples Psychotherapy Services

Summit Psychology provides psychotherapy for couples with an emphasis on the following issues:

• Communication support

  • Teaching healthier communication strategies

  • Helping couples listen without escalating conflict

  • Improving emotional expression and understanding

• Conflict resolution

  • Identifying recurring arguments and patterns

  • Teaching strategies for compromise and problem-solving

  • Managing resentment, defensiveness, criticism, or withdrawal

• Relationship assessment

  • Evaluating relationship strengths and stress points

  • Exploring compatibility, expectations, and unmet needs

  • Clarifying goals for the relationship

• Emotional and intimacy work

  • Rebuilding emotional connection and trust

  • Addressing affection, closeness, and sexual intimacy concerns

• Life transition support

  • Navigating parenting changes, infertility, relocation, retirement, illness, or grief

  • Managing stress that affects the relationship

• Family and parenting dynamics

  • Co-parenting strategies

  • Blended family challenges

  • Extended family boundary issues

• Mental health and relationship impact

  • Helping couples cope when anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, trauma, or other mental health concerns affect the relationship

  • Coordinating with individual therapists when appropriate

• Premarital and commitment counseling

  • Discussing finances, parenting, values, boundaries, and future plans

  • Preparing couples for marriage or long-term partnership

• Supporting couples as they navigate betrayal or infidelity

• Unsure if it will be a good fit? Have questions? Call to schedule your free phone consultation.

Couples services are currently offered via HIPAA-compliant videoconferencing software but will soon be available in person. I am authorized to provide services to clients in all PSYPACT states.

Clients of all cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and religions are welcome.

Approach

Every individual and couple is unique. The first few sessions will be devoted to assessment so that I can gain an understanding of both people as individuals, the current state of the relationship, as well as your relationship history. We will also discuss goals for therapy.

Typical sessions will involve both partners together, occasional individual sessions, communication exercises, homework activities, and goal tracking.

I utilize an integrative therapeutic approach based in (but not limited to) Gottman Method Therapy and Relational Life Therapy (RLT, a style of couples therapy developed by Terry Real, LICSW).

I have completed Gottman Method level 1 and 2 certification courses in addition to Relational Life Therapy trainings provided by Terry Real.