relationship & couples therapy in austin, tx

• Ongoing conflict or communication breakdown

• Feeling disconnected or not on the same team

• Codependency, enmeshment, or losing yourself in a relationship

• Repeating patterns across relationships that are hard to break

• Breakups, divorce, or contemplating whether to stay or leave

• Family of origin dynamics impacting current relationships

• Cross-cultural or interfaith relationship stress

• Navigating change or life transitions as a couple

• Starting something new or trying to build a strong foundation

• One partner in recovery and the relational dynamics that come with it

Relationship struggles rarely exist in isolation. Whether you're navigating ongoing conflict, a partnership that's grown distant, or patterns that seem to follow you from one relationship to the next — the difficulty usually has deeper roots than the surface issue suggests. The way we learned to relate to people — what's safe to need, how conflict gets handled, where we end and someone else begins — gets established early, and it shows up in every close relationship we have, often in ways that are hard to see from the inside.

This work isn't only for couples in crisis. Some people come in carrying patterns from their family of origin that keep showing up in their current relationships. Some are navigating the particular dynamics that come with codependency or enmeshment — the slow erosion of where you end and someone else begins. Some are facing a decision about whether to stay in a relationship and need space to think it through without pressure in either direction. And some are early in a relationship and want to build something on steadier ground from the start.

In our work together, the focus isn't just on resolving conflict or improving communication — though those things matter. It's on understanding what each person brings in from their history, how those things interact with each other, and what a different way of relating might actually look like. Not just getting along better, but feeling genuinely known by the people closest to you.

I offer relationship and couples therapy in Austin, Texas and via telehealth across the state for individuals and partners who are ready to understand their relationships more deeply — not just manage them.