Relationships

Deborah helps couples find the grace in relationship. Is communication a challenge for you in your relationship and end up in repeated conflicts? Or perhaps you having trouble making a committment to your partner?  Are you feeling misunderstood and having trouble agreeing on an important decisions?  Perhaps you are deciding if staying together is right and are considering a separation? These are all common issues and you are not alone. 

All relationships offer us a unique window into our own self, our unique gifts, true desires, and life lessons. Naturally we run into bumps on the relationship road but when we are awake to the challenge, our relationship can be the perfect portal to experience more love for our self, a greater sense of belonging with more love in our relationship. Most couples need support of a third party. Relationship therapy can deepen your perspective of one other,  develop a 'relationship consciousness' with more "we-ness" so to speak.  Together we cultivate 'active empathy' as a tool for relationship awareness and employ a variety of strategies designed for your unique relationship to help you feel seen, valued, understood, and envision a future together. 

I specialize in relationship therapy and coaching, uniquely qualified with a doctorate in relationship communication. Initially I was trained as a couple and family therapist and have continued to receive professional training with well-known experts in the field of couple therapy.  I have considerable experience working with a range of couples with diverse orientations and backgrounds including LBGTQ+ couples, and design an approach for each couple based in my extensive clinical experience, as well as from my work in the field with various other professionals.