Couples therapy

Intimate relationships can reveal our deepest needs as well as our deepest fears. They may also be where we feel the most known and accepted. Every relationship encounters challenges, cycles through harmful patterns, and requires mutual effort between partners to grow.

With my training in Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, I strive to create a warm space for partners to identify the roots of their unhelpful patterns. Through couples therapy, partners can build more effective communication, develop deeper understanding of each other and explore tricky conversations with more confidence and connection. I work with couples to explore how each of their needs and desires can share space within the relationship. Therapy can be also be a way to proactively care for your relationship, particularly during life transitions (e.g., moving, becoming engaged or married, entering parenthood, etc.).

I specialize in therapy for Asian American couples and multicultural couples around the following themes:

What is Emotionally-Focused Therapy?

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based model founded upon the belief that humans are wired for close, intimate relationships with others. Such need for attachment is normalized and made sense of in the therapeutic space. In other words, EFT creates a nonjudgmental space for emotions, needs for connection, and the skills we’ve developed to protect ourselves. In session, EFT therapists collaborate with couples to identify their “negative cycle” — that is, the fights that keep coming up — and explore new ways to communicate and engage with each other, all within a safe, neutral space.