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Transforming Couples Lives
“Before therapy, no one could have convinced me that talking with my wife about my affair was even possible, much less useful. I was adamant that talking about it was nowhere I wanted to go. I now know that it is the talking that allows for the healing. You have taught us to do that, to use our words, ‘safely’ and ‘intentionally’.”
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We are wired to connect
Couples do most of the damage to their connection when each person is “hijacked” by the brain’s survival imperative to “protect only this separate person”. Our work involves helping you learn to co-create the safety and trust that your nervous system needs to process challenging content with your partner and still stay in connection.
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Choosing Love
Choosing the Upward Trend rather than indulging in the downward pull. We are routinely faced with a choice to live our highest ideals and potential or to be pulled back into the past and the habits that keep us stuck in reactivity and conflict. Practice noticing the difference.
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"Skilled & Effective Guidance for Couples in Distress"
Intensive Couples Therapy grounded in mindfulness, neuroscience & attachment
Couples Specialists
We’ve been specializing in Couples Therapy since 2003. The most valuable training we’ve done not only guides our couples work but has also been the most impactful for us as a couple. Relational growth doesn’t seem to have an endpoint. We are always evolving and growing and dedicated to living and working from our growth edges. Why work with a specialist?
In-Person Couples Work
Many of us have experienced great losses since COVID, losses of connection, loved ones, routine, even security. Returning to normal (even knowing what normal is) feels riddled with fear, confusion and reactivity, keeping us stuck. If distance, numbness, or frustration dominates your relationship, then call us and learn to cooperate with the growth trying to happen and reclaim your love.
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Is repair even possible?
We are all wired from birth to thrive when our needs for safety, nurturance and connection are met. When we fall in love we seem to “magically” meet each these needs for each other. But when the magic wears off and we realize the partner is now the one who wounds, rather than the person who has their back we can feel disillusioned and betrayed. We then typically live with chronic nonproductive conflict or what Gottman calls “distance and isolation”. Can this be repaired?
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Stephen Porges: The Polyvagal Theory This December 2015 interview with Stephen Porges on...
Poignant and hysterical. Hard to imagine how they both keep a straight face during this...
The Power of Connection. TED Talk by Hedy Schleifer, our mentor and the creator of...
Hedy Schleifer describing Crossing the Bridge and the art of hosting and visiting your...
Coping with Infidelity – Q & A with Michele Weiner-Davis, the author of Divorce...
The New Frontier of Sex & Intimacy. TED Talk by Sue Johnson, the founder of...
How Your Childhood Affects Your Adult Relationships. Narrated by Oprah. Demonstrates a...
Stanford’s Robert Sapolsky On Depression. Sapolsky explains why depression is the...
How can I help make my marriage stronger? video message from Hedy Schleifer on embracing...
This short video is a really fabulous teaching on neuro-plasticity, the ability of the...
A very cute short clip by Marital Researcher John...
Why do we sleep? TED Talk by a Neuroscientist. Engaging talk on the importance of sleep...
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