Create healthier relationships and build deeper connections.
Online Individual Therapy for Relationships in NYC
Across New York, and California
When relationships feel hard, everything else can too.
Whether you’re in one, searching for one, or trying to let one go, the state of your relationships can ripple into every other part of your life.
When things are going well, life feels more manageable. You feel grounded, connected, like you have someone in your corner.
But when there’s distance, conflict, or unmet needs, even small daily stressors can feel overwhelming.
Like you’re carrying everything on your own.
Maybe you’re the one who always gives.
The one who steps up, smooths things over, keeps the peace. It feels good to be needed… until it starts to feel like no one’s ever there for you in return.
Or maybe you grew up believing that love always comes with pain. That closeness means walking on eggshells, playing small, or pretending you’re fine when you’re not.
If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Relationship issues can show up in a variety of ways.
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Having the same fights on repeat that never feel resolved.
Not feeling supported, cared for, or understood by your partner.
Questioning whether to stay together, take the next big step, or part ways.
Interactions feel transactional, caught up in life management, or keeping score.
You’ve lost the spark, intimacy, and connection that used to bring joy and comfort.
Being on different pages regarding things like finances, kids, parenting, or sex.
Feeling distant or withdrawn from each other, one or both of you feel emotionally or physically absent.
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Being afraid to put yourself out there and open up to new people.
Struggling with a recent breakup that feels overwhelming and hard to move on from.
Not knowing what you want in an ideal partner or what a healthy relationship looks like.
Constantly attracting the wrong type of person for you or getting into unhealthy relationships.
Worrying you’ll never be in a healthy, happy relationship or afraid you’ll end up alone forever.
Struggling to break your unhealthy relationship patterns or behaviors despite knowing what they are.
Ambivalence about dating, being partnered, or whether you want kids and wanting to explore what’s going on.
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Feeling anxious and scared of rejection, leading to social isolation.
Struggling to say no, set boundaries, and honoring what you want or need.
Feeling more like a parent to one of your own parents while growing up, and not getting enough of your emotional or physical needs met.
Experiencing emotional neglect, abuse, abandonment, or trauma that was never fully addressed or resolved.
Not being comfortable opening up emotionally or vulnerably with those closest to you for fear of judgment.
Having a strong inner critic that hijacks your brain in social interactions and stops you from connecting or communicating your experience.
But what if it didn’t have to be that way?
What if relationships could feel more nourishing than draining,
more mutual than one-sided?
Imagine a life where connection feels safe.
Where you can say what you need without second-guessing yourself—and actually feel heard.
Where hard conversations don’t turn into explosions or shutdowns.
And where being close to someone doesn’t mean losing parts of yourself in the process.
Therapy for Relationships can help you start building the
kinds of relationships you
actually want.
How Therapy for Relationships Works.
Therapy with me is like relationship practice in real time.
It’s a space where you can try out new ways of relating—with me first, then with the people in your life.
We’ll pay close attention to how things feel between us in the room by checking in, getting curious, and making small adjustments together. This kind of honest, respectful feedback becomes a model for what’s possible in your other relationships too.
We’ll also look at what’s underneath the patterns that keep showing up, with yourself, your partner, family, and work. Together, we’ll practice showing up in ways that feel more grounded, connected, and true to you.
I also draw from attachment theory, mindfulness, and somatic work to help you stay present in your body and in the moment, while staying connected to others. We’ll explore what it’s like to give and receive in relationships and what it takes to feel safe doing both.
A big part of my approach is rooted in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), a model designed to help you move out of aloneness and into connection. With time, this work helps you feel more confident in your ability to build the kind of healthy, mutual relationships you’ve always wanted.
What you’ll gain
Therapy for Relationships can help you…
Learn practical communication skills to feel heard, supported, and understood.
Practice setting healthy boundaries with others.
Learn to feel safe being vulnerable and opening up emotionally to those you care about.
Deepen trust, connection, and intimacy with your partner, friends, and family.
Prioritize your needs and wants so you can find a healthy balance with your partner.
Learn how to work through conflict in healthy ways without blowing up or shutting down.
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Your relationships are worth investing in.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
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The main difference is that individual relationship therapy is focused on you and your experience and role in relationships, rather than working with you and a partner simultaneously.
This also means we are likely to talk about all the various types of relationships you have in your life beyond romantic to include your relationship with family, friends, kids, colleagues, bosses, work, money, and any other type of relationship you have.
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I do not provide couples therapy, though I am happy to give you some referrals for couples therapists. I believe there is great value in having both a couples therapist and an individual therapist if that is something you can make that work.
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Healthy relationships are an important component of your overall mental, emotional health, and wellbeing. Some signs your relationships are healthy are if you:
Feel loved and accepted being your authentic self.
Can mutually respect boundaries and feel comfortable saying no.
Work to repair and reconnect after conflict and learn from the experience.
Have built a foundation of mutual trust over time, where trust is earned.
Can agree to disagree and still respect each others opinions, both can be true at once.
Feel safe to openly communicate how you feel and know you will be met with respect, non-judgment, and a desire to understand.
Can co-regulate with your partner, when one person is activated the other will act as a calming source to help ground and provide safety.
Are interdependent from one another: you enjoy spending time together and feel strong in your bond and also maintain a separate sense of self.
Feel safe to enjoy physical intimacy and can bring playfulness and communication to intimacy needs or desires
Are both committed to working on the relationship, and recognize that relationships take work.
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