Couples & Individual Therapy for Fort Worth, Online

Fort Worth has its own identity, and plenty of people here will happily tell you it is not Dallas. In my experience, that independent streak sometimes shows up in couples therapy, too. Often one partner is ready to start and the other would honestly rather fix the fence than talk about feelings.

If that's your partner, or you, here's what I want you to know:

• Nobody gets ganged up on. The relationship is my focus, not proving who's right. That's why both of you attend from the first session, so I can build a balanced relationship with each of you.
• It's practical. Along with understanding emotions, we work on concrete skills: how to start a hard conversation, how to take a break without walking out, how to repair after a fight.
• You set the pace. You don't have to share everything at once. Curiosity works better than pressure.
• It's from your own living room. For many reluctant partners, skipping the waiting room makes the first step a lot easier.

Hesitant partners are often surprised by how relieving it is to finally be heard without the conversation turning into another argument.

A lot of hesitation comes from not knowing what actually happens, so here's what to expect. After our phone consultation, you'll sit down together somewhere private and open a secure video link a few minutes before we start. I'll ask what brought you here, and I'll want to hear from both of you, in your own words. I'm interested in your history as a couple, what's working, and where you keep getting stuck.

You won't be asked to air everything in the first hour. By the end, my hope is that you'll each feel understood, have a clearer picture of the pattern between you, and know what we'd focus on together. Then you decide whether to keep going.

Whether you live near TCU, the Cultural District, the Stockyards, or out past Loop 820, getting across town at rush hour on I-35W or I-30 can eat an evening. Online sessions remove the commute entirely. Because the patterns you want to change happen at home, practicing new skills there tends to carry over into daily life. Phone sessions are available if you prefer them.

In therapy, we explore the assumptions and emotional blocks that get in the way of intimacy and healthy communication. I get to know each of you and focus on the space between you, where "you and me" becomes "us." Fort Worth couples come to me with communication problems, recurring conflict, intimacy concerns, trust after infidelity, and premarital questions.

I integrate the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, and skill-building. Read more about my couples and marriage therapy.

Every new couple begins with a free phone consultation, which I require before the first appointment. Both partners attend from the first session. We meet on SimplePractice's secure telehealth platform, and both of you need to be located in Texas during the session.

Couples sessions are $230 and individual sessions are $200. I'm out of network with all insurance and provide superbills for out-of-network reimbursement. I ask for 24 hours' notice to cancel. See rates and insurance.

People and the way they relate to each other have fascinated me since I was young. I'm a Texas LMFT (#201087) trained at Northwestern University's The Family Institute, practicing in North Texas since 2010. Read more about me.