Counseling for Couples

Discover how to build a deep connection with your partner, fostering love by creating a secure attachment for a supportive and lasting partnership. 

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What can you expect from couples counseling?

NURTURE RESILANCE AND CULTIVATE CONNECTION.

My work in Emotionally Focused (EFT) Couples Counseling can assist you in recognizing the emotions and needs behind your actions during conflicts with your partner. By grasping these deeper feelings, you can improve how you express them, leading to more constructive and caring discussions. This journey can also help you build a stronger sense of empathy for your partner and their viewpoint, fostering greater understanding and connection. 

This service is not just about resolving conflicts; it's about learning new ways to perceive, interact, and connect with your partner. It's about building an understanding, trust, and deep emotional connection. Through the empowering process of EFT, we dive deep to address the root of your challenges, fostering profound and enduring change.

Let me guide you toward creating a solid and safe relationship based on a genuine connection!

How can couples counseling help you?

CREATE TRUST

Build trust or restore relationships impacted by deception, certain behaviors, and more with delicacy, empathy, and patience.

STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS

Prevent issues from arising, enhance communication and relationship skills, nurture intimacy, align conflicting goals or values, and establish a clear vision for your relationship focused on fostering a secure and lasting connection. 

ADDRESS ISSUES

Address particular challenges that might pop up in relationships, such as concerns within the family dynamic, health issues, loss of intimacy, or blended families. 

RESOLVE CONFLICT

Tackle communication issues and develop a new understanding of conflict and how to easily address it. Navigate life transitions or challenges such as moving, career changes, loss, or welcoming a new family member with ease.  

Discover the significance of explicit communication, gain insights into relational dynamics, and understand the effects of your previous communication approach.

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Your frequently asked questions

COUNSELING FAQ

  • Coaching focuses on goal-setting and personal growth in a client's personal or professional life, while mental health counseling addresses and helps manage mental health conditions, emotional challenges, and psychological disorders.

  • Initial contact focuses on discovering your needs and how services offered could serve them. Part of this meeting is discovering if it is the right therapist/client relationship for both parties. If we believe we could be a good fit to proceed, we will schedule a first session and you will be sent a link to complete an online intake and sign disclosures prior to the initial session.

  • Yes

    In-person services are provided in office in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle.

    Online services are provided through Zoom.

  • Once an appointment is scheduled you will be sent a link to the online waiting room. (this may require a simple download from Zoom.com).

  • Fees: I am happy to discuss fees with you when we talk.

    Payments: Payment is accepted by Cash, Check or Credit.

  • No

    All Insurance companies only cover services that they consider "medically necessary". This means they will only pay for the treatment of an individual with a qualifying mental Health diagnosis. With this being so, the model of couples counseling I do is not considered a medically necessary service and thus I am unable to take insurance for these services. You can still receive couples counseling, but you will pay the entire cost of services yourself.

  • Maybe

    If you are in Washington state and on one of the insurance plans that I am contracted with, counseling services will be covered based on your specific coverage.

    If you are on a plan that I am not contracted with you may have out-of-network coverage that might reimburse you for a portion of your expense but you will pay my full hourly rate at time of service. Depending on your insurance I may be able to submit your out-of-network claims for you.

  • I am a preferred provider with the below insurance companies. Please verify with your company if I am in-network for your specific plan.

    Premera Plans: Heritage Prime, Global, Heritage Signature, Heritage & Heritage Plus 1, Heritage Flex Tier 1

    LifeWise Plans: LifeWise Assurance Company, LifeWise Health Plan of Washington Preferred, WA LifeWise Primary

    First Choice Health plans

    I am often seen as an out-of-network provider by other insurance plans. Please check with your provider and see if I am covered and be sure to ask if they cover online counseling (TeleMed services) if you plan on our visits being online. If this is the case, you will be responsible to pay at the time of the service and I will provide you with the necessary documentation for you to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement.

    * Please note that the model I use for couple's counseling is not considered a medically necessary service according to the insurance companies I'm contracted with since it is not treating an individual's mental health disorder but instead working on relationship dynamics. With this being so, they do not cover these services and they will need to be paid entirely out of pocket.

  • I am a licensed counselor in Washington State with a Master’s degree in Counseling and extensive training in Emotionally Focused Therapy. I have over 20 years of experience coming alongside clients of all ages, diverse backgrounds and places in their lives to give them hope, inspiration and empowerment click herehere to learn more about me. You can also see proof of my counselling license at Counselor License Lookup for Washington State. The code of ethics I follow can be seen at the ACA Code of Ethics.

  • I work to create the right environment for the counselling experience and I am asking clients to do the same. My hope is that even though we are using a digital tool to do counseling, we can still create a real and meaningful connection that allows for our responses to body language as well as the words that are said.

    On my side I will be in a confidential environment with a large TV as my screen and an HD camera at a distance so that you will be able to see me as if I am sitting across the office from you.

    What I ask of clients to create a good online counseling experience is:

    Create a confidential space where you will feel free to talk openly.

    Have a reliable internet connection.

    Use a the largest screen that you can connect your computer to (large TV preferred). A laptop screen does not provide the best experience for online couples counseling but if it is the only option we can discuss its effectiveness throughout the process.

    Use an HD or other high quality webcam with microphone (if your webcam doesn’t have a microphone please get a separate microphone so that you can be heard).

    Use computer speakers that are loud enough that you can hear me easily.

    (If possible) Position the webcam on top of the screen and sit at a distance so that I can see all of you as if you are sitting across the office from me.

  • Appointments need to be cancelled 24 hours in advance of scheduled appointment. You will be charged the full amount of the session for missed appointments or failing to cancel 24 hours prior to your appointment.

COUNSELING DISCLOSURES

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Washington State Department of Health

No Surprise Act

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of what your services may cost.