Marriage, couple, and intimate relationships therapy is one of my favorite types of therapies to provide.

I strive to help couples and other relationship formations find their way back to one another. I push partners to connect more deeply with one another, often through helping them understand more about what they need and desire emotionally, sexually, financially, and intellectually. I often facilitate new experiences right in the therapy room, and ask for practice of learned skills in the moment.

Let’s have a different conversation than you would in your own living room.

Couples tell me that my ability to hold space for each of their perspectives, as well as my tendency to “translate” their experiences to one another, help them overcome the barriers they feel in communication and support them in being more vulnerable and assertive in their relationships. Clients have expressed appreciation for my ability to listen, reflect back, and provide challenge and new insight into their experiences. 

 

Common themes I address in couples therapy

communication and conflict

RECOVERING FROM INFIDELITY AND BETRAYAL

CONFLICT AROUND FINANCES AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT

sex, SEXUALITY, AND PHYSICAL INTIMACY

VULNERABILITY AND EMOTIONAL CONNECTION

NON-MONOGAMY AND POLYAMORY

GENDER ROLES, EXPECTATIONS, AND THE PATRIARCHY

New parenthood and RAISING young children TOGETHER

REBUILDING FRIENDSHIP AND CONNECTION

HEALING INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND BREAKING FAMILY PATTERNS

I am supportive and affirming of intimate relationships of all monogamous and consensually non-monogamous structures and all genders, as well as couples who experience neurodiversity; interracial and/or intercultural dynamics; and/or who are healing from complex trauma in their childhood. I am a kink- and poly-friendly provider.

““Erin is the most warmly authentic and clinically effective relational therapist I know. She brings the familiarity and candor of your closest support with the depth and intelligence of your favorite professor. In my practice, she is the most trusted and highly recommended referral for couples therapy.””
— Allie Reed, LPC, LMHC, NCC
““I have worked with Erin for over 6 years in several different capacities and I have come to know her as an intentional, gracious, reflective and incredibly-skilled therapist. I will consistently refer clients to her because of her approach as a therapist and her commitment to collaboration as a colleague. It is such a lovely feeling to refer clients and know that they will land safely, and with Erin, I never have a doubt.” ”
— Abigail Carey, MA, LMHC, LPC
“Over many years, I have deeply appreciated the ability to refer BIPoC, interracial couples, and LGBTQ+ folx to Erin. Consistently, my clients, students, and community members offer me glowing feedback about their interactions and work with her. She is remarkably dedicated to doing the ongoing work of decolonizing her exceptionally skilled practice to ensure either appropriate fit to proceed, or, to support a client/relational system to connect with a different therapist or resource that would provide a better fit. She is a community gem.”
— Dr. Bevyn Rowland, Licensed Psychologist, Relational Therapist, Human
 
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