Therapist Profile

My Approach to Helping

The Ann Arbor Couples Clinic is for you if: you and your partner keep circling around the same few issues with no progress. Arguments flare up dangerously or result in cold withdrawal. Your conflict conversations get stalled with no resolution. You feel distant and afraid that you dont love each other like you used to. One of you has had an affair. Your sex life has faded. I am the director of the clinic and my practice is exclusively couple counseling. In addition to the problem areas listed above, I have special interest in treating infidelity, partner violence and internet addictions. My approach is designed to break the vicious cycles and gridlock that partners can unintentionally create in their attempts to secure love and respect from each other. My therapy is solution oriented and focused on the here and now. I am very active in your therapy making suggestions, giving feedback and assigning homework designed to break your stalemate. You and your partner will learn practical tools and techniques to make immediate and long lasting improvements in your relationship.

More Info About My Practice

I have provided individual and couple therapy services for over 30 years. In that time, I have become proficient in many methods. I currently favor Emotionally Focused Therapy and have trained with its creator, Susan Johnson. (www.eft.ca) I also use Pragmatic Experiential Therapy (www.thecouplesclinic.com) and completed an externship with its creator, Brent Atkinson. Atkinsons approach is based on the extensive research of John Gottman (www.gottman.com) and I completed an externship in his Research Based Couple Therapy.