Couples Therapy

for couples coping with infertility, reproductive loss,
and alternative family building

“In good times and bad.”

That’s the understatement of the year and, quite possibly, of your lifetime.

Whether you’re married or not, you’ve made a lifetime commitment to one another and are working to build and raise a family together. This inherently means you’ll be there for each other – to support each other and work together to tackle and overcome any challenges you face.

When you made this commitment to each other, you may very well have had some of those early conversations about having children.

You may have discussed the possibility of adoption, health issues, or other circumstances that might require medical interventions to make conception possible. You may have even discussed surrogacy.

However, no matter how hard you tried, the conversation did not even come close to preparing you for the challenges and losses you have experienced along your journey to becoming parents.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way.

What was supposed to be an exciting and happy time of your life has become excruciatingly painful to discuss.

You used to feel capable of working together and supporting each other. But now, despite your best efforts, communication is breaking down.

You’ve started to disagree about how, or whether to move forward with your dream of growing your family.

And, even though you live in the same home and share the same bed, you’ve never felt more alone.

Perhaps, it’s time to try something different. Maybe it’s time to try couples therapy.

What to expect.

First, I‘ll learn about your relationship – what brought you together, how you’ve coped and supported one another in the time leading up to your decision to begin growing your family, and, of course, what’s going on in your relationship today.

We will then work together to create a safe space for both you and your partner to share what you are thinking and feeling.

We’ll work to build and strengthen healthy communication – so you can truly hear, understand, respect, and support each other – especially in the face of disagreement.

And we’ll do all this to make sure that you and your partner are, once again, on the same team.

All for one: The Client

And, in couples therapy, the “couple” is the client.

This means I won’t take on the role of referee.

I won’t take sides.

And there can’t be any secrets – I can’t keep or hold sensitive information disclosed by one partner from the other – especially if this information is relevant/essential to the proper treatment of “the couple.”

Though I may meet individually with each of you on occasion, (often at the beginning of treatment as part of the initial evaluation and periodically throughout our time together on an as needed basis), our focus together is the couple.

For couples coping with infertility, reproductive loss, and alternative family building…

It’s mouthful, I know. But I don’t want to mislead anyone. It’s important to stay within my scope of practice and training.

There are many wonderful therapists who can help couples work through a whole host of issues.

I specialize in helping couples address issues related to family building.

You’ve faced so many obstacles and challenges on your journey to becoming parents.

It’s time to make sure your relationship doesn’t become or remain one of those challenges.

“For better or worse.” Choose better.

Reach out today: (734) 263-6644. There’s no reason to go through this alone. Together, we can strengthen and heal the couple so that you can face the future together.