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RELATIONSHIP & COUPLES THERAPY IN SARASOTA AND ACROSS FLORIDA

Relationship Counseling for Couples Who Want Real Change - Not Just More Talking

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Is your relationship starting to feel like you’re speaking two different languages?

You love each other - but lately, it’s like you live on opposite planets.

The same fights keep cycling, emotions are either volcanic or buried, and the intimacy feels more transactional than tender. Whether there’s been a rupture - like a betrayal or a major transition - or just years of built-up tension and disconnection, you’re wondering:

  • Can we actually fix this?

  • Am I asking for too much—or not enough?

  • Is it even possible to feel seen and safe in this relationship again?

Maybe one of you leans in, and the other pulls away. Maybe your arguments spiral fast, or worse - never happen at all because everything gets swallowed to avoid more conflict.

Either way, it’s exhausting. And it’s not sustainable.

Therapy can help you rewire the way you relate.

You don’t need to keep rehashing the same fights or pretending everything’s fine when it’s not.

You can reclaim connection and trust - with a clear roadmap and the right tools.

You can stop feeling like adversaries and start acting like a team again.

A Research-Backed Approach to Healing the Heart, the Mind - And the Money Between You

At Reclaim Mental Wellness, couples therapy draws from five powerful, research-based approaches that go beyond surface-level communication fixes to target the core of relational disconnect:

The Gottman Method

We use key Gottman strategies - like soft start-ups, repair attempts, emotional bids, and the Four Horsemen framework - to help you de-escalate conflict, build friendship, and create shared meaning. It's about shifting out of blame and into better patterns.

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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

EFT focuses on the emotional bond between partners. We identify core attachment needs and vulnerabilities, then work to strengthen emotional responsiveness - so you feel safer, more supported, and more connected in your relationship.

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Imago Relationship Therapy

Imago explores how early relationship experiences show up in your current dynamic. Through structured dialogue and intentional curiosity, you’ll transform conflict into connection and learn how to really listen without defensiveness.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy (CBCT) helps you spot how your thoughts, assumptions, and narratives shape conflict. Together, we challenge distorted thinking, build more accurate perspectives, and develop new responses that foster clarity, empathy, and change.

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Financial Therapy

Money is often a mirror for deeper issues. Financial therapy helps you explore the emotions, beliefs, and behaviors driving financial conflict. You'll improve communication, reduce shame, and co-create a financial future that reflects both of your values.

You don’t have to choose between closeness and authenticity. You can repair trust without endless apologies or walking on eggshells. You can fight better - and love harder - without sacrificing your sanity.

Couples therapy at Reclaim Mental Wellness helps you:

  • Decode the cycle you’re stuck in - and shift it for good

  • Rebuild trust after betrayal, burnout, or misalignment

  • Regulate emotions so hard conversations don’t spiral

  • Reclaim intimacy, emotional safety, and shared purpose

  • Learn practical tools to navigate conflict with clarity, not chaos

  • Repair ruptures and co-create a relationship that actually works for both of you

My approach to couples work is dynamic and respectfully direct. I’ll hold space for both of you - and I’ll also call it like I see it. I challenge where needed, translate when you’re stuck, protect the emotional safety, and help you both speak the truth without weaponizing it. My job is to disrupt what isn’t working, protect the emotional safety of the process, and guide you both toward real, sustainable change.

I use research-backed methods like the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and financial therapy tools to target both emotional and logistical challenges—because love isn’t just a feeling, it’s a practice.

Couples Therapy Helps You:

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP & COUPLES THERAPY

FAQS

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  • Sessions are active and structured. We don’t just vent - we analyze, interrupt, and repair. I use tools from the Gottman Method, EFT, CBCT, and Imago to guide you through real-time problem-solving, emotional reconnection, and insight that sticks. Learn more.

  • Many couples start seeing meaningful change within 6–12 sessions. I also offer intensives for clients who want accelerated support. We’ll discuss your goals and choose a pace that works with your life—and your nervous system. Learn more.

  • That’s exactly what therapy is for. Whether you’re navigating a rupture or just years of slow drift, we’ll work together to repair trust and build something new—rather than just trying to revive what’s broken. Learn more.

  • Absolutely. Discernment counseling is one of my specialties. I help couples clarify whether to reconnect or consciously uncouple with compassion and integrity.

Your relationship deserves more than survival - let’s build something strong together