Therapy to address the dynamics that keep showing up in your relationships, whether you are working on them individually or with your partner.
You’re likely reading this after another familiar argument, feeling exhausted, confused, and frustrated about how you ended up here again. You might even understand the pattern, but insight alone doesn’t stop it from taking over. I help you access and update these deeply ingrained emotional responses at their source.
People often start looking for therapy when they feel entirely drained by a relationship. The same dynamic plays out repeatedly, whether in your current relationship or across past ones. You might be coming in because your connection feels stuck in a loop of conflict and withdrawal, you keep choosing the same kind of partner, or you can’t stop over-functioning and losing yourself in someone else’s needs.
I work with individuals navigating these patterns on their own, and with couples who want to address what is happening between them together. The common thread is that these difficulties make sense. They are deeply ingrained emotional responses laid down long before your current conflicts began. Early attachments and family systems taught you what closeness looks like and what it costs, and those learned responses deploy automatically under stress.
Dynamics I frequently work with include repeating the same relational cycle across different partners, one person withdrawing under pressure while the other pushes harder, chronically over-giving and burying resentment, choosing emotionally unavailable partners, and navigating enmeshment or codependency patterns from your family of origin spilling into adult relationships.
Relationship advice and communication techniques have their place. However, when the same pattern keeps reasserting itself despite your best efforts, the driving force is the emotional logic running underneath. These are the conclusions your mind drew about connection, safety, and what you’re allowed to need, often from a young age.
I use experiential modalities like Coherence Therapy and parts-based work to access and update these foundational patterns directly. For individuals, that means identifying the relational blueprint you operate from and changing it at the emotional level where it formed. For couples, it means decoding the precise emotional histories each person brings into the room. This makes the conflict understandable and workable.
For individuals, the work focuses on identifying and resolving the emotional learning that keeps producing the same relational outcomes. For couples, the early sessions are dedicated to understanding the conflict alongside the distinct histories each person brings to it. Both formats involve the same depth of work.
There is no rigid timeline. The process adapts to what you need. Sessions are available in-person at my Dallas office or via secure telehealth across Texas.
Whether you’re coming in on your own or with a partner, sessions are active and collaborative. Instead of simply narrating your week, we track what’s happening in real time. We will notice when old patterns surface so we can work with them directly.
My clinical work is rooted in the relational patterns people carry from early experiences and family systems. I help clients see how those blueprints shape the way they connect, withdraw, and protect themselves in relationships today. Along with extensive experience at the SMU Center for Family Counseling, my specialized training in Dr. Kenneth Adams’s enmeshment model equips me to work with the family-of-origin dynamics that often sit at the center of relational difficulty.
MS · LPC Associate · NCC
Supervised by Erin Wysong-Warren, LPC-S.
Currently accepting new clients
In-person (Dallas) & telehealth (Texas)
Do I need to come in with my partner, or can I work on relationship issues individually?
Both. Many people work on relational patterns entirely on their own. The patterns you carry into relationships exist whether or not your partner is in the room. If both partners are willing and want to work together, I see couples as well. We can talk about which format makes sense for you on the consult call.
What if my partner is skeptical about therapy?
That’s common and often protective. You don’t need your partner’s participation to do meaningful work on your own relational patterns. If they’re open to joining later, that option may be available. Some of the deepest shifts happen when one person changes the way they show up, and the dynamic often follows.
Is this about fixing communication, or something deeper?
Communication tools have their place. However, when intense relational difficulty is driven by core emotional histories, we must address the foundation. Teaching better scripts won’t hold up under stress. We work on the underlying patterns so that healthier ways of relating become natural rather than an ongoing effort.
What if I’m not sure whether to stay in my relationship?
That’s a valid place to start. Therapy isn’t about forcing a particular outcome. Sometimes the work leads to a stronger foundation. Sometimes it leads to clarity that the relationship has run its course. Both are productive uses of our time.
How is this different from relationship therapy I’ve tried before?
Most relationship-focused therapy emphasizes behavior change and communication strategies. My approach targets the root: the deeply held emotional learnings each person carries from earlier in life. When those foundational patterns update, the way you relate shifts durably — not as a conscious effort you have to maintain.
Can I do this work over telehealth?
Yes. Secure telehealth is available for anyone located in Texas. In-person sessions are available at my Dallas office (4040 North Central Expressway, Suite 210). We can discuss which format works best on the consult call.
Free 15-minute consultation.