Bringing a baby into the world is life-changing: beautiful, exhausting, overwhelming, and everything in between. You knew things would shift, but maybe you didn’t expect just how much your relationship would be tested. Suddenly, the person you once stayed up late laughing with is now someone you argue with over who got less sleep.
You're not alone. Studies show that most couples experience a dip in relationship satisfaction in the first few years of parenthood. Some find a way to adapt and grow together, while others struggle to feel like a team. That’s where therapy comes in- helping you figure out what’s not working and how to rebuild connection in this new phase of life.
I’m a relational therapist who has been who has been helping partners navigate the messy, beautiful, and sometimes overwhelming transition into parenthood. My clients often tell me I have a way of naming the unspoken; the patterns, wounds, and unbalanced dynamics that leave couples feeling stuck while still holding space with warmth and humor. My job is to help couples get to the root of what’s really driving the distance, whether it’s resentment about invisible labor, loss of intimacy or the pressure of becoming who your parents were (or weren’t).
I am able to balance compassion with candor. I’ll laugh with you about the chaos of parenting, but I’ll also challenge you to rethink the ways you show up for each other. With advanced training in relational therapy models and years of experience working with couples in high-pressure life stages, I know how to help you rebuild closeness, realign expectations, and rediscover intimacy in the middle of this demanding season.
Parenthood doesn’t have to mean losing your relationship. In our work together, you’ll gain tools to divide responsibilities more fairly, rebuild trust, and create a partnership that feels supportive and connected and not just functional. My goal isn’t for you to just survive these early years, but to feel like you’re growing stronger as a couple because of them.
Becoming parents is both the most beautiful and the most disorienting shift a couple can face. Suddenly, the way you connect, argue, and comfort each other takes on new weight not just for you, but for your growing family. Therapy gives you a space to steady yourselves, to feel less alone in the chaos, and to grow closer instead of drifting apart.
If you learned as a kid to silence your needs, perform for approval, or walk on eggshells, those strategies don’t just disappear when you become a parent. We’ll look at how those early roles are still running the show especially when you’re tired, stressed, or needing support from your partner.
You’ll start to notice how quickly you shut down, snap, over-accommodate, or retreat -not to judge yourself, but so we can get curious about what part of you is showing up, and what it needs. This isn’t about “better communication tips,” it’s about understanding the emotional logic underneath your reactions.
Whether you're the birthing parent or not, early parenting brings grief, identity loss, anxiety, and tenderness. This is a place to name those parts without guilt, so you don’t have to carry everything quietly while pretending to be okay.
Instead of slipping into resentment, scorekeeping, or shutting down emotionally, therapy helps you create a relationship where you feel seen in the chaos. We’ll work on how to repair disconnection without blaming or collapsing.
Not just who changes more diapers, but who holds the fear, the planning, the emotional safety for the family. We’ll name the unspoken expectations and work toward something that actually feels mutual and sustainable.
We’ll explore the kind of parent you want to be: one who responds instead of reacts, who doesn’t pass on what hurt you, and who has the emotional capacity to stay present. That starts with you having space to feel supported and human, too.
Maybe one of you shuts down, the other presses harder or both avoid when uncomfortable. Maybe things feel like a never-ending to-do list, and your emotional life has fallen off the radar. We’ll get underneath those cycles, slow them down, and help you practice expressing needs, boundaries, and emotions without shame, resentment or walking on eggshells.
Parenthood changes everything - including how you feel in your body, your relationship to touch, and your capacity for closeness. We’ll talk honestly about how to find new forms of emotional, physical, and playful intimacy that actually feel good to both of you instead of recreating pressure or rejection.