Nothing is more painful than when you see your relationship struggling and you don’t know what to do about it!
- Is your relationship satisfying?
- Does it make you feel good about yourself?
- Is there a lack of connection?
- Poor communication?
- Chronic resentment?
- Frequent conflict?
- Infidelity?
I am a professional counselor and psychotherapist and relationship coach with decades of experience. I have special expertise in relationship counseling and coaching.
Click to read how my couples sessions effectively help couples
- Strengthen their emotional bond and create connection
- Create a vision and set goals for the relationship
- Survive and grow from infidelity
- Determine what is and isn’t working in the relationship and build strategies accordingly
- Share needs and feelings and get to the bottom of what is truly going on
- Increase the positivity in the relationship
- Identify and change repeating patterns and vicious cycles
- Make immediate observable behavioral changes
- Learn improved communication skills
- Understand each other better and develop greater empathy
- Sustain progress that has been made
* Couples can be married or not married, LGBTQ or straight
* Couples counseling can be done with the actual couple OR any combination of the individuals within it! Working with individuals alone is often as helpful as working with the couple.
I am now only offering online video sessions as I have moved from Massachusetts to Washington state.
What my clients have to say
Susan provided us with the tools we needed to make our marriage stronger, healthier and happier. Susan taught us how to communicate better, to understand where the other spouse is coming from, and to take responsibility for our own negative behaviors. Because of her counseling, we are happier people--both as individuals and as a couple. Susan is very direct and she provides concrete ways in which we can improve our marriage. We are grateful to Susan for what she has done for us.
April 1, 2016
Susan is a remarkably insightful therapist who guided my husband and me through a devastating time in our marriage. She was patient, empathetic, and able to grasp the crucial issues that were holding us back from saving our relationship. Susan was able to understand those hurdles and then take us one - and two and three - steps farther so we could finally see each other's viewpoint. Those aha moments happened repeatedly. We could not have gotten there without her help. We had been to a therapist before finding Susan but there was no comparison. We felt safe with Susan. We felt as if Susan cared whether our marriage came apart, or if we were emotionally healthy. She made us strong - as a couple and individually. That is the definition of an excellent therapist. We would return to Susan in a heartbeat and highly recommend her practice.
April 1, 2016
Susan is extremely perceptive and compassionate when it comes to couples counseling. She's a great listener, and has amazing recall. She is skilled at understanding a complex dynamic, and providing just the right common sense advice. She is even-handed, patient, and wise. My wife and I are truly fortunate to have found her.
April 1, 2016
When I met Susan two and a half years ago I could never have imagined the journey we were about to embark on together. I first saw Susan for marriage counseling and since then she has become my confidante and my friend. There is nothing I can't say to her. She is incredibly patient, listens intently, never judges, provides actionable insight and, most importantly, she genuinely cares. I feel lucky to have met her and would recommend her (and have) to anyone seeking support or growth - individually or as a couple.
April 1, 2016
I have worked with Susan for individual counseling and couples counseling. I can say, without exaggeration, that her combination of empathy, strength, patience, compassion and insight have helped keep my marriage together and my emotional life safe, and my physical health has also improved. I cannot recommend her enthusiastically enough.
April 1, 2016
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