California Couples Therapy
and Marriage Counseling

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Attachment-Based Couples Therapy to heal distress, build lasting bonds, and rediscover joy in your relationship.

You hear yourself saying this…

“We get stuck in the same argument over and over.”

“We feel disconnected and don’t know how to get the spark back.”

“We just don’t communicate well.”

“We have different values and can’t find common ground.”

But you want to be saying this…

“When we fight it ends in resolution and warmth”

“Our love ebbs and flows but we know how to reignite it.”

“We have a communication toolkit when things get tricky.”

“Our differences have become one of our greatest strengths.”

Meet Emily

Hi there! I’m a Couples Therapist in California trained in EFT and Attachment-Based Couples Therapy.

I’m passionate about helping couples navigate the complexity of relationship and find a deeper sense of belonging both individually and together. 

I’m known to challenge my clients, highlight where they’re stuck and be a champion for their transformation. Clients have reflected that I offer a compassionate and non-judgmental space.

I’m an EFT and Attachment-Based Couples Therapist

Therapy is an active and collaborative process. I don’t just sit and listen. The work happens through meaningful dialogue and a relationship that we build over time. I use research-backed modalities, designed for deep and lasting results.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

EFT helps you identify and break negative emotional patterns that fuel conflict or disconnection. Through structured conversations, EFT helps you recognize how old emotional patterns shape your reactions and communication style. This process fosters emotional attunement between you and your partner.

EFT therapy empowers you to take control of how you interact emotionally, enhancing self-awareness and emotional intelligence, allowing you to create secure, intentional relationships that align with your values and ambitions.

Attachment Theory 

Early experiences form "attachment styles"—such as secure, anxious, or avoidant—which can unconsciously influence how you respond to intimacy, conflict, and vulnerability in your current relationship

I will help you identify patterns where one partner might seek closeness while the other withdraws, or where both might feel emotionally disconnected. By bringing these dynamics to light, you’ll move toward understanding and expressing your deeper needs in a way that creates connection.

Is couples therapy right for you? Is it worth it?

It’s true, therapy takes work. Couples therapy is a powerful investment in your relationship’s long-term success. Below are some common outcomes of EFT and Attachment-Based Couples Therapy:

Rediscover the Joy

We’ll work together to reconnect you with the joy and warmth that first brought you and your partner together, fostering a renewed sense of closeness.

Break Cycles

Through EFT, you’ll learn how to break the negative emotional cycles that keep you stuck, creating space for more positive, fulfilling interactions.

Communication Toolkit

You’ll walk away with a powerful communication toolkit that helps you express your needs clearly and respond to your partner with greater empathy.

See Eachother

Experience what it feels like to truly see and be seen by your partner, as we uncover and express the emotions that matter most.

Reduce Conflict

By understanding the emotional triggers behind conflict, EFT will help you navigate disagreements with less friction and more warmth and care.

Deepen Connection

Feel closer to your partner and maybe even fall in love with them all over again! Therapy builds deeper, more authentic connections.

Specialties

I have a Masters in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I am trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy.

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  • In EFT, we explore how conflict is often a result of deeper emotional needs and unmet attachment wounds. By helping couples express these underlying feelings, we create safer spaces for healthy, open communication, leading to more constructive resolution.

  • EFT views sexual intimacy as deeply connected to emotional security. Therapy helps partners understand each other's vulnerabilities, fostering trust and safety in the relationship, allowing intimacy to naturally deepen and flourish.

  • Attachment-based therapy views infidelity as a rupture in the emotional bond. Therapy offers a space to repair trust through vulnerability, helping partners understand the deeper fears and unmet needs that led to the betrayal, with a focus on rebuilding a secure attachment.

  • Therapy acknowledges that cultural differences can create unique challenges, but also offer strengths. EFT helps couples honor each other's backgrounds, understand how these differences influence their emotional responses, and strengthen their bond by creating shared meaning.

  • EFT helps couples build a strong emotional foundation before marriage by exploring attachment patterns and developing communication tools. Therapy offers a space to discuss expectations and create a shared vision for the future, deepening emotional security.

  • In attachment-based therapy, we explore how parenting styles reflect our own attachment histories. EFT helps partners align their parenting approaches, fostering a supportive emotional environment for both their relationship and their children’s well-being.

  • EFT focuses on strengthening emotional bonds. Therapy guides couples to express their core feelings and needs, helping them form a more secure and connected attachment, which becomes the foundation for deeper emotional intimacy.

  • Life transitions can unsettle emotional security, and therapy offers a safe space to navigate these changes. EFT helps couples attune to each other’s evolving needs, ensuring that their bond remains strong and adaptive through change.

  • In EFT, financial conflict is often seen as a surface issue masking deeper emotional needs or fears. Therapy provides a platform for partners to explore the emotional meaning behind money, fostering empathy and collaboration in resolving financial stress.

Our work is about helping you and your partner break free from destructive cycles, cultivate deeper emotional bonds, and create a secure, loving relationship where both partners feel truly seen, heard, and valued.

My practice is focused on building secure and lasting bonds that honor each partner’s unique identity. 

Starting therapy is easy! 

Step one: Fill out the form below. Tell me what you’re wanting to work in in couples therapy.

Step two: Have a 20-minute free consultation with Emily.

Step three: Book your first session. We’ll find a time to meet. I offer sessions Monday through Friday.

Step four: Meet weekly. This will be a space and time you can look forward to each week. 

Step five: Watch your relationship thrive.