Marriage Counseling for Couples in Cookeville, TN
Support for couples navigating conflict, disconnection, and painful patterns.
When your relationship feels stuck, distant, or full of the same arguments, it can be exhausting for both of you. Couples therapy offers a safe, structured space to slow down, understand what’s happening between you, and work toward a more secure, connected bond.
Couples therapy can be helpful when you feel more like roommates than partners, when trust has been shaken, or when you can’t seem to talk without things escalating.
How I Work with Couples
When Couples Therapy Can Help
My approach to couples therapy is calm, structured, and emotionally focused (EFT - Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy). I help each partner feel heard while we look at the patterns that keep pulling you into the same painful cycle.
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This evidence-based approach to couples counseling begins with an initial session where both partners meet together to discuss concerns, relationship history, and goals for therapy. After the first session, each partner participates in an individual session.Â
Following the individual sessions, we return to conjoint couples therapy. Most couples can expect approximately 4–10 additional sessions, depending on the complexity of the concerns and how consistently progress is made between sessions. Throughout therapy, you'll learn to recognize the negative cycle that keeps you stuck, communicate your underlying emotions and needs more effectively, strengthen emotional safety, and create new patterns of connection that foster trust, intimacy, and lasting change.
Every couple's journey is unique, and the pace of therapy is tailored to your specific needs and goals. My role is to provide a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where both partners feel heard, understood, and equipped with the tools to build a stronger, healthier relationship.
- Slowing down heated conversations so both partners can be heard
- Identifying the negative cycle you get stuck in as a couple
- Helping you share emotions and needs more clearly and safely
- Building new ways to reach for and respond to each other
Session Details & Fees
I offer couples therapy sessions for partners in Cookeville, Tennessee and the surrounding area.
- Session length: 50 minutes
- Location: Cookeville, Tennessee
- Fee: $120 per session
- Payment: [cash / card / HSA / FSA]
- I do NOT accept insurance at this time
If you have questions about whether couples therapy is a good fit, you’re welcome to reach out and we can talk it through.
Take the Next Step
If your relationship is feeling strained, distant, or stuck in the same arguments, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
I’d be honored to talk with you about how couples therapy can support your relationship.
Share a bit about your relationship, and I’ll follow up with next steps.