Co-Therapy/Joint sessions is a form of relational therapy where both partners attend sessions together with both therapists. Each partner is assigned a dedicated therapist for their individual work and the four of us would meet together for relational work.

The individual and relational flows together, in one smooth cohesive process. Individual issues are often rooted in the relational and vice versa.

Co-Therapy gets at issues more quickly. The patterns that are showing up in your relationship are often dynamics present in your friendships, workplace, internal narratives, and even legacies from your family (parents, siblings, etc). As a therapy team we are addressing issues on an individual, couple, and larger system level to enact lasting change.

• Sometimes in couples therapy partners sometimes feel that the therapist is “taking sides” or their experience isn’t fully coming through in the therapy room.

• Patterns, relational dynamics, and stuck points are spotted faster and more accurately.

• By having both therapists in the room, it’s a way to hold you accountable for that work and for you to see your partner held accountable too.

• This is particularly important when couples who have complex histories come to work with us. There could be a family legacy of being unheard, lack of accountability, follow-through, or change. You get to see that live and in action.

• Relationship patterns don’t form in a vacuum. This process supports both the individual and the relationship.

• During joint sessions you get the benefit of two therapeutic minds and hearts, prioritizing you and your relationship. It’s a more robust, holistic, and integrated approach.

• Anyone who has been to couples therapy knows how emotional and intense it can be. By having us both in the room it increases emotional safety for both you and partner, individually and together. Starting couples therapy is a delicate heart space that we as therapists undertake with care and intentionality.

• Couples who feel stuck in traditional couples therapy.

• Couples navigating high-conflict/high-intensity dynamics

• Individuals that have felt outnumbered or misunderstood understand in traditional couples therapy.

• Couples wanting deeper and more integrated work.

• You’re interested in getting to the root of relational dynamics to enact lasting change.

• You value a trauma-informed approach that is also deep.

• One or both of you have a trauma history that is impacting the relationship.

• One or both of you have other nuances impacting the relationship, such as sex and love addiction, alcohol and substance use, and early-term recovery, neurodivergence.

• Chronic and entrenched communication breakdowns.

• Conflict cycles on repeat.

• Walled off or explosive toward each other? Both explosive? You can come back into connection with each other.

• Attached wounding from family of origins

• Old relational patterns

• Trust issues

• Infidelity

• Identity, role, or life transitions

• Internal conflicts spilling over and impacting the relationship

• Addiction/Substance use/Early recovery

The list goes on but these are just a few examples.

We don’t pick sides. We aren’t lawyers. We are interested in getting to know you, your partner, and your relationship through curiosity and respect. Our foundational systems training and approach guides us with helping you, as the couple that you are part of the solution not just the problem, and from there the possibilities are limitless.