Trained at Princeton University and the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, I have almost 30 years experience helping couples to improve their realtionships. In my experience, a good relationship or marriage depends largely on good communication. Good communication, in turn, depends mostly on the open and honest expression of feelings.

As you begin to express your feelings to each other, I believe you will see that you get stuck in certain vicious cycles or repetitive patterns. Your partner's reaction to something you do or say will trigger an emotional reaction or feeling in you which will then trigger something in your partner, etc. For example, you may  feel emotionally abandoned by your partner and actively seek out connection with him or her. Your partner may then feel pressured or nagged by this and withdraw. The more your parner withdraws the more you seek out connection - and you're off to the races.

I help you, first, to identify the "dance" you are stuck in. Once you are clear about the moves you each make in this dance, you can then begin to change them and create a more harmonious and intimate relationship.