Relationship & Discernment Counseling
Providing Everything You Need
Gottman Method
The Gottman Method is a research-based approach to couples therapy developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. It focuses on helping partners strengthen their relationship through improved communication, conflict management, and deeper emotional connection. The method draws from decades of scientific research on what makes relationships succeed or fail, emphasizing tools such as building love maps, expressing fondness and admiration, turning toward instead of away, and managing conflict through understanding rather than avoidance.
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Rebecca is Level 3 trained in the Gottman Method and have advanced training in treating infidelity. Her work supports couples in rebuilding trust, deepening emotional intimacy, and creating shared meaning as they navigate repair and reconnection after betrayal or relational distress.
Emotional Focused Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy is a structured, evidence-based approach that helps individuals and couples identify and transform negative interaction patterns that lead to emotional disconnection. Rooted in attachment theory, EFT focuses on building secure emotional bonds through recognizing and expressing underlying needs, fostering empathy, and creating new, more supportive ways of relating. The goal is to help partners move from conflict and distance toward understanding, responsiveness, and lasting emotional connection.
Rebecca is trained at all levels of EFT through Core Skills, which provides in-depth, advanced experience in applying this model to support meaningful, sustainable change in relationships.
Discernment Counseling
Discernment Counseling is a specialized, short-term approach designed for couples who are uncertain about the future of their relationship—often when one partner is leaning toward separation while the other hopes to reconcile. Unlike traditional couples therapy, which focuses on improving the relationship, Discernment Counseling helps partners gain clarity and confidence about their next steps: whether to stay together and commit to couples therapy, or to move toward separation with greater understanding and respect.
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Rebecca is certified in Discernment Counseling, providing a structured, compassionate, and non-judgmental space to support couples in making thoughtful, informed decisions about their relationship’s future.