Hello! I’m Charlene, a licensed therapist specializing in the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). My work centers around helping individuals and couples create and maintain healthy, fulfilling relationships by improving communication, emotional connection, and conflict resolution.
The Gottman Method is a research-based approach that provides practical tools to strengthen relationships, build deeper emotional intimacy, and resolve conflicts effectively. With a focus on enhancing friendship, trust, and shared meaning, it empowers couples to navigate challenges with greater understanding and respect.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) complements this by helping individuals and couples identify and shift negative patterns of interaction, creating a safe space for vulnerability and emotional bonding. EFT is particularly effective in resolving issues such as anxiety, trauma, and attachment difficulties.
Whether you're working through relationship struggles or simply looking to strengthen your connection, I’m here to guide you with empathy, evidence-based strategies, and support on your journey toward lasting change.
Individuals
Individual therapy is a joint process between a therapist and a person in therapy. Common goals of therapy can be to inspire change or improve quality of life.
Couples
Relationship counseling is provided to all couples, whether married, separated, living together, or engaged. Couples therapy includes a thorough assessment of the couple relationship and integrates research-based interventions based on the Sound Relationship House Theory.
Families
Family therapy will look at the family as a whole system and not just the individual in the family. Family therapy seeks to reduce distress and conflict by improving the systems of interactions between family members.
Common Issues:
marital/relationship conflict
infidelity
depression
anxiety
anger management
borderline personality
family conflict
grief
self-esteem
relationship issues
trauma
stress
Treatment Approaches:
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Gottman Method Couples Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Mindfulness
Attachment-based
Trauma focused
Culturally-Sensitive
Interpersonal
Psychodynamic