Experienced Therapists and Life Coach in Portsmouth, VA

Couples Therapy

You and your significant other will identify specific behaviors that act as barriers in your relationship. Using Imago tools, your therapist will help remove barriers, for example, blame, criticism, shame, and more. You will learn more about relationship triggers and reactions that stem from unmet needs. You will then learn healthy responses that foster love and understanding. Couples can also take Prepare and Enrich couples Assessments to facilitate discussions.

Can I use my Insurance?

Couples counseling is NOT intended to be covered by insurance. Relational issues are not medical issues unless the relationship problem originates from a diagnosable psychiatric condition in one or both of the partners. We all know that you can bill 90847, but a majority of the time, it’s fraud. 

Also consider what happens in the event of an ugly separation or divorce. You’ve been billing under one partner’s insurance, likely including info about the other other in your notes. Should the insurance company try to clawback or audit you, you’re violating the non insured partner’s confidentiality. 

We’ve got to be collectively better than this. If you’ve got questions regarding insurance and relationship therapy, message me- I’ve researched this for years and after making questionable billing choices early on I’ve realized that it’s not worth the risk to the integrity of the profession and the work you’re doing and certainly not worth risking your license. Because of my dedication to this work, I’m willing to work with anyone on the financial issues.

We strive to provide a safe, unbiased environment to work with you and your partner(s) on identifying specific behaviors that interfere in your relationship, preventing you from getting the love you want.

Using Imago tools, we help remove the blame, shame, and criticism common in negative relationship patterns and transform your relationship into one full of understanding and deep connection. We teach you to understand your relationship triggers and reactive behaviors that may stem from unmet needs and how to respond to your partner in a healthy way that benefits you both.

Our focus is to help you achieve a relationship, Working with all types of relationships in various stages, based on mature love where each partner feels heard, understood, and loved.