Cross-Cultural Couples & Family Therapist in Rockville, Maryland

COMMON ISSUES You’ve been together for years. You love each other. You’re a great team raising kids, running a household, supporting each other through everything. But somewhere along the way, sex disappeared — not because of one fight, not because of one event, but because life slowly filled all the space. You’re afraid to bring it up because you’re afraid of the answer. You wonder if it’s normal. You wonder if it’s over. HOW I HELP This is one of the most common reasons couples come to me — and one of the most fixable. Using Imago Relationship Therapy, we uncover what got in the way: resentment that never got processed, exhaustion that became a wall, old wounds your nervous system is still quietly protecting you from. EMDR and somatic, Polyvagal-informed work help reopen the body to closeness when talking alone isn’t enough. You leave each session with a personalized email outlining what we explored and what to practice before next time. FORMAT & FEES Sessions from $150 / 60 min — full fee schedule below.

COMMON ISSUES Two families became one. On paper, it works. In reality, the kids are testing every boundary, you and your partner argue about parenting more than you ever imagined, ex-spouses are still in the picture, and you wonder if you made a mistake. Loyalty conflicts. Different rules. Different food. Different traditions. You love your partner, but the house feels like a battlefield. HOW I HELP Blended families don’t “blend” — they integrate, slowly, and only if the adults lead. I work with the two of you on parenting alignment, with the whole family on rules and routines, and with the loyalty conflicts kids quietly carry between biological and step-parents. Imago dialogue for the couple, family systems and trauma-informed work (EMDR, Polyvagal) for the kids and the system. Personalized summary email after every session. FORMAT & FEES Sessions from $150 / 60 min — full fee schedule below.

COMMON ISSUES Your reality cracked. You can’t sleep, you can’t eat, you can’t think straight. You don’t know if you want to leave or stay, and the confusion makes you feel like you’re losing your mind. Even on a good day, the trust feels broken in a way that words can’t reach. Your nervous system is on fire. The friends you’ve told have strong opinions, and none of them are helping. HOW I HELP Affair recovery is some of the most painful and most important work I do — and it needs structure, not advice. Using a trauma-informed approach (EMDR is especially powerful here for the intrusive images and panic), Imago dialogue for the couple work, and Polyvagal-informed somatic work for the nervous system, I help you slow down enough to make decisions you won’t regret in either direction. Whether you stay or leave, the goal is the same: you come out clearer, safer, and more whole. FORMAT & FEES Sessions from $150 / 60 min — full fee schedule below.

COMMON ISSUES One of the most painful sentences a parent can hear. The mornings are a war. The teachers are calling. You’re exhausted and scared, and other parents seem to have it figured out — you don’t. You’re starting to wonder where you went wrong. You didn’t. HOW I HELP Painful sentences from kids are rarely the whole story — they’re signals that something inside the family system needs to shift. I work with parents and children together (and sometimes separately), using family systems thinking, Imago dialogue adapted for parent-child relationships, and trauma-informed protocols (EMDR, Polyvagal, somatic experience). We slow down enough to hear what’s underneath the behavior and identify generational patterns that may be quietly repeating. You leave each session with a personalized summary email — goals, progress, and home assignments. FORMAT & FEES Sessions from $150 / 60 min — full fee schedule below.

COMMON ISSUES You haven’t had a real fight in months. You also haven’t had a real conversation. You go through the motions: schedule, kids, errands, bed. You wonder if this is what long marriage looks like, or if you’ve both quietly given up. You’re not unhappy enough to leave, not happy enough to stay engaged. You’re in the gray zone — and the gray zone is the most dangerous place a marriage can sit. HOW I HELP The gray zone needs a different intervention than crisis does. Using Imago dialogue, we reopen the conversation about what you each actually want — not what you assumed the other could give. EMDR and somatic work address the resentments and disappointments that have quietly accumulated. Many couples in this place either reconnect more deeply than they were before, or end the marriage with mutual respect. Either is a win compared to the gray. Personalized summary email after every session. FORMAT & FEES Sessions from $150 / 60 min — full fee schedule below.