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Couples Counseling Services

Virtual Couples Counseling 

  • ​Cost | $300​

  • Time | 90-minute session

  • Format | Virtual couples therapy 

  • What can I expect? Compassionate support and a deeper connection with your partner.

  • Get started | Click the button below to schedule your session!
     

Perfect for couples who want...

  • To learn practical, relational skills and communication strategies 

  • Want help working through a specific issue or disagreement 

  • Whether you're in crisis, navigating a big transition, or just want to level up your relationship, I can help 

Working with Candy has been the best decision we have ever made for our marriage. When we started our journey, we were stuck in a broken communication loop that left us both feeling unheard and resentful. Working with Candy through the boot camp helped us to identify our ineffective patterns and confront our wounded inner children. She is knowledgeable, compassionate, and relatable. With her help, our marriage is now full of effective communication, vulnerability, and connection. We feel closer than we ever have. We cannot recommend her enough!

- Kate & Ellis

Virtual Couples Mini Boot Camp 

  • Cost | $1,200 

  • Time | 4, 2-hour sessions 

  • Format | 1:1 workshop/training sessions 

  • What can I expect? This isn’t therapy; it's an individualized workshop tailored to you and your partner. It follows a lecture format explaining the RLT model, how to be in a healthy relationship, and how you can build crucial relationship skills.

  • Get started | Reach out to Candy to get your personal boot camp scheduled 
     

Perfect for couples who want...

  • To work through some ongoing fights where they’re getting stuck

  • Want to set themselves up for success 

  • Are looking for a relational ‘tune-up’

  • Or want to learn new relational and communication skills
     

*Recorded Self-Paced Option Coming Soon

The mini boot camp was exactly what we needed in our relationship. My partner and I preemptively did the boot camp so we’d have a strong foundation to build from. It gave us a safe place for both of us to address how we get overwhelmed and learn why it makes sense we respond in that way. The boot camp helped me develop greater self-awareness of my own habits (helpful and unhelpful) as well as an awareness of my partner's tendencies and needs. The more my partner and I practice the skills from the boot camp, the easier it is to melt the armor and feel connected to each other. These sessions were something I looked forward to, and I am so grateful we had the opportunity to learn together, learn more about each other, and benefit from Candy’s experience.

- Abby

Couples Intensive 

  • ​​​Cost | $2,500 

  • Time | 2-days, back-to-back

  • Format | An RLT model intensive’ customized for you and your partner

  • What can I expect? I love doing this deep dive with couples. Together, we complete a ‘relational reckoning,’ where I help them unpack their biggest challenges, and they decide if the grief of being in the relationship is greater than the grief of giving it up. I love helping couples save a relationship they didn’t think they could save. I also help couples end their long-term relationships well so they can part with kindness and respect. 

  • Get started | Reach out to Candy to get your intensive scheduled 

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Perfect for couples who...

  • Are on the brink of ending things 

  • Are asking, ‘Do I even want to save this relationship?’

  • Are looking for a “last-ditch” relationship effort 

  • What is Relational Life Therapy?
    Relational Life Therapy is a form of couples counseling that helps partners understand the dance they do relationally. Once we begin to understand the dance we are then able to look at the pattern and work to change the steps in the dance that are not working for the couple. In order to change the dance we need insight and understanding to gain awareness of where those patterns come from. When we start to understand where they are coming from we will learn new skills that will help the couple resolve conflicts, develop personal accountability, improve communication and foster intimacy.
  • What is Somatic Experiencing™ ?
    Somatic Experiencing is a neurobiological approach to treating trauma. A definition of trauma that I like is anything that is too much, too fast, too soon or not enough for too long. (Peter Levine). Somatic means “of the body.” SE® is a method of releasing stress and trauma that gets “stuck” in the body. When we become stressed by an overwhelming life event of some kind, our brains tell our bodies to either run, fight, or freeze. Since running or fighting doesn’t usually make sense to us, we stifle all of that energy, and it gets trapped inside the body. Under these conditions, Dr. Peter Levine’s research shows that a trauma event creates a physiological energy which, unless released, can cause problematic symptoms.
  • What is the goal of Somatic Experiencing?
    The goal of Somatic Experiencing is to regulate the nervous system through the use of sensations, imagery behaviors, emotion and meaning. This method is designed to restore resilience and reconnect the body's inner wisdom, which moves naturally toward balance.
  • Will I get better?
    Most people report feeling hope after their first session and continue to shift toward healing and growth over time. Of course, therapy is a very individual process, and in partnership with Candy, close attention is paid to the shifts and changes in your sense of well being.
  • What is the work process?
    Whether doing Individual or Couples sessions Candy will invite you to tell her what you would like out of our time together often starting a session with “If this were a great session what would we accomplish in our time together.” She believes you are here with a need and would like to meet you where you are and help you accomplish your wish. Candy will ask you to slow down, come into your body and find your wisdom. She will be present for what shows up and help you lean into your story and truth.
  • Are in person sessions available?
    No, Candy is fully remote and telephone and zoom sessions are available Monday through Friday from 8-4pm Central.
  • Do you take insurance?
    No, but an invoice will be sent to you with everything you need to submit to your insurance company.
  • How does billing work?
    Your credit card will be kept on file and charged the agreed-upon fee after each scheduled session/appointment.
  • What is the cancellation, or missed appointment policy?
    24 hour notice is required for all cancellations. Failure to cancel within that time frame results in a full session fee charge.
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