Virtual Couples Therapy • New Hampshire
Couples Therapy for Exeter Residents
Private couples therapy from the privacy of your own home
Understanding Exeter Couples
Exeter, home to Phillips Exeter Academy, is a town where people are good at argument. Educators and other professionals can win the point at the kitchen table and still go to bed angry. The relationship does not improve because you made the better case.
The tools that work in a classroom or a meeting, debate, analysis, and being right, often stall at home. One of you feels less heard as the other gets more accomplished. The same disagreement comes back because the pattern under it never gets named.
In a town this small, a waiting room is a problem. We meet by secure video from a home office, a spare room, or a parked car if that is the private door you have. You need to be physically in New Hampshire during the session.
Specialized Services for Exeter Couples
I only work with couples, and that is the whole practice, so here is where I can help with the relationship in front of you.
General Couples Therapy
You keep having the same argument, and by now you could recite your partner's part, so we look at why you end up there and what each of you contributes.
Learn More →Infidelity Recovery
An affair can leave you questioning more than fidelity, and we address the betrayal directly, including the responsibility of the person who chose it.
Learn More →Intimacy & Sex Therapy
Feeling unwanted hurts, and so does feeling pressured or misunderstood, so we make room for an honest conversation about your sexual relationship.
Learn More →Neurodiverse Couples
When autism or ADHD is part of the relationship, advice that ignores that difference can leave both of you more frustrated, and I am a Certified Neurodiverse Couples Therapist (AANE).
Learn More →Maintenance Therapy
You do not have to wait until you are wondering whether the relationship will survive, because starting while you still like each other is a reasonable decision.
Learn More →Why Virtual Works for Exeter Couples
Complete Privacy
There is no waiting room and no chance of running into a neighbor, a colleague, or a friend, because you meet from your own home.
Schedule Flexibility
Evening and weekend appointments are available, and because I keep a small caseload I can usually move a session when something urgent comes up between meetings. If you or your partner are in crisis or unsafe, call or text 988, or call 911.
Expert-Level Care
I only see couples, I have done this work for more than 20 years, and I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman Method Level 3, Relational Life Therapy, and sex therapy.
No Commute
You can skip the drive and log in from home, a hotel room, or any place where you can close the door, as long as you are physically in a state where I am licensed.
The Investment
I do not accept insurance, and I can give you a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement if you have questions about HSA, FSA or your plan, and the consultation is 30 minutes and $100, applied toward your first session, and I refund that fee if I am not the right fit.
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Relationship Counseling for Exeter Couples
What Brings Exeter Couples to Relationship Counseling
Exeter is a town where intellectual standards run high, and the same rigor that defines life at Phillips Exeter Academy shapes what couples expect of a relationship. Many of you come to relationship counseling while things are still functioning, because debate, analysis, and winning an argument have stopped working at home.
One partner feels heard less as the other gets more accomplished. Connection thins out under demanding schedules, and the disagreement cycles. Relationship counseling is a structured place to interrupt that, and to look at what each of you contributes when the conversation stalls.
How EFT and the Gottman Method Address These Patterns
Emotionally Focused Therapy maps the pattern under the argument: who pursues, who withdraws, and the moment one of you shuts down. If your default is intellectual, that pattern is often the layer you have been managing around. I will ask you to stay with it.
Gottman Method Level 3 adds specific practices for friendship, conflict, and the meaning you share. I am also trained in Relational Life Therapy and sex therapy. You will understand what is happening, and you will have something to do differently the next time the argument starts at home.
What to Expect in a First Session
The consultation is a structured 30-minute conversation at $100, applied toward the first full session. You describe what is happening, and I ask about the history and the pattern. If I am not the right fit, I refund the fee. If we both decide to go ahead, we schedule a 90-minute session.
Sessions are by secure video, and Exeter couples have joined from home offices, spare bedrooms, and parked cars on a lunch break. We generally start weekly, and what you do between sessions matters more than what you understand on the call. As those changes hold, we space the meetings out.
Common Questions from Exeter Couples
Do you offer relationship counseling for couples in Exeter, NH?
Yes. Sessions are virtual, and I am licensed in New Hampshire and work with couples throughout the Exeter area, including Portsmouth, Hampton, and surrounding towns. You connect from home, and you need to be physically in New Hampshire during the session.
Does virtual therapy feel private in a small town like Exeter?
That is one of the main reasons Exeter couples choose this format. There is no office to walk into, no waiting room, and no chance of running into someone you know. Sessions happen on a private, secure video platform, and you decide who in Exeter knows you are working on the relationship.
Do you accept insurance for relationship counseling?
The practice is private pay, and if you have questions about HSA, FSA or out-of-network benefits, check with your plan administrator.
How do we get started?
Request a consultation through the contact page. It is a paid 30-minute conversation at $100, applied toward your first session. You describe what is going on, and I tell you what I see. If I am not the right fit, I refund the fee. If we continue, we schedule a 90-minute session.
Also Serving Nearby Communities
I also work with couples from these nearby communities:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Hampton, NH
- Stratham, NH
- Newfields, NH
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A $100 consultation is applied toward your first session, and I refund the fee if I am not the right fit.
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