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At Stories Unfold Counseling Services, our relational therapy services focus on enhancing the connection between partners by working directly with the relationship through an LGBTQIA+, kink, and ethical non-monogamy (ENM) affirming lens.

Through having partner(s) present in sessions, we help improve communication, strengthen connection, and identify and address deep-rooted patterns. Together, we work to break unhelpful cycles and replace them with greater understanding, empathy, and togetherness.

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Whether you work with Alex or Kathleen, our approach is inclusive, culturally sensitive, and tailored to the unique dynamics of your relationship, fostering a safe and supportive environment for growth and healing as you and your partner(s) navigate:

  • Communication difficulties

  • Conflict styles/difficulty managing or addressing conflict

  • Feeling disconnected from partner(s)

  • Healing from trust injuries/hurts in the relationship

  • Life changes/transitions

  • Sexual concerns (e.g., gender identity & sexual orientation, LGBTQIA+, alternative lifestyle/ethical non-monogamy (ENM), sexual functioning concerns, desire discrepancy, sexual trauma, kink & BDSM)

  • Relationship attunement and development

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We help couples build confidence and develop a sense of mastery around doing what often feels like “the hard stuff,” like staying present and engaged for difficult conversations around:

  • “Heading in in different directions” or growing apart

  • Difficulty communicating, especially related to vulnerable topics

  • Struggles over long periods of time

  • Resolving conflict or conflict avoidance

  • Healing or recovering from past hurts or conflicts

Couples who work with us are often longing to feel more deeply connected — to move beyond surface-level communication and into a space of real attunement, intimacy, and mutual care.

Our work focuses on strengthening your relational bond by addressing painful patterns or areas of disconnection with curiosity and compassion, not blame.

Using a combination of affirming psychoeducation, evidence-based models like the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and real-time strategies, we offer couples guided “taste tests” of new ways of relating right in the therapy room.

These in-session experiences give partners a chance to practice tools that can then be carried into their everyday lives, creating continuity and momentum from one session to the next.

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The goal isn’t just conflict resolution — it’s creating a partnership where you and your partner(s) feel seen, valued, and supported in becoming your most authentic selves.

Together, we explore how each partner’s needs, wounds, and hopes show up in the relationship, so you can move toward more affirming, nourishing ways of relating.

We can help you and your partner(s) cultivate a relationship that feels emotionally safe, deeply intimate, and aligned with the kind of love and connection you want to share — not just now, but as you grow together over time.

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Paying for Relationship Therapy

Please note that we accept insurance for individual therapy only. Insurance requires that one person be designated as the “identified patient” with a diagnosable disorder. When working with couples and multi-partner relationships, we view challenges as stemming from relational patterns rather than any one person being the “problem.” For this reason, we do not accept insurance for relationship therapy.