Janie, the founder and director, has been working in private practice since 1992 and brings a wealth of experience both through her work and her personal life. She believes that a therapist can only work with a client as deeply as they themselves have worked.
I help couples navigate conflict, responsibilities, roles, and communication issues while they work to build a healthy sustainable connection with themselves and each other. Whether y'all are just starting out, engaged, or in a longer-term commitment, I look forward to working with you to improve your relationship and start to see meaningful results.
We welcome all couples, including heterosexual and GLBT couples, interfaith couples and interracial couples. We respect and appreciate the wide range of religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages, cultures and backgrounds of the couples who seek help at Strides in Psychotherapy. We hope you will give us the chance to help you!
I have been married over 43 years so I can tell you, relationships are hard but so worth it. I love working with couples to help them realize what really is normal and messy and how to navigate normal and messy. I will listen to you and your partner describe what each of you see as an issue, then hear your examples and teach each of you how you can approach the situation differently to give you a better outcome. Couples come in thinking they are going to tell me everything that is wrong with their partner and to fix them. I help individuals realize how their own actions can change the outcome. Once everyone focuses on doing their own work, then they see the desired outcome in the relationship. It sounds uncomfortable, but it's really a lot of fun and we laugh a lot.