Advocacy and legal
For an advocate who will help you learn the tools you need for your child with a disability, and for legal advocacy, disability law, and letters.
Resources
Client Resources
A plain-language look at the approaches we use, plus the advocacy contacts, reading, and crisis numbers we hand out most often.
If you need help right now
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Understanding the work
The approaches we use, in plain language
For couples
Gottman Method: science meets connection
Our Gottman-trained therapists provide a map for couples navigating the complexities of partnership. We guide you through evidence-based strategies and proven techniques developed by Dr. John and Dr. Julie Gottman, world-renowned relationship experts who spent decades studying what makes love last.
Relationship distress does not just live in your thoughts. It affects your nervous system and your sense of daily safety. Whether you are building a foundation in the early stages of marriage or navigating deep-seated patterns after years of partnership, our collaborative approach meets you exactly where you are.
- De-escalate conflict. Break the cycle of fighting, manage physiological overwhelm, and communicate with mutual respect.
- Deepen your emotional connection. Rebuild your Sound Relationship House by fostering friendship, intimacy, and understanding of each other’s inner worlds.
- Navigate roadblocks. Transform gridlocked, repetitive arguments into gentle, productive dialogues where both partners feel heard.
- Create shared meaning. Cultivate a resilient partnership that honors individual growth while building a meaningful life together.
Parts work
Internal Family Systems: reclaiming inner harmony
Developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems is an evidence-based model built on the understanding that our minds are naturally made up of different parts, like the inner critic, the people-pleaser, the perfectionist, or the part that carries deep hurt and anxiety.
No part of you is inherently bad. Each one is simply doing its best to protect you from pain, often using survival strategies that leave you feeling exhausted or conflicted. Our collaborative approach helps you safely get to know your inner system.
- Compassionately understand your triggers. Learn why certain parts of you react intensely to stress, shifting from self-criticism to curious self-awareness.
- Unburden trapped pain. Gently access and heal the deeper, wounded parts still holding onto old trauma, beliefs, or emotional weight.
- Access your Self. Connect with the calm, curious, and creative center of your being that holds the natural capacity to lead and heal your life.
- Restore inner safety. De-escalate the internal conflicts that leave you feeling stuck, allowing your mind and nervous system to return to ease.
Trauma processing
What is EMDR?
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference.
EMDR therapy shows that the mind can heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma. The brain’s information processing system naturally moves toward mental health. If the system is blocked or imbalanced by the impact of a disturbing event, the emotional wound festers and can cause intense suffering. Once the block is removed, healing resumes. Using detailed protocols learned in EMDR training, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes.
EMDR therapy uses bilateral stimulation to help your mind go to the places it needs to heal. It can also be used in couples work. If you are interested in EMDR, or EMDR combined with other therapies, please schedule a consultation to learn more.
Prefer a video? The overview below is not full of images that are typically triggering. If you go on to watch other videos on EMDR, some can include triggering images, so trust your body and know what is best for you.
Frequently requested
Resources we hand out most
Looking for something specific? Ask your clinician today for more resources.
Trauma reading
Titles our clinicians recommend often. We do not profit on the sale of any of these.
- The Body Keeps the Score
- Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Neurodivergent reading
For adults, couples, and parents navigating neurodivergence.
- Autism in Heels, for women
- Loving Someone with Asperger’s, for couples
- ADHD is Awesome
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