Expertise

Psychotherapy for Couples

"The river that flows in you also flows in me." ~Kabir

Areas of Exploration in Psychotherapy for Couples:
Dr. Esbjorn-Hargens works with couples to:

Identify your growing edge, each individually, and as a couple.

Recognize obstacles that impede the growth and happiness in your relationship.

"The pain of love breaks open the heart." ~Hazrat Inayat Khan

HEAL:
Identify early childhood patterns and wounds that may impact your relationship.

Recognize how each of you respond or react to difference and conflict.

Discover how contact or lack of contact is expressing itself in the realm of sexual intimacy.

INTEGRATE:

Grow your capacity to tolerate difference in your partner.

Grow your capacity for self-reflective and responsible dialogue/communication.

Utilize the Enneagram to help identify and work with differences in personality style.

"Great love can both take hold and let go." ~Alfred Orage

TRANSFORM:

Increase your capacity to bring self-awareness to the various issues you face as a couple.

Understand your relational dynamics through the lens of the Integral model.

Discover and maintain increased aliveness through developing authenticity, courage, presence.