Marriage and Family Therapist. Rochester, NY
Why Couples Counseling?
Whether you’re dating, engaged, or years into marriage, couples counseling is an investment in your relationship’s future, helping you build a stronger, more connected foundation. Rather than staying stuck in the same cycles, therapy gives you the tools to grow together with clarity and compassion. When you invest in your partnership now, you’re choosing long-term emotional wellness, trust, and love.
5 Benefits of COuple's counseling
1. Improve Communication Learn how to express your needs clearly and listen with empathy. We help couples build healthier communication patterns that reduce misunderstandings and deepen connection.
2. Rebuild Trust Whether you’re healing from betrayal, hurt, or long-standing resentment, couples counseling creates a safe space to process pain and rebuild trust—step by step.
3. Strengthen Emotional Intimacy Feel like roommates instead of partners? Counseling helps rekindle emotional closeness, physical intimacy, and the sense of being truly seen and understood.
4. Gain Tools for Conflict Resolution Conflict is natural. We help you break the cycle of repeating arguments by identifying underlying issues, unspoken needs, and triggers. We’ll help you learn tools to, repair after disagreements, and find common ground—without losing yourselves in the process.
5. Support for Interracial and Cross-Cultural Couples We honor the unique dynamics of multicultural partnerships and provide a space where your stories, identities, and histories are respected and supported.
Why I Don’t Accept Insurance for Couple’s Counseling
At Hummingbird Marriage and Family Therapy, couple’s counseling is a dedicated space for deepening connection, improving communication, and resolving relational challenges. To ensure the highest level of care, I do not accept insurance for couple’s sessions for several key reasons :
1. Insurance Isn’t Designed for Relationship Work
Insurance coverage typically requires a mental health diagnosis for one individual. Because couple’s counseling focuses on the relationship—not individual mental health diagnoses—it usually doesn’t qualify for reimbursement. I believe you shouldn’t have to pathologize your relationship to access meaningful support.
2. Your Privacy is a Priority
Insurance billing requires sharing session details and clinical notes, which can become part of your permanent medical record. By choosing private pay, your work together remains fully confidential and in your control.
3.Greater Flexibility, More Effective Care
Without insurance restrictions, we can create a plan that fits your needs—not a preset number of sessions or an imposed treatment structure. This allows us to focus on what matters most: building the relationship you both want.
Using HSA/FSA Accounts
Investing in your relationship is a powerful and proactive step toward deeper connection, better communication, and long-term fulfillment.If you have a Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account (FSA), you may be able to use those funds for couple’s counseling sessions. I’m happy to provide a receipt for reimbursement, depending on your plan.
Investment in couple's counseling
Intake sessions are for 60 minutes. This intake includes Gottman Relationship Inventory for established couples. This will be sent to the couple following their 1st session and reviewed in 2nd conjoint session. Intake sessions are priced to include the purchase and scoring of the inventories.
The Gottman Method is an approach to couples therapy that includes a thorough assessment of the couple’s relationship and integrates research-based interventions based on the Sound Relationship House Theory. The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy; and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.
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Intake sessions are for 60 minutes. This intake includes the Prepare/Enrich Premarital Assessment for couples engaging in premarital counseling. This will be sent to the couple prior to their appointment and reviewed in the intake session. Intake sessions are priced to include the purchase and scoring of the inventories.
Prepare/Enrich is an accurate, research-based report of your relationship strength and growth areas. Prepare/Enrich covers various areas within the relationship including communication, conflict resolution, finances, and spiritual beliefs. In addition, the assessment will explore your personality, family of origin, and relationship dynamics. Over 30 customized categories, such as previous marriage and expecting a child, ensure your experience with your results will feel accurate and relevant to your relationship.
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Premarital counseling can assist couples in establishing a solid foundation for their relationship before they say their vows. This short-term therapy offers partners the opportunity to:
Cultivate love and affection as a regular practice
Enhance communication skills
Develop effective conflict resolution techniques
Examine how personal stress affects the relationship
Reflect on how individual histories shape their roles as partners.
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