Therapy Services
Dating & Relationship Therapy in San Diego
Understand your patterns. Build the relationships you long for.
In-person therapy in Mission Valley.
If you find yourself in the same kind of relationship again and again—or recovering from one that ended in a way you didn't expect—you are not alone, and the patterns can change.
Dating and relationship therapy is a space to slow down and understand the patterns shaping how you love, choose partners, and connect. It's not coaching or advice. It's a deeper, clinically grounded process rooted in attachment science and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
My goal is to help you understand yourself more deeply—so the next relationship can be built on something different than the last.
Does This Sound Familiar?
You keep ending up in the same kind of relationship, hoping this time will be different.
You notice the same painful patterns repeating across partners.
You're still carrying a breakup that won't seem to loosen its grip.
You're drawn to emotionally unavailable partners—or you're the one who can't get close.
You lose yourself in relationships, adapting until your own needs disappear.
You want a secure, lasting relationship but aren't sure what keeps getting in the way.
You're ready to understand your patterns instead of repeating them.
You don't have to keep repeating this alone.
Understanding your relationship patterns can change everything.
Relationship struggles are often shaped by patterns—not personal flaws. The ways you learned to connect, protect yourself, or avoid pain made sense at the time. They don't have to define what comes next.
The patterns that keep showing up in your relationships usually began as something adaptive—ways of staying safe, feeling loved, or avoiding pain. When you understand them, new possibilities emerge.
Together, we'll slow things down, understand those patterns, and begin creating new ways of relating to yourself and others.
How I Help
My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy and attachment science.
Rather than offering rules or scripts for dating, we explore the emotions and needs beneath your patterns—who you reach for, how you respond when you feel unsure or hurt, and what closeness has meant to you across your life. From that understanding, something genuinely new becomes possible.
"You don't need a new strategy for dating. You need to understand what's been steering your heart—and to know that it can change."
Dating & Relationship Therapy Can Help With
Unhealthy relationship patterns
Recognize the cycles that keep showing up in your love life.
Repeating dating experiences
Understand why the same dynamics keep finding you.
Breakup recovery
Process the end of a relationship and find your footing again.
Choosing healthier partners
Clarify what you truly need and recognize it in others.
Building secure attachment
Move from anxious or avoidant patterns toward lasting connection.
Self-worth in relationships
Strengthen the relationship you have with yourself first.
Boundaries and communication
Honor your needs and express them with clarity and care.
Emotional patterns and triggers
Slow down reactivity and respond from a steadier place.
A Comfortable Place to Slow Down and Reflect
My Mission Valley office provides a quiet, welcoming space where you can slow down, feel supported, and focus on what matters most. Easy freeway access and ample parking make getting to therapy simple.
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Dating & Relationship Therapy in San Diego
My Mission Valley office is conveniently located with easy freeway access and ample parking. I work with adults throughout San Diego, including Mission Valley, Mission Hills, Point Loma, Del Cerro, La Mesa, Coronado, and surrounding communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
The next relationship can be different.
Whether you're healing from a breakup, trying to understand your patterns, or longing for a more secure connection—you don't have to figure it out alone.
I'd be honored to walk alongside you.