Couples Therapy in Phoenix, AZ
A supportive space to strengthen communication, repair hurts, and navigate differences together with care.
Whether you’re working through conflict, affair recovery, communication issues, or a season of transition, we walk with you at your pace. Available in-person in Phoenix, and online throughout Arizona
How I Can Help
At Philoxenia, each service is built around collaboration, emotional safety, and evidence-based care. Wherever life has led you, you can show up here and be met with understanding, empathy, and respect.
Faith-Integration Couples Counseling
Integrating Christian faith and psychological insights at each couple’s comfort level to support relational and emotional health.
Pre-Marital Counseling
Guidance for couples preparing for marriage. Includes exploring questions, clarifying expectations, and building a grounded foundation for long-term health.
Trauma-Informed Couples Counseling
Support for processing trauma held by one or both partners, with care focused on relational healing and safety.
Life Transitions
Significant changes can place strain on even strong relationships. Couples therapy offers support during transitions by creating space to process uncertainty, redefine roles, and stay emotionally connected while navigating change together.
LGBTQIA+ Couples
LGBTQIA+ couples deserve therapy that is affirming, culturally aware, and grounded in safety. Sessions provide a supportive space to explore relational dynamics, communication, and connection without needing to educate or defend your identities.
Affair Recovery
The impact of infidelity can feel shattering, bringing grief, anger, and loss of trust. Therapy supports couples in processing the rupture, understanding underlying dynamics, and determining whether and how repair, rebuilding, or closure may be possible.
Conflict Resolution
Recurring conflict often signals unmet needs rather than incompatibility. Couples therapy helps partners slow down reactive cycles, communicate more clearly, and engage conflict in ways that foster understanding instead of disconnection.
Emotional Disconnection
When emotional closeness feels distant or strained, therapy helps couples reconnect at a deeper level. Sessions focus on strengthening secure attachment, increasing attunement, and restoring a sense of safety and responsiveness between partners.
Discernment Counseling
When couples feel uncertain about the future of their relationship, discernment counseling offers a structured, compassionate space to gain clarity. The goal is not to rush a decision, but to understand patterns, values, and next steps with honesty and care.
Intimacy Concerns
Challenges with physical or emotional intimacy can be influenced by stress, trauma, communication patterns, or life changes. Therapy creates a respectful space to explore these concerns, address barriers, and rebuild intimacy in ways that feel safe and mutual.
What to Expect
Sessions are held in a comfortable, confidential space—either at my Phoenix office or through secure telehealth anywhere in Arizona. Individual therapy runs 60 minutes,.
Each session may look different, but will work towards our collaborative goals. Some days that might mean processing a hard memory through EMDR, other times we will be exploring patterns in your relationships or sitting with emotions that need space to be felt. The work moves at your pace, shaped by what you're ready for and what your healing requires.
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A private, uninterrupted hour dedicated entirely to you and your experience.
Evidence-based approaches including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), EMDR, and trauma-informed interventions, all adapted to fit your unique needs and story.
Space for whatever you're carrying—whether that's anxiety keeping you up at night, trauma you've been holding alone, questions about faith you can't ask anywhere else, or simply the exhaustion of trying to hold it all together.
Optional between-session support like grounding exercises or reflection prompts, if that feels helpful to you.
Complete confidentiality, whether we meet face-to-face or online.
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Individual Therapy: $175 per session
Couples Therapy: $275 per sessionPayment is collected at the end of each session. I keep a card securely on file for your convenience.
If cost is a barrier right now, I occasionally have limited sliding-scale spots available. Please mention this when you reach out—I'm happy to talk through options.
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Most clients start with weekly sessions, though we can adjust to bi-weekly, which ever works better for your life and healing process. Some people need weekly support for a season; others find their groove with bi-weekly check-ins. We'll figure out what serves you best.
For those wanting extended time for intensive EMDR work or somatic processing, 90-minute individual sessions are available upon request.
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Confidentiality is sacred. What you share stays between us, protected by HIPAA and ethical guidelines. Your privacy matters deeply.
Cancellations require 24 hours' notice. Life happens, and I understand. If you need to reschedule, just let me know at least a day ahead to avoid the full session charge. Emergencies and illness are always handled with grace.
Telehealth works. Virtual sessions are secure, private, and just as effective as meeting in person. Many clients appreciate the flexibility, especially during tough weeks.
Come as you are. There's no need to prepare notes or have your thoughts perfectly organized. Therapy meets you exactly where you are each session.
Scope of practice: I work with anxiety, depression, PTSD, trauma, spiritual abuse, faith transitions, relationship challenges, and life transitions. I don't currently see clients in active crisis, active addiction, or those needing specialized treatment for OCD, Bipolar Disorder, or Borderline Personality Disorder—but I'm happy to help connect you with appropriate resources.
Tools for healing, guided by care.
I offer couples therapy at $275 for 90-minute sessions. The goal is to strengthen understanding, connection, and intimacy using Emotionally Focused Therapy.
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connect
In Emotionally Focused Therapy, connection is the foundation of change. Our early sessions focus on creating emotional safety and trust — the conditions that make healing possible. I take time to understand your emotional world, attachment needs, and the patterns that shape how you relate to others and yourself. Together, we’ll begin to notice how protective responses developed and how they may be showing up now. This stage isn’t rushed. Feeling seen, understood, and emotionally safe comes first.
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planning
From there, we’ll collaboratively shape a clear and personalized path forward. Using the EFT framework, we’ll identify core emotional needs, relational patterns, and the cycles that keep you feeling stuck or disconnected. Rather than assigning solutions, we build understanding together — clarifying goals that honor your pace, your relationships, and your values. You’ll have a shared sense of direction, knowing what we’re working toward and why it matters.
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heal
his is where deeper emotional change takes place. Through EFT, we gently access and work with emotions that drive distress, helping create new experiences of safety, responsiveness, and connection. For individuals and couples alike, healing happens through understanding emotions, reshaping attachment patterns, and practicing new ways of relating. The goal is lasting change — greater emotional clarity, secure connection, and the freedom to engage more fully in your life and relationships.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Couples therapy supports partners who want to work through challenges together while honoring each person’s experience. Sessions focus on strengthening emotional connection, improving communication, repairing relational injuries, and creating greater understanding using trauma-informed, evidence-based approaches.
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Couples therapy can help with communication breakdowns, conflict resolution, intimacy concerns, affair recovery, faith differences, trauma held by one or both partners, LGBTQIA+ relationship support, life transitions, and discernment about the future of the relationship.
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No. While many couples seek therapy during difficult seasons, others come to strengthen their connection, navigate transitions, or address patterns before they escalate. Therapy isn’t just about repair — it can also support growth and deeper understanding.
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Couples therapy sessions are 90 minutes to allow space for both partners to feel heard and supported. This extended format helps slow things down, build safety, and work more effectively with relational dynamics.
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Yes, faith integration is available at the couple’s comfort level and by invitation only. Some couples find it helpful to integrate Christian faith with psychological insight, while others prefer therapy without religious language. There is no expectation or agenda around belief.
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Absolutely. Trauma-informed couples therapy supports partners in understanding how past trauma affects emotional safety, communication, and connection. Therapy focuses on relational healing, nervous system regulation, and building trust over time.
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That’s very common. Couples therapy moves at a pace that feels safe for both partners, without forcing vulnerability or assigning blame. The goal is to create a space where each person feels heard, respected, and supported.
Have another question? Email hello(at)philoxenia.com to get in touch.
Your story Matters here.
Schedule a consultation so we can learn more about your needs and see if we’re a good fit. We’re looking forward to hearing your story and taking this journey of healing with you.