Your couples therapist should be well trained in couples therapy. Betsey is.
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The Dougherty Approach (TDA)
Trained in the newest, well researched, and ‘boots on the ground’ approach to couples therapy. Betsey helps couples from day-one throughout her time with each couple by being pragmatic with heart - dealing with their specific concerns that affect them on a daily basis.
Discernment Counseling (DC)
Trained to help couples with mixed-agendas (One is leaning in and the other is leaning out of the marriage) discern, in one to five sessions, whether they'll, 1-continue on the same path, 2-decide to separate or divorce, or 3-make a six month concerted effort in couples therapy with divorce off the table. Betsey completed a year-long advanced training program in 2023 with founder Dr. William Dougherty and has added supervision/consultation with DC trainees and other Discernment Counselors to her toolbox.
Imago Relationship Therapy & other trainings
Rigorous post-masters training in each model enables Betsey to have a roadmap to help couples connect, love, and problem solve in new ways. All of these trainings bring important perspectives to couples therapy that Betsey integrates into her work.
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Working with Betsey can help you get to know yourself as an individual as well as what you contribute to the relationship that's helpful and harmful. One reason relationships go wrong is that partners ignore their own needs and wants and resent the other for not "reading my mind."
Betsey’s clients report that developing the skills to ‘hold onto themselves’ during times of anxiety and stress, while seeking to understand their partner, works to improve intimacy and satisfaction in their partnerships.
Couples Therapy can include working on:
Better communication
Understanding your partner better
Transitioning to parenthood
Repetitive power struggles
Divorce and co-parenting strategies
Intimacy and sexual issues
…and more…