Healing the Patterns. Deepening the Love.
Tending the living ecosystem between you so new possibilities can take root.

Couples Therapy in Berkeley and Petaluma with Tuyet-Lyn

Relationships are living ecosystems—tender, complex, composting, and always evolving. When something in that ecosystem becomes strained or breaks down, it can ripple through every part of your life.

I offer couples therapy for partners who want to slow down, listen deeply, and tend to the vitality of their relationship.

My work is grounded in relational, somatic, trauma-informed, depth-oriented, and parts-based approaches—supporting you in understanding the deeper patterns shaping your connection, healing old wounds, and creating new ways of relating that feel more connected and alive.

Sessions are available online and in person in Berkeley and Petaluma.

A Space to Slow Down and Listen

Our work is grounded, heartfelt, and attentive to who each of you is—and who you are together.

We move at a pace that allows something real to emerge, with care for both your shared dynamic and each of your individual inner worlds.

My Approach to Couples Therapy

Couples therapy with me is a space to understand the deeper patterns shaping your connection and to find ways of relating that feel more intentional, alive, and sustainable.

My approach is guided by five interconnected areas:

  • Relational work — attending to the patterns that arise between you, including within the therapy space itself

  • Somatic awareness — noticing how your nervous systems respond and interact in moments of closeness, conflict, or disconnection

  • Trauma-informed care — holding how past experiences and overwhelming moments continue to shape present dynamics

  • Parts work — recognizing and making space for the different parts of each of you that protect, react, long, and relate

  • Depth work — exploring what lives beneath the surface, including unconscious patterns, emotions, and meaning

Together, we explore:

  • The body’s signals and nervous system responses

  • Early relational imprints and recurring patterns

  • The moment-to-moment dynamics between you

  • The ways your histories and identities meet and interact

  • The parts of each of you that show up in conflict, protection, or longing

  • The practices that support connection, repair, and vitality over time

I hold space for the full range of human experience—tenderness, conflict, confusion, longing, grief, desire, and hope.

What We Can Work On Together

Couples often come to therapy for support with:

  • Communication that feels honest, kind, and connective

  • Repairing after conflict, rupture, or betrayal

  • Finding each other again in moments of distance or disconnection

  • Navigating life transitions (parenthood, loss, relocation, identity shifts)

  • Rekindling intimacy and desire

  • Understanding interpersonal and intergenerational patterns

  • Working with nervous system responses in moments of stress

  • Creating practices and rituals that support your relationship over time

A Gentle Invitation

If you’re feeling stuck in patterns or longing for something different in your relationship, this can be a place to begin—especially if something in you senses that staying the same is no longer what you need.

If something in you is curious about working together, I invite you to connect.

We can begin with a conversation to sense whether this feels like the right fit—a place where you can land, explore, and be supported in the ways you need.