Therapure
Parenting as Partners
Raising kids without losing each other
For new parents and couples with children who want to stay a team.
Who it is for
Partners first, parents too
Kids change everything, including how two adults treat each other. Sleep disappears. Roles shift. Conversations become logistics.
This is couples work for anyone parenting together, from the first sleepless months to the teenage years.
Many parents reach out feeling guilty for wanting time as a couple. That time is part of caring for the family, not a break from it. Your kids benefit when you two feel like a team.
What it can feel like
- Talking only about pickups and schedules
- One partner carrying the invisible to do list
- Different rules for bedtime and discipline
- Missing each other while living in the same house
What we work on
Where couples get stuck
Parenting styles
Strict and relaxed, structured and spontaneous, and how to meet in the middle.
Mental load
Who remembers the doctor's appointment, and who notices it's unequal.
Losing each other
Intimacy and friendship fading under exhaustion.
Family of origin
Your own parents showing up in how you raise your kids.
How Naomi works
Two people, one team
Naomi uses Emotionally Focused Therapy to help partners see the cycle that kicks in when one of you feels unsupported and the other feels criticized.
Psychodynamic curiosity helps too. Often a disagreement about screen time is really about how each of you was raised.
What can shift
Back on the same side
Some couples find it easier to divide the load fairly, or to agree on a few shared rules. Others reconnect as partners again. Families vary, and we don't promise a particular outcome.
What sessions look like
Couples format, kid friendly timing
Sixty minute video sessions, usually weekly, held without the children present. Nap time and after bedtime both work, as long as you have a private room.
Fees in brief
$250 couples with Naomi, $175 with an associate, for 60 minutes
Parenting work uses the couples format: $250 for 60 minutes with Naomi or $175 with an associate. Superbills are available for out-of-network claims, and one parent can also come alone at individual rates. Rates and Insurance
With Naomi
$200 individual, 45 min
$250 couples, 60 min
Associate clinicians
$150 individual, 45 min
$175 couples, 60 min
Questions
About parenting as partners
Is this family therapy?
We just had a baby. Is it too soon?
Can we bring the baby to sessions?
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Make an hour for the two of you.
Request a free couples consultation. Naomi will find a time that works around your family.