Couples therapy can be deeply rewarding and incredibly complex. When partners are escalated, emotionally shut down, caught in cycles of blame, or recovering from betrayal, even skilled clinicians can feel unsure of how to slow the process down and create movement.

Led by Nardine Staroverov, LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, this group offers a space to bring challenging cases, strengthen your clinical lens, and develop more confidence in working with relational distress.

What We’ll focus on

• Understanding and learning to map the couples negative cycle

• Slowing down escalation in session

• Working with betrayal and attachment injuries

• Supporting emotional safety between partners

• Tracking therapist reactivity and countertransference

• Knowing when to pause, redirect, or deepen the work

• Helping couples move from blame and defense toward vulnerability and connection

Group Format

Daytime Group: Mondays at 12 PM EST

Length: 90 minutes

Location: Online via Zoom

Group size: Limited to 6-8 clinicians

Commitment: 8 weeks recommended

Why work with me?

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and couples therapist with advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Gottman Method Level 1.

Since 2008, I have worked across multiple levels of care, including outpatient mental health and addiction treatment, in-home family-based services, and private practice. My clinical experience includes working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families navigating relational distress, emotional dysregulation, crisis, trauma, and complex family dynamics.

My current clinical work focuses heavily on couples navigating high conflict, emotional disconnection, and infidelity recovery through an attachment-based lens.

In addition to direct clinical work, I have been supervising graduate interns since 2022, supporting developing clinicians in building confidence, clinical judgment, ethical decision-making, and relational attunement in their work with clients.

My approach to supervision and consultation is collaborative, practical, and growth-oriented. I believe clinicians do their best work when they have a space to think deeply, process stuck points, and feel supported in the complexity of therapy.