Get startedOnline couples therapy
Couples therapy when talking feels hard.
Maybe small disagreements keep turning into bigger arguments, or you’ve started avoiding conversations because they feel too hard. Couples therapy offers time to talk about what’s happening, what each of you needs, and what you’d like to change. Sarah works with couples online in Texas and California. If you’re wondering whether it’s right for you, a free 15-minute consultation is a place to ask.
Online therapy in Texas and California
A place to begin
Sarah’s role is not to choose sides or decide who is to blame. She helps both partners feel heard, recognize the cycle beneath the conflict, and practice more constructive ways of responding to one another.
Couples therapy may be helpful when you are experiencing:
- Recurring arguments that never seem fully resolved
- Communication breakdowns, defensiveness, or feeling misunderstood
- Emotional distance, loneliness, or loss of connection
- Difficulty rebuilding trust after hurt or disappointment
- Parenting stress, demanding careers, or competing responsibilities
- Deployment, reintegration, relocation, retirement, or another major transition
What the work can look like
Having the same argument again?
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Sarah looks at the relationship as a whole: the experiences each partner brings, the pattern that develops between you, and the pressures surrounding the relationship. Therapy can help make those patterns easier to recognize and interrupt.
Sessions may focus on communicating more clearly, expressing needs without escalation, listening with greater understanding, setting boundaries, repairing after conflict, and rebuilding trust and teamwork. The work is tailored to your relationship rather than a rigid script.
Sarah’s perspective
Support that understands demanding careers and service
Sarah’s 24-year Army career gives her firsthand familiarity with long separations, high-pressure responsibilities, changing roles, reintegration, and the strain service can place on couples and families. She also understands that the person serving is not the only person affected.
Military and first-responder experience is one part of Sarah’s perspective, not a requirement for working with her. She welcomes couples from every background who want a warmer, more honest, and more practical way forward.
Meet Sarah Phillips, LMFTWhat to expect
Beginning couples therapy
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Use the free 15-minute consultation to ask about fit, scheduling, and what brings you to couples therapy without sharing every detail.
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The first full session gives each partner room to speak and begins identifying the concerns, patterns, and shared goals that will guide the work.
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Sarah will talk with you about who should attend and whether couples therapy is an appropriate starting point for your circumstances.
Finding the right therapist matters
Have questions? Start with a free 15-minute consultation.
Ask questions, talk briefly about what you are looking for, and decide whether working with Sarah feels like the right fit.
Schedule your 15-minute consultationReview fees and insuranceNew Mexico appointments are considered case by case. Ask about availability before scheduling.