LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF
Hi,
I’m Ebru…
If you’ve browsed through my site, you already know I’m passionate about helping couples and individuals build healthier, more fulfilling relationships with themselves and with each other. As a licensed psychotherapist and relationship specialist, I understand both the hope and the struggle of sustaining intimacy in our modern world of constant demands, high expectations, and shifting family roles.
My role is not just to listen but to engage fully — to offer clarity, compassion, and yes, a healthy dose of straight talk. Together, we’ll work to identify the stuck places that keep you looping back into conflict or self-doubt, and we’ll use them as opportunities for growth — individually and as partners.
Over the years, I've developed the Integrated Growth Approach (IGA) — my own couples therapy model, developed through years of advanced clinical training and practice. IGA is built on a belief I return to with every couple: that real, lasting connection grows deeper when it's rooted in honesty, accountability, and integrity. Where attachment gives us safety, IGA asks — what becomes possible when that safety becomes the ground for genuine growth? Couples leave with more than insight — they leave with a portable internal map, the language to understand their patterns, and the relational skills to navigate difficulty on their own.
A BIT ABOUT MY CREDENTIALS, I AM…
1.
Creator and developer of the Integrated Growth Approach (IGA) — an integrative couples therapy model that blends attachment theory and differentiation practices into a structured framework for lasting relational change.
2.
A Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist (Supervisor-candidate) — one of the foundational models informing IGA.
3.
An advanced practitioner in the Developmental Model for Couples Therapy — a second foundational influence in IGA's architecture.
4.
An experienced Couples Sex Therapist. Certified to assess and treat couples desire discrepancies.
5.
A Certified Discernment Counselor.
A PROFESSIONAL
YOU CAN TRUST.
My postgraduate certifications in advanced couples therapy models — including EFT, the Developmental Model, RLT, IFS and Hakomi — provided the rigorous foundation that ultimately inspired the Integrated Growth Approach. IGA is a newer model, and while formal research studies are in development, it is deeply research-informed — built on decades of validated attachment and relational science, and drawing on interventions with established clinical support. What matters most is that I've developed my own clear, structured framework with its own theory of change and clinical language — one that adapts to each couple's unique challenges rather than forcing them into a one-size-fits-all process.
I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. Real growth requires a therapist who can flex between deep empathy and compassionate challenge, who can hold both safety and accountability at once. That’s the heart of the Integrated Growth Approach — meeting you where you are while guiding you toward who you’re capable of becoming.
You will find that I am very engaged, compassionately persistent, collaborative, transparent about the process of therapy, and most importantly, sincerely interested in you and your relationship.
A SAFE SPACE
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND RELATIONSHIPS OF
ALL KINDS.
As an LGBTQ-affirming and sex-positive therapist from a culturally diverse background, I bring openness, curiosity, and a socioculturally attuned lens to every session. Whatever your relationship structure, orientation, or cultural context, you’ll find a safe place to explore, grow, and practice new ways of relating.
My style is highly experiential — less about “venting,” more about practicing new skills and perspectives in real time. I want you to leave sessions not only with insight but with tools you can immediately apply in your life and relationships.
I am licensed in Connecticut and New York, offering in-person and online therapy for discernment counseling, marriage counseling, and individual work. For those who travel frequently across the U.S. or internationally, I also provide continuity of care online.
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There’s no commitment, pressure, or obligation. You get to share with me a little bit about what you’re looking to work on and I can answer any questions you might have about my practice.
*I am a private pay/out of network provider only*