About Our Practice

Discerning couples understand that exceptional relationships require intentional care, trusted expertise, and a confidential space where growth can occur. Our private couples counseling practice offers a refined, highly personalized experience designed for couples who value discretion, emotional intelligence, and lasting relational excellence. 

What distinguishes our practice is the rare advantage of a husband-and-wife clinical team. Shawn and Gloria Derritt bring both professional expertise and lived relational experience into every session, offering a balanced male and female perspective that allows each partner to feel fully understood. This dual-clinician model provides deeper insight, greater trust, and a more comprehensive path toward healing, restoration, and renewed connection. 

Our couples counseling approach integrates two of the most respected, research-based frameworks in relationship therapy: the Gottman Method and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Together, these methods provide both emotional insight and practical tools that help couples create meaningful, lasting change. 

This combined, evidence-based approach addresses both the emotional and cognitive dimensions of relationships—helping couples not only feel better, but interact better. Couples leave with practical tools they can apply immediately, as well as deeper insight that supports long-term relational strength and resilience.

Our goal is not simply to resolve current challenges, but to equip couples with the skills needed to sustain a healthy, fulfilling relationship for years to come.

Our couples counseling services integrate the Gottman Method Couples Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), two highly respected, evidence-based approaches proven to strengthen relationships and create lasting change.

The Gottman Method focuses on helping couples improve communication, deepen emotional connection, and manage conflict in healthier, more productive ways. Rather than avoiding disagreements, couples learn how to navigate differences with respect, understanding, and emotional safety. This approach helps partners rebuild trust, strengthen friendship, and develop the skills necessary for a resilient, lasting relationship.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) complements this process by addressing the thought patterns that influence emotions and behavior within the relationship. Often, misunderstandings, assumptions, and negative thinking cycles contribute to ongoing conflict. CBT helps partners identify and change these patterns, allowing them to respond to one another with greater clarity, empathy, and emotional control.

Together, these methods provide couples with practical tools to improve communication, reduce recurring conflict, and strengthen emotional intimacy. Couples gain a deeper understanding of themselves and each other while developing healthier ways to think, communicate, and connect.

This structured, research-based approach empowers couples not only to resolve current challenges, but to build a stronger, more secure, and fulfilling partnership for the future