Services
Couples Therapy & Individual Counseling Services
As a certified Imago Relationship Therapist, I specialize in guiding couples through the transformative journey of Imago Therapy. This is a life-based understanding that resonates for all partners who reflect the positive and negative traits of our caregivers. This method provides a safe space for both partners to express their individual feelings and improve relationship dynamics through structured dialogue.
What is Imago Therapy?
Imago is the image each of us has created based on our childhood experiences and how with your conscious, life, and subconscious messages, things got said/spoken and implicit (not said).
Imago Relationship Therapy is a powerful approach that focuses on transforming conflict into opportunities for connection. It explores our early experiences with our caregivers and how we learn to shut down parts of ourselves to receive more pleasure and less pain. The purpose of our adult relationships is to gain back those parts we shut down to be whole again. Bringing the subconscious to conscious awareness through the Imago process helps us get there.
Through the Imago process, re-romanticizing your relationship, couples can experience a new sense of connection. The method centers on structured dialogues that bypass defensive reactions and create genuine understanding. You'll learn to listen without reloading, speak without attacking, and connect even when triggered.
IMAGO Relationship Therapy was developed by Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt, integrating insights from depth psychology, behavioral science, and neurobiology. The core insight: we unconsciously choose partners who resemble our early caretakers—not despite our wounds, but because of them.
Benefits of Imago Therapy
Enhanced Communication
Imago therapy teaches couples safer communication tools, enabling them to express their emotions and needs openly, honestly, and safely through dialogue.
Healing Past Wounds
Addressing childhood wounds and past trauma, couples can heal unresolved issues, leading to profound emotional healing and growth.
Restored Intimacy
Therapy strengthens the emotional bond between partners, rekindling intimacy and passion in the relationship.
Individual Work
I also specialize in the individual treatment both acute and long-standing depression, anxiety, trauma, and ADHD (for both children and adults). Types of therapy options are selected according to the need.
I utilize CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) to help individuals explore thought patterns and restructure maladaptive thinking. Additional skills that are emphasized include assertiveness, psychoeducation, and more.
For those struggling with anxiety, I utilize ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) alongside relaxation and grounding techniques—breathing exercises and stress management strategies. I also incorporatePsychodynamic Therapy to explore how past experiences shape current patterns, and IFS (Internal Family Systems) to help clients understand and harmonize different parts of themselves.
Trauma-focused work is presented with a safe environment and will address the client's developmental history to understand how things still affect them today. I have Level One training in Brain Spotting and will be fully certified after completing Level Two training this summer.
ADHD clients receive psychoeducation about ADHD symptoms and strategies for managing inattentivity, hyperactivity, and impulsivity—including behavioral interventions, such as behavior modification and social skills training. I commonly assist to develop practical skills for coping with ADHD-related challenges.
How we work together
Consultation
A free 20-minute conversation to understand your situation and determine if we're a good fit. No intake forms, no pressure.
Assessment
Initial sessions to map your relational patterns, identify core wounds, and develop a targeted treatment plan.
Skill building
Weekly sessions learning and practicing IMAGO dialogues, with exercises to reinforce new patterns between sessions.
Why Choose Michelle Morris for Couples Therapy
I offer more than therapy with an experience spanning over three decades. I've developed a deep understanding of the therapeutic relationship and its power for truly connecting with clients. My dedication to truly listening and understanding allows me to offer more original and targeted guidance to individuals and families—ensuring that each connection is deeper and more therapy-safe when possible.
Ready to invest in healthier relationships? Today, book the first complimentary 20-minute consultation to see how I provide unlimited access, quality connection, and improving wellness—learning more from our initial healing relationship.
"I have known Michelle Morris for over 20 years and can attest to her incredible care for each of her clients: her commitment to children, families, and their needs. A true compassionate therapist; she works at excellence, understanding that the therapy relationship is critical to a solid foundation of safety. Additionally, those who have worked with her are better for it. Her quality of presence and methodology in her work informs and relationships as her colleagues. It is clear that she continues to educate and evolve her skills, as the field of therapy speaks to her clinical effectiveness. Michelle is first and foremost known for being therapeutic and always professional."
Myths About Couples Therapy
Couples therapy is a last resort before ending a relationship.
Couples therapy can be started at any stage of a relationship. If you're willing to work on your relationship and improve things, it's never too early.
The counselor will always take one partner's side.
Couples counselors don't just point to one partner as the issue. Both partners are given equal time to speak while the other listens intentionally and actively.
It means admitting your relationship is failing.
Seeking help shows strength and commitment. It means you value your relationship enough to invest in it.
What you'll achieve
- Understand the unconscious patterns driving your conflicts
- Replace reactive triggers with conscious responses
- Develop communication that actually works under stress
- Build genuine connection, not just conflict management
- Learn skills that continue working after therapy ends
Session details
- 75-minute sessions for couples (recommended)
- 60-minute sessions for individual (recommended)
- Virtual sessions via secure video platform
- Licensed in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania
- Typical engagement: 12-20 sessions
Start with a conversation
A 20-minute call to discuss your situation, answer questions, and determine if we're a good fit. No pressure, no intake forms. Just an honest conversation between adults.
Or email directly: michellemorrislpc@gmail.com