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Couples & Relationship Therapy in Portland, Oregon

Relationships can start to feel strained when communication breaks down, conflict repeats, or trust is disrupted. What once felt natural can become difficult to navigate, leaving both partners feeling misunderstood, disconnected, or stuck in the same patterns.
We provide couples and relationship therapy for communication challenges, recurring conflict, infidelity, and periods of disconnection, helping you understand what’s happening between you and how to move forward differently.

How Relationship Challenges Show Up

  • recurring arguments or conflict that never fully resolves
  • communication breakdowns or feeling misunderstood
  • emotional distance, disconnection, or withdrawal
  • infidelity, betrayal, or loss of trust
  • difficulty repairing after conflict
  • navigating major life transitions as a couple
  • identity changes within a relationship
  • navigating neurodivergence within partnerships
  • tension around non-monogamy or relationship structure

Our Approach to Couples Therapy

Relationship challenges are rarely about a single issue—they are about patterns that develop over time. Under stress, partners often fall into predictable ways of responding that escalate conflict or create distance.
Our work focuses on helping you understand those patterns and what is happening underneath them. We slow down interactions, increase clarity, and support both partners in responding differently.
In our work together, we will:
  • identify patterns that drive conflict and disconnection
  • understand each partner’s responses to stress and attachment needs
  • improve communication so each person feels heard and understood
  • repair trust after rupture, including infidelity or betrayal
  • navigate differences in needs, identity, and relational expectations
  • build more stable, connected ways of relating
We integrate EFT, IFS-informed approaches, and relational therapy models that support both partners and the relationship itself.

Who This Is For

This work may be a good fit for you if:
  • you feel stuck in the same arguments or conflict cycles
  • you are working through infidelity or a breakdown of trust
  • you feel distant, disconnected, or unsure how to reconnect
  • you struggle to communicate needs without escalation
  • you are navigating changes in identity, structure, or expectations within your relationship

Hunter Sunrise

I work with individuals, couples and adolescents navigating life transitions and evolutions—chapters of change that ask us to reimagine who we are. My work often centers on experiences of grief and identity—how we hold what’s been lost, and how we rediscover ourselves in what comes next.

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Hunter Sunrise

I work with individuals, couples and adolescents navigating life transitions and evolutions—chapters of change that ask us to reimagine who we are. My work often centers on experiences of grief and identity—how we hold what’s been lost, and how we rediscover ourselves in what comes next.

Learn More

Hunter Sunrise

I work with individuals, couples and adolescents navigating life transitions and evolutions—chapters of change that ask us to reimagine who we are. My work often centers on experiences of grief and identity—how we hold what’s been lost, and how we rediscover ourselves in what comes next.

Learn More

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