Services
I work with couples and individuals facing challenges with communication, emotional roadblocks, and personal responsibility. My approach is candid and nonjudgmental — we talk openly, make room for reflection, and turn that into meaningful steps you can actually take. Below are the areas I focus on most.
Empathy & Anger Mastery.
Anger is usually a messenger, not the whole story. In individual work, we build a trusting relationship that lets you explore what's underneath — including the past — while addressing what's getting in the way now. The goal is steady: to protect and strengthen your well-being across how you think, feel, act, and relate to others.
Relationship Skills Training (RST).
When the same argument keeps coming back, it’s usually a skills problem, not a love problem. Informed by four decades of research into what keeps relationships happy and stable, RST is grounded in what actually works — not idealized notions of how love “should” look. Where traditional couples therapy often centers on easing relationship anxieties, RST builds practical skills you use between sessions.
We start with the Gottman Relationship Checkup, an online assessment each of you completes on your own, then meet for 90-minute sessions every two weeks to build:
Active friendship-building between partners
Mindful communication and real attentiveness
Honest, nonjudgmental expression of feelings
Mutual respect and affection
Better management of the conflicts that keep recurring
The result is a relationship with more cohesion, clearer individual and shared goals, and dynamics you both help shape — rather than ones that just happen to you.
Sessions are $300 each, with the Checkup included. There’s no fixed number of sessions; we continue as long as the work is helping our relationship. It’s private pay, by telehealth across New York State. Individual therapy isn’t required to begin, but I encourage each partner to have their own therapist while we work together.
Therapeutic Premarital Counseling (TPC).
You’re planning a wedding. This is where you plan the marriage. Built on the same research as RST, this six-session program gives the two of you a clear picture of your relationship and the skills to handle what’s coming, before small habits turn into big arguments. You don’t need to be in trouble to do this; most couples who come are doing well and want to stay that way.
Again, we start with the Gottman Relationship Checkup, each of you completes on your own, then meet for six 90-minute sessions over about three months:
Your Checkup results and goals include:
How you talk and how you fight
Money, work, and home
Family, culture, and faith
Intimacy and children
Your shared vision for the years ahead
The program is $300 per session ($1,800 total) with the Checkup included. It’s private pay, by telehealth across New York State. Individual therapy isn’t required to begin, but I encourage each partner to have their own therapist while we work together.
Text me — even if it’s just . . .
“Hey Bush, I'd like to book a free 15m consult.”
That’s enough to get the ball rolling.
Mens Issues: Race, Identity & Ethnicity.
A lot of people — especially men — don't think of counseling as an option for what they're carrying. I work with men across ethnic backgrounds, and I especially welcome African American, Hispanic, and other men (and yes, women too) who've been taught that one-on-one counseling isn't for them. Here, you don't have to explain the cultural context before you get to the point. We start from a shared understanding of identity, race, and the particular pressures that come with them.
Creative & Specialized Vocations.
I have deep experience working with people in the visual and performing arts, and I understand the specific pressures of a creative life — the instability, the identity tied to the work, the public exposure. I also work with professionals in high-risk fields, including military, public safety, and first responders, whose work carries demands most people never see.
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
— CARL JUNG