COUPLES THERAPY FOR BETTER RELATIONSHIPS

Attachment-based couples therapy, for couples who want to understand each other more deeply, repair what’s been hurt, and build a more secure relationship

You can reach us directly at:  734-215-5158

Couples counseling in Ann Arbor and online throughout
Michigan, Hawaii & Florida

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Feel safe · Feel seen · Feel close again · Couples & individuals · In person & virtual · Michigan & Hawaii

  • You love each other, but connection feels hard

  • Trust has been damaged

  • One of you reaches while the other pulls away

  • The same fights keep coming back

  • Life got full, and you stopped making room for each other

This is the work we specialize in.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

RELATIONSHIPS ARE
WHAT WE DO.

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HI I’M ANGELA

I’m the Founder and Clinical Director of Adaptations Therapy Institute, a fully licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, and I believe therapy should feel safe, thoughtful, effective, and human. My work is grounded in attachment-based and trauma-informed care, with a focus on helping people navigate real life with more clarity, compassion, and security in themselves.

You don’t need to have everything figured out to start. I’m here to help you take the next step, and I look forward to supporting you.

I named the practice Adaptations because most of what hurts in relationships started as something that helped. Shutting down, pushing for answers, keeping the peace at all costs: those were adaptations. They made sense once.

They can change.

What is attachment-based therapy and how does it work?

Attachment-based therapy looks at how your earliest relationships shaped the way you connect today: how you trust, handle conflict, and reach for closeness. Those patterns often formed to keep you safe, and they tend to repeat in adult relationships.

In session, we slow those moments down, name what's happening underneath, and practice new ways of responding. For couples, that means seeing the cycle between you instead of blaming each other. For individuals, it means understanding the patterns you bring into every relationship, so connection starts to feel safer and steadier.

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SERVICES

Couples Counseling focuses on helping partners understand each other’s emotional worlds, regulate their nervous systems during conflict, and rebuild a relationship that feels more secure, respectful, and connected.

Couples Counseling

Therapy for Divorce, Separation
& Co-Parenting

Therapy offers a space to slow things down and approach separation with intention. Rather than continuing reactive patterns, partners can begin to communicate more clearly, reduce emotional escalation, and make decisions that support long-term stability.

Infidelity therapy offers a structured, supportive space to begin making sense of what happened and what it means for both partners. Rather than rushing toward immediate decisions, therapy helps slow the process down so that healing can happen with intention and clarity.

Therapy for Infidelity

Individual Therapy

Anxiety, trauma, life transitions, burnout, and personal growth.

Supervision & Consultation

For therapists seeking relational, attachment-informed support. Clinical supervision through the AAMFT, for LMFTs in Hawaii and Michigan.

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HOW WE WORK

Our approach is attachment-based and trauma-informed. That means we focus on:

Nervous system regulation

Emotional safety

Building more secure relationships with yourself and others

Understanding patterns — not just symptoms

Sessions are grounded, collaborative, and paced to meet you where you are.

Is attachment-based therapy effective for trauma recovery?

Attachment-based therapy can be an effective approach for many people recovering from trauma, particularly when traumatic experiences occurred within relationships or affected a person's ability to trust and feel emotionally safe.

Rather than focusing only on traumatic memories, therapy also considers how trauma influences present-day relationships, emotional regulation, and the nervous system. By strengthening emotional safety and helping clients understand protective patterns that developed over time, attachment-based therapy supports meaningful healing while building healthier relationships with both yourself and others.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

Reaching out for therapy is a meaningful step. Whether you are seeking support as an individual or as a couple, our work begins with understanding your story — not rushing to fix it. At Adaptations Therapy Institute, therapy is collaborative, thoughtful, and grounded in research-supported approaches that help create lasting change.

  • We begin with a brief consultation to understand what brings you in and determine whether our practice is the right fit for your needs. You are welcome to ask questions and share what feels most important — there is no pressure and no obligation.

    From the very first interaction, our goal is for you to feel:

    • respected
    • understood
    • never rushed
    • never judged

    Many clients tell us they feel a sense of relief even before the first full session begins.

  • Your early sessions focus on gaining clarity about your experiences, history, patterns, and goals.

    For couples, we look closely at interaction cycles — the moments where partners feel stuck, unheard, or disconnected.

    For individuals, we explore the relationship you have with yourself and how it shapes the way you move through the world.

    You can expect depth, curiosity, and care — not surface-level advice.

  • Our clinicians are trained in attachment-based and trauma-informed models that support emotional safety while encouraging meaningful growth.

    Therapy with us is:

    • Insight-oriented
    • Relational
    • Practical
    • Compassionate
    • Change-focused

    We will move at a pace that is respectful of your nervous system while still helping you move forward.

  • Most clients begin with 45-60 minute weekly sessions, as consistency allows therapy to be effective and momentum to build. As progress occurs, session frequency can be adjusted collaboratively.

    Sessions are available:

    • In person in downtown Ann Arbor
    • Virtually across Michigan
    • Virtually in Hawaii

  • If you are a couple, you may already recognize the cycle:

    The same argument.
    The same misunderstanding.
    The same emotional distance.

    Couples therapy helps slow these moments down so they can finally be understood — and shifted.

    Our approach is active and engaged. We do not simply sit back and observe dynamics; we help guide new ones.

    Many couples seek therapy not because their relationship is failing — but because it matters too much to leave unattended.

  • Therapy is not about assigning blame or deciding who is right.

    It is a space to better understand yourself, strengthen your relationships, and develop new ways of responding when old patterns no longer serve you.

    You do not have to arrive with everything figured out — that is what the work is for.

  • The relationship between client and therapist matters deeply. If for any reason it does not feel like the right match, we will help guide you toward other trusted resources.

    Your care is always the priority.

When you feel ready, we invite you to reach out. Healing often begins with a single conversation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Explore common questions about individual and couples therapy, attachment-based care, locations, and getting started.

  • Adaptations Therapy Institute provides individual therapy, couples therapy, and marriage therapy for adults navigating anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma, attachment patterns, grief, life transitions, and other emotional challenges. Therapy is attachment-based and trauma-informed, with treatment tailored to each client’s needs, experiences, and goals.

  • Attachment-based therapy explores how past and present relationships influence trust, connection, conflict, emotional safety, and responses to stress. It can help clients recognize patterns affecting their relationships or mental health and develop more secure ways of relating to themselves and others.

    At Adaptations Therapy Institute, attachment work is integrated with trauma-informed care and an understanding of how the nervous system responds to stress and relationships.

  • Yes. Adaptations Therapy Institute provides therapy for both individuals and couples. Individual therapy can address anxiety, trauma, relationship concerns, attachment patterns, grief, identity, and life transitions. Couples and marriage therapy can address communication difficulties, recurring conflict, emotional disconnection, intimacy concerns, infidelity, and trust.

  • Adaptations Therapy Institute serves clients in Michigan and Hawaii. Michigan clients can access in-person and virtual therapy, while Hawaii clients are seen virtually.

    Michigan services include clients throughout the Birmingham–Bloomfield, Novi–Northville–Plymouth, Rochester Hills, Dixboro, Troy, Barton Hills, Ann Arbor areas, and anywhere in Michigan Virtually. Online therapy is available to clients throughout Hawaii.

  • Yes. Virtual therapy is available throughout Michigan and Hawaii for clients who prefer online sessions or do not live near an in-person location.

  • Private-pay therapy allows treatment to stay focused on the client or relationship rather than the requirements of an insurance plan. Insurance may require a mental health diagnosis, limit what qualifies for coverage, or determine aspects of treatment based on medical necessity.

    Private pay provides greater privacy and flexibility while allowing therapy decisions to be guided by each client’s goals, needs, and progress. For couples and marriage therapy in particular, it keeps the relationship itself at the center of treatment.

  • Getting started begins with contacting Adaptations Therapy Institute. The initial conversation provides an opportunity to share what is bringing you to therapy, the type of support you are looking for.

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