FOUR OFFICES ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA · TELEHEALTH STATEWIDE
Couples & Marriage Counseling
in Pennsylvania
Relationships can be repaired. CPA Counseling’s Gottman-informed therapists help couples rebuild communication, restore trust, and reconnect — in person at our four Pennsylvania offices or by secure telehealth anywhere in the state.
Couples counseling at CPA Counseling is structured, evidence-based therapy that helps partners rebuild communication, repair trust, and reconnect. Our Gottman-informed therapists work with couples facing conflict, infidelity, disconnection, or major transitions — in person at our four Pennsylvania offices or by secure telehealth statewide. Premarital counseling is also available.
COMMON PRESENTING CONCERNS
What brings couples to therapy
Every relationship has its own dynamics. These are the concerns we most frequently address in couples counseling at CPA Counseling.
WHO WE WORK WITH
You don’t have to be
in crisis to come in
You don’t need a crisis to benefit from couples counseling. Couples come in at every stage — good relationships in a rough patch, partners recovering from infidelity or broken trust, and couples who simply feel disconnected and want to reconnect before things worsen. Any point where you want the relationship to be better is a valid reason to start.
Couples counseling isn’t only for relationships on the edge. Many of the couples we see are in good relationships that have hit a rough patch — communication has stalled, intimacy has faded, or the same arguments keep cycling without resolution.
Others come in after a significant rupture — infidelity, a major conflict, a betrayal of trust. And some come simply because something has quietly gone wrong and they want to address it before it becomes something worse. All of those are valid reasons to reach out.
OUR CLINICAL APPROACH
Gottman Method-informed couples therapy
The Four Horsemen — patterns that predict relationship trouble
Recognizing these four communication patterns is the first step to changing them.
The Gottman Method is one of the most rigorously researched approaches to couples therapy available. Developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman over four decades of observational research, it identifies specific patterns — the “Four Horsemen” — that predict relationship distress, and teaches couples to replace them with evidence-based skills for connection and conflict resolution.
HOW WE HELP
Our approach to
couples counseling
CPA Counseling therapists use evidence-based approaches tailored to each couple. These are the primary modalities used in relationship work at our practice.
MEET THE TEAM
The therapists behind your care
Every therapist is personally selected by Cristina for clinical skill, warmth, and commitment to real outcomes.
South Hills · Telehealth
Tess Inman
M.S.Ed, LPC, NCC
Tess is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor who specializes in working with couples and families, as well as individuals facing relational and systemic challenges. She completed her Master’s in Counselor Education at Duquesne University and works extensively with couples using the Gottman Method. Her approach helps partners understand their patterns, strengthen connection, and build lasting, healthier relationships.
Robinson · Telehealth
Ashlie Mohney
LPC · Licensed Professional Counselor
Ashlie is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over a decade of experience supporting clients across the lifespan, using a person-centered, solution-focused approach. Her clinical expertise includes relationship issues, adjustment disorders, grief and loss, and more. She works with couples and individuals to foster personal growth, healthier communication, and lasting change.
South Hills · Telehealth
Autumn Staszak,
LPC · Licensed Professional Counselor
Autumn brings over 20 years of experience working with adults, adolescents, and couples in community mental health settings. She specializes in supporting clients through relationship stress, trauma, depression, anxiety, and life transitions, with a warm, collaborative style. Autumn creates a nonjudgmental space where couples can safely explore overwhelming thoughts and emotions and move toward stronger connection.
CONDITION GUIDE
Relationship guides from our therapists
Relationships
Signs of a Controlling Husband And How Therapy Can Help
A controlling husband uses patterns of behavior — threats, isolation, guilt, jealousy, and consistent dismissal of your feelings — to maintain power in a relationship. These patterns are a form of emotional abuse.
Relationships
Gaslighting in Relationships amd how therapy can help
Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse in which one partner manipulates the other into doubting their own memory, perception, or judgment. It builds gradually — small dismissals and denials that grow into a pattern of control.
Relationships
How Therapy Helps with Communication Breakdown
Communication breakdown happens when patterns of defensiveness, shutdown, or emotional distance replace honest dialogue. Therapy helps by identifying the triggers behind those patterns, teaching active listening and clear expression, and healing the unresolved wounds that block connection.