Kimberly Schildbach Therapy
Specialized Therapy for Complex Relationship Problems
Specialized Couples Therapy & Discernment Counseling for Infidelity, Sexual Secrecy, Toxic Conflict, and Divorce Uncertainty.
You've talked it to death. You've fought about the affair, the sex, the lies, the lack of sex, the lack of effort, or the fact that one of you seems to care a whole lot more about saving this marriage than the other. Maybe you've threatened divorce so many times that neither of you even reacts anymore.
Your Tuesday nights are about bickering and picking at each other until there's nothing left. You keep trying to fix things, but the fights never really get repaired. The resentments pile up, and you're sick of it all. You don't want to go another round - you want it back the way it was.
You worry about the unresolved fights. Your last argument keeps you up at night, wondering if you'd make it. You're scared that the future you thought you were creating together might all be in your head. You don't want to watch all of that erode, one fight at a time, but you don't know how to stop it.
The good news is you don't have to know - you need someone like me to help take you out of the spiral.
Because you are ready to do the work to repair your relationship - or to make a clear, honest decision about whether to try.
This is where “something better” stops being just something you talk about - and becomes something you can actually move toward.
THERAPY SERVICES
How I Help
Specialized therapy services designed to support high-achieving couples in all of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, and Florida.
You fight, you avoid each other to cool down, and then you begin again.
You're sick of the endless cycle where one of you feels frozen while the other feels livid, or vice versa.
I know you know a lot of things. But this is the thing I know: I can help you both get out of this endless loop.
When you're ready to stop having the same arguments (heard it all!) where nothing changes, let me help you find another way.
Traditional couples therapy asks you to work on your relationship an hour at a time. A couples therapy intensive is the antidote to a relationship that feels out of control.
With a couples therapy intensive, I build a protective bubble around you. We shut out your careers, responsibilities, and the stress of life and I help you focus on each other.
A couples therapy intensive helps you interrupt the fights and see and successfully reach for the person you’ve been missing through it all.
You're sick of the infidelity taking up so much real estate in your brain. You can't focus on normal life because your mind keeps pulling you back to the moment you found out your partner lied.
And if you're the partner who caused the injury, you want to repair things but don't know how.
This isn't a DIY situation. I can help you talk about the affair in ways that get you feeling good together again.
You’re thinking about divorce, but you’re still unsure. You’re trapped in a circular argument with yourself: stay? go? stay? You’re exhausted by this limbo and uncertainty, and you’re ready for a way out.
Discernment Counseling is a time-limited, specialized intervention that helps you decide whether to work toward repairing your relationship or move toward divorce.
When you're ready to reach a place where you can say, “We did everything we could to make the best decision,” I can help.
About Me
Kimberly Schildbach
MEd, LMHC, MFT
Certified Discernment Counselor
she/her
MY APPROACH
I work with couples facing infidelity, battered by high conflict, sexual secrecy, relationships on the brink of separation – when trust has been broken, emotions are escalating, or one of you is no longer sure the relationship can continue.
I bring Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Discernment Counseling, and more than 20 years of experience to this work. Together, we’ll identify the patterns driving your disconnection and get clear about whether repair is possible and what it would require.
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy for me means therapy is not one-size-fits-all. I tailor the process to the way you naturally think, feel, communicate, and connect.
SELECTIVE BY DESIGN
I work with a small, carefully selected number of couples.
This work requires honesty, emotional risk, and a willingness to look at your role in the dynamic.
It is not a fit for every couple.
Here's How To Get Started:
Take the first step toward changing what's not working.
Schedule
You'll receive your individual paperwork to fill out and a link to our online meeting room 72 hours before our appointment.
Show up
Not just to talk about change, but to begin making it happen.
