Couples Therapy for Marriage & Parenthood
Tampa Bay & All of Florida Online
Love Is Not the Question. How to Build Your Life Together Is.
Couples therapy that builds before it breaks.
You’re Not Here Because Something’s Wrong
You love each other. That part has never been a question.
What’s harder is everything that comes with actually building a life together.
Getting on the same page around communication, expectations, family dynamics, and learning to function as a genuine team.
Your relationship isn’t on the edge.
But you know relationships can struggle.
Instead of waiting until it’s too late, you want to strengthen your relationship ahead of time so it’s ready for whatever life sends your way.
Not Repair. Investment.
You don’t want a perfect relationship.
But you do want to feel connected and understood. You want to love and be loved.
When you step across the threshold of your home, you want to feel emotionally safe.
As life keeps getting busier, you’re looking for support in navigating change together instead of drifting apart inside it.
Couples Therapy That Builds Before It Breaks
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Strengthen Your Relationship’s Foundation
I utilize Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in my work with couples. It’s a proven, researched, highly effective approach to couples therapy.
EFT doesn’t hand you communication scripts.
It helps you understand the emotional patterns and attachment needs that drive how you reach for each other under stress – and what happens when those attempts miss.
This approach surfaces the question underneath every recurring moment:
Why does this conversation end this way, and what does each of us actually need?
That’s where real change takes hold.
What Couples Therapy Makes Possible Here
My work with couples is collaborative, emotionally attuned, and direct. We move from surface tensions into what is actually shaping how you communicate and connect.
Invest in your relationship now. Avoid crisis repair later.
- Build healthy communication patterns before they calcify into something harder
- Navigate shifting roles in marriage and parenthood without losing the partnership
- Understand how each of you responds to stress, need, and conflict
- Develop the emotional safety that allows vulnerability without risk
- Create a shared foundation that holds under the weight of real life
- Feel more connected no matter how stressful your days are
The Three Phases of How Our Work Unfolds
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Pause
Identifying communication patterns, triggers, and unmet needs. Many couples say it is the first time they have truly felt heard. Slow down early enough to build something that holds.
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Power
Building emotional safety, vulnerability, and trust. Learning to navigate conflict as partners instead of opponents. Trust becomes the ground you stand on together.
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Purpose
Creating an intentional partnership where both people feel capable and connected. Communication feels clearer. Emotional connection feels more accessible. This is what a relationship built on purpose feels like.
About Dr. Gleim
I’m a licensed psychologist, a bilingual clinician, and the founder of Mindfully Mine Counseling Center.
I’m trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and lean on it because it gets underneath the surface argument and into what is actually happening between the two of you.
My background includes years working in an IVF clinic, so the specific weight of fertility timelines, family-planning decisions, and the way those conversations reshape a marriage is familiar territory for me.
Dr. Andrea Gleim
Why Trust Me As Your Partner in Healing
Specialized in Helping Couples Go Deeper
I work specifically with couples who are interested in avoiding the pitfalls and miseries that can come from allowing bad relational habits to go on too long. Here, you’ll learn everything they never told you about how to have a long-lasting, healthy, and fulfilling relationship.
Grounded in EFT
Emotionally Focused Therapy is one of the most rigorously researched approaches to couples work, targeting emotional connection at its root rather than surface behavior.
Fertility and Parenthood Background
My background in fertility and IVF gives me a particular understanding of the pressures of building a family that most therapists simply do not have.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is EFT and how does it help couples?
Emotionally Focused Therapy helps couples identify the attachment patterns and emotional responses driving their communication. Rather than teaching scripts, it builds the deeper emotional understanding that makes connection more durable.
Do you work with couples in transition?
Yes. My approach to couples counseling works especially well for couples entering marriage and couples transitioning into parenthood.
How long does couples therapy typically take?
The length varies by couple and what you bring to the work. We will talk through a realistic picture during your consultation.
How do I know if we’re ready to start?
That’s what the free consultation is for. Reach out, and we’ll discuss what’s happening, answer your questions, and determine whether we’re a good fit.
Take the First Step Today
Imagine feeling like partners again instead of simply managing responsibilities side by side. Imagine communicating clearly without every conversation tipping into frustration or shutdown. Not because life suddenly gets easier. But because the relationship feels safer, more intentional, and more connected inside the stress of real life. This is how you protect and strengthen the love you already have.
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This practice accepts private pay clients. Superbills are available upon request for out-of-network reimbursement. LYRA Health EAP accepted. HSA/FSA cards accepted.