Newton Family Therapy and Consulting, Inc.
Natalie (Nat) Newton, LMFT, PhD, they/she
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with a PhD in Anthropology, bringing both clinical training and a deep understanding of relational, cultural, and systemic dynamics into my work. In addition to my Level 3 training in the Gottman Method, I have completed four years of psychoanalytic training, which informs my attention to long‑standing relational patterns and emotional depth.
My style is collaborative, structured, and thoughtful, with a focus on helping couples move out of stuck patterns and into more sustainable ways of relating.
You’re sitting across from your partner over dinner.
You know something between you isn’t working —
and the space between you feels harder to cross than it used to.
You still care about each other.
You’ve built a life, a rhythm, a family.
But lately, reaching each other in these moments that matter takes more effort.
Conversations stall.
Missteps linger.
You don’t want to lose what you’ve built.
And you don’t want to keep patching things over.
I offer couples therapy for partners who want to slow things down and work more deliberately — together.
Do these patterns hold you back in your relationship?
- The same conversations repeating without resolution.
- One of you accommodating more, while the other feels unheard.
- Certain topics becoming harder to approach.
- One of you feels like a burnt out caregiver.
Work demands, parenting, family dynamics, and a world with less margin have made it harder to reset once things go off track.
How I work
In couples therapy, we don’t start by deciding who’s right.
We slow interactions down enough to see how conflict actually unfolds between you — moment by moment — and where things begin to derail.
This work is informed by decades of longitudinal relationship research, including principles from the Gottman Method, which are grounded in extensive studies of real couples and what helps relationships stay stable under stress.
Together, we work on:
- Bringing up concerns in ways that are easier to hear
- Recognizing when conversations are escalating — and knowing how to pause or repair
- Reducing defensiveness so each of you can stay present
- Understanding what’s underneath repeated conflicts, not just the content
- Building upon your friendship, shared values, and dreams, beyond just managing conflict.
Some couples stop fighting. But they remain unhappy. The Gottman Method builds your relationship pillars, based on research-backed tools.
What we aim for:
Over time, many couples notice that conversations feel more workable.
Disagreements still happen.
But they’re less likely to spiral, stall out, or linger.
You feel happier together, start to feel like you’re growing together again.
There’s more awareness of what’s happening in the moment — and more choice in how to respond. The goal isn’t constant agreement or a fixed version of “better.” It’s building enough steadiness that difficult conversations don’t derail everything else.
Nat Newton, LMFT, PhD
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 147220)
PhD Anthropology
“Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.”
–Thich Nhat Hanh
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