The people
we love shape
everything.
Couples and family therapy with Annalis Garrido, LMFT. A calm, even-handed room where both of you get to be understood.
Most couples wait years. You do not have to be in crisis to start.
Couples often arrive after a long stretch of trying to fix it alone. Sometimes there has been a betrayal. More often, the distance simply grew quietly, and neither of you meant for it to.
Whatever brought you here, the work is the same at its core: understanding the pattern the two of you are caught in, and learning to reach each other inside it.
The same fight, on repeat
You both know the script by heart. We slow the cycle down far enough to see what is underneath it, and practice a different ending.
Communication that stalls
One of you pushes, the other goes quiet. We work on being heard without either of you having to raise your voice or leave the room.
Rebuilding trust
After an affair, a betrayal, or a long stretch of distance. Slow, structured work that does not ask you to skip past the hurt.
Premarital and newly committed
Money, family, children, faith, sex, and whose career bends first. Better to have these conversations now than in ten years.
Intimacy and desire
When sex has become a source of tension rather than connection, or when closeness feels like something you used to have.
Life transitions
A new baby, a move, an illness, a career change, an empty nest. Relationships strain where life shifts.
What you each inherited
The patterns you learned at home arrive in your relationship uninvited. We name them, then decide what you keep.
Bicultural and bilingual couples
Two families, two sets of expectations, sometimes two languages. Sessions in English, Spanish, or a mix of both.
Annalis Garrido, LMFT
A Miami native in New York, trained at Northwestern, and a former media executive before this work. Annalis believes people rarely make sense in isolation. We make sense in context: our families, our histories, our languages, our loves.
Her approach is collaborative and unhurried. She holds each partner's intersecting identities, core values, and strengths in view, and she does not take sides. Sessions draw on Emotionally Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and interpersonal neurobiology, adapted to the two people actually in the room.
- M.S., Northwestern University
- Licensed in NY & FL
- Bilingual: English / Español
- NAMI family instructor since 2015
Three steps, and none of them are hard.
A free 15-minute call
Tell her briefly what is going on. She will tell you how she works and whether she is the right fit. No paperwork, no cost, no obligation.
Paperwork, securely
If you decide to move ahead, intake forms arrive through a private, HIPAA-compliant client portal. They take about fifteen minutes, and you fill them out before the first session.
Your first session
Fifty-five minutes, together or apart as needed. By the end you will have a shared picture of the pattern and a plan for what comes next.
What colleagues say
Therapists are not permitted to solicit testimonials from clients, so these come from colleagues and referring providers instead.
[Colleague or supervisor endorsement — what it is like to refer clients to her, in their words.]
[Referring provider endorsement — e.g. a psychiatrist or primary care doctor who refers couples to her.]
[Quote from her NAMI Family-to-Family teaching work, or from a supervisor about her clinical approach.]
The Journal
Weekly prompts for couples, printable worksheets you can do at the kitchen table, and a private journal that stays on your own device. Free, and open to anyone.
Open the journal →Notes on relationships
Essays on repair, conflict, family patterns, and what therapy actually looks like. Written plainly, for people deciding whether to start.
Read the blog →[@instagramhandle]
Short notes on relationships, therapy, and repair, in English and Spanish.
One question a week, in your inbox.
A single journaling prompt for couples, sent Sunday mornings. No advice columns, no selling. Unsubscribe in one click.
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Before you reach out
Do you work with couples where only one person wants to be here?
Often, yes. It is common for one partner to arrive hopeful and the other skeptical. Skepticism is welcome in the room. What matters is that you both agree to try. If your partner will not attend at all, individual relational therapy can still change the dynamic between you.
How long does couples therapy take?
Most couples meet weekly at first. Many feel a shift in the first six to eight sessions, and many stay for several months to make the changes stick. You are never locked into a package, and we revisit the plan together.
Do you take insurance?
Yes, through Headway for the plans listed on the fees and insurance page. Private-pay rates and superbills for out-of-network reimbursement are also available. Worth knowing: many plans do not cover couples therapy, because insurance requires a mental health diagnosis for one partner. The fees page explains this in plain language.
Can we meet online?
Yes. Sessions are available online anywhere in New York and Florida, and in person at the New York City office. Many couples do a mix, and online works well when your schedules or your commutes do not match.
Can we do therapy in Spanish?
Annalis is bilingual and sees clients in English, Spanish, or a blend of the two. Bilingual couples often find that certain feelings live in one language and not the other, and that is welcome here.
Ready when you are.
Start with a free 15-minute call. No pressure and no paperwork. It’s just a chance to see if we’re a good fit.
In person in New York City · Online across New York & Florida · English y español