Couples therapy in Cambridge, MA
Change the pattern. Find your way back.
Couples and individual therapy in Cambridge for recurring conflict, emotional distance, and broken trust. Understand the cycle, rebuild safety, and respond differently.
30 minutes No obligation
Private, secure telehealth for Massachusetts and Florida
Level 3
Some of this will sound familiar
You do not need the right words to start.
Therapy often begins with a pattern that keeps repeating, between you, inside you, or around closeness.
Between you
The same problem keeps happening.
The topic changes, but the conflict, distance, or loss of trust follows the same shape.
Inside you
Insight has not become change.
You understand the pattern and still find yourself repeating it.
Around closeness
You care, but closeness feels difficult.
Intimacy, attachment, or different family rules keep creating distance.
Meet Your Therapist, Dr. Ehsan Adib Shabahang
Some couples lack love but clarity, safety, and a way back to each other after conflicts. I’m Ehsan, a couples and individual therapist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and founder of AtReef Therapy.
As a published author and SRRT framework creator, I integrate Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, CBT, DBT, and Jungian psychology to help you achieve your goals.
Navigate Your Path to Wellness
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Couples Therapy
For the relationship worth fighting for
Whether you're in open conflict or quiet distance — stuck in patterns that repeat no matter how many conversations you have — this work creates the structural change needed for real reconnection.
Gottman Method (Level 3 Certified)
Self-Reflective Relationship Therapy (SRRT)
Betrayal repair & trust rebuilding
Communication, intimacy & sexual wellbeing
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Individual Therapy
For the work only you can do
High-achieving adults navigating anxiety, burnout, identity shifts, or relationship patterns that keep appearing. This isn't open-ended conversation — it is structured, measurable, and outcome-focused.
DBT & CBT, evidence-based approaches
Self-Reflective Relationship Therapy (SRRT)
Anxiety, trauma & life transitions
Blueprint-tracked progress between sessions
The AtReef approach
Therapy with the structure and time for real movement.
Direct, thoughtful work that helps you understand the pattern, change how you respond, and create a more secure connection.
Focused work
Focused, structured therapy
This is active, goal-oriented therapy. We identify the cycle, clarify what keeps repeating, and practice concrete ways to communicate, repair, and reconnect.
Enough time
Longer sessions for deeper work
Couples therapy often needs more than a standard 50-minute session. Extended sessions give us room to slow down the pattern, understand both partners’ experiences, and work toward meaningful repair.
More attention
A deliberately smaller caseload
I work with fewer clients so I can stay focused, prepared, and attentive to the progress we are making together. The result is a more personal and considered therapy experience.
See whether working together feels right. Start with a free 30-minute consultation. No obligation.
Book a free consultationWhy atreef therapyBuilt for people
who've tried everything else.
AtReef is not a directory listing. It is a deliberately small, high-touch private practice with a simple commitment: you get a therapist who is fully present, clinically excellent, and personally invested in your outcome.
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Ehsan is the creator of Self-Reflective Relationship Therapy (SRRT), a research-based approach developed from clinical practice and peer-reviewed study. You won't find it anywhere else.
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AtReef takes a small number of clients by design. Every session is prepared for. Every treatment plan is specific to you and not adapted from a template.
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Sessions are tracked using weekly and monthly assessment, an important clinical tool that monitors your progress during our session and between appointments. Making each session directional with maximum impact.
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Dr. Ehsan Adib Shabahang brings both clinical depth and scholarly rigor to every session.
Published author of Always and Forever: Goal for a Healthy Relationship.
HOW IT WORKS
Starting is simpler than you think.
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Free 30-Minute Consultation
We talk. You describe what's happening. I tell you what I'm hearing and what I think would help. There is no pressure, no commitment, and no clinical paperwork on this call — just a real conversation.
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Structured Assessment
If we both feel it's a good fit, we begin with a thorough intake — together and individually. I build a treatment map specific to your relationship or your goals, not a generic curriculum.
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Focused, Tracked Progress
Sessions are 60 minutes, well-prepared, and progress-tracked. The goal is actual change — not indefinite weekly appointments. You will know where you are and where we're going.
What changes when the work is right.
Frequently Asked Questions & Answers
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Couples therapy is $350 per 60-minute session. AtReef is a private-pay practice and does not bill insurance for couples work. A superbill is provided after each session so you can submit for out-of-network reimbursement through your insurer. Many clients receive 40–80% reimbursement depending on their plan.
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Individual therapy is $300 per 60-minute session. Select insurance plans are accepted for individual therapy with limited availability. A superbill is always provided for out-of-network reimbursement.
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AtReef maintains a deliberately small caseload so that each client receives focused, prepared attention. Ehsan is the only therapist in the area who is both Gottman Level 2 Certified and the creator of an original methodology (SRRT). He is also a published author and active researcher. Treatment plans here are built around your specific dynamic, not adapted from a generic curriculum.
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All sessions are conducted via secure telehealth video. This allows clients throughout Massachusetts — including Cambridge, Newton, Boston, and beyond — to access the same premium level of care. Ehsan is also licensed in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Michigan.
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If you and your partner are having the same argument repeatedly, if there has been a betrayal, if you feel more like roommates than partners, or if one or both of you has considered leaving — these are meaningful signals. The free consultation is the right place to start. It is a real conversation, not a sales call, and it will give you clarity on whether this is the right fit and right timing.
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A 30-minute video call with Ehsan. You describe what you're navigating — he listens, reflects back what he's hearing, and shares his clinical perspective on what he thinks is happening and what might help. There is no intake paperwork, no commitment, and no pressure to continue. You leave with more clarity than you arrived with.
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Yes, without reservation. AtReef Therapy is an affirming practice welcoming of all relationship structures, orientations, and identities.
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