Healthy love isn't luck. It's awareness, safety, and repair.
Couples and individual therapy in Cambridge for the patterns that keep repeating. Understand what's underneath, and respond differently.
You may recognize yourself here.
Meet Your Therapist, Hi, I'm Dr. Ehsan Adib Shabahang
Some couples do not lack love. They lack clarity, safety, and a way back to each other after things go wrong. I'm Ehsan, a couples and individual therapist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the founder of AtReef Therapy, serving Greater Boston. My work goes beneath the recurring argument to the older pattern shaping how two people pursue, withdraw, and reconnect.
I am also an author and the creator of Self-Reflective Relationship Therapy (SRRT), a framework I am developing through my writing and practice. What remains unseen within us often becomes repeated between us. SRRT helps you see it, name it, and work with it.
I integrate Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 2 Certified), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Jungian (analytical) psychology.
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 2 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
Why 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.
A Different Kind of Therapy Practice
Focused, Structured Therapy
This is not passive listening or open-ended conversation without direction. Our work is intentional. We identify the cycle you are stuck in, clarify what keeps repeating, and build practical ways to communicate, repair, and reconnect.
Online with Smaller Caseload
I intentionally work with a limited number of clients so I can stay more focused and thoughtful in the work. This allows for a more personalized therapy experience and greater attention to your progress.
Longer Sessions for Deeper Work
Couples therapy often needs more time than a standard 50-minute session allows. Extended sessions give us space to slow down the pattern, understand both partners' experiences, and work toward meaningful repair.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT)
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SELF-REFLECTIVE RELATIONSHIP THERAPY (SRRT)
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DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY (DBT)
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JUNGIAN ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT) ✦ SELF-REFLECTIVE RELATIONSHIP THERAPY (SRRT) ✦ DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY (DBT) ✦ JUNGIAN ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY ✦ GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY
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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