Annabelle Seife, Ph.D.
is a licensed clinical psychologist and couples therapist who created Before the Leap after she kept finding herself wondering, “what if?”
What if these couples in her office had some shared ground rules for communication to be able to really hear each other? What if they knew how to fight well, before resentments built up over the years? What if they had the ‘taboo’ conversations earlier? What if each partner knew how to regulate their emotions to help them cope with the challenging feelings relationships evoke? What if…
Dr. Seife specializes in couples therapy at Therapists of New York, a group practice in midtown Manhattan, where she sees individuals and couples for therapy and co-leads the couples therapy training track. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Seife has conducted original research on romantic relationships, attachment, and sexuality.