Relationship Counseling for Individuals and Couples
Relationships can provide the most meaning and depth in a person’s life, and they also can be the most difficult to understand and navigate.
Do you feel unseen or unheard in your relationships? Do you have trouble asking for what you need or want? Is communication difficult, confusing, or non-existent? Do you find yourself in the same unsuccessful relationship patterns over and over again? Are you unable to move forward in relationship because of overwhelming fear and/or esteem issues? Are you committed to a relationship that leaves you continually feeling unfulfilled?
When dealing with emotional stressors, we often manage our experience in parts. This piecemeal approach can prevent us from seeing the larger scope of what is going on. Let’s make meaning of your experience as a whole by taking a step back, while holding both the positive and negative dimensions of your experience. Sessions can provide new ground and new space to make decisions that are more in line with what you value in your relationships, and in your life.
Therapy can help with overcoming communication problems, developing authentic connections with others, and bringing ourselves more fully to relationships.
I work with my clients to: 1) Learn how to discern between healthy and unhealthy relationships; 2) Identify patterns and internal voices that hold them back; 3) Remind themselves of their inner strength in order to speak confidently in their own voice.
Relationship Issues Include:
- People-pleasing
- Anxiety around saying “no”
- Difficulty asserting boundaries
- Care-taking others at the expense of self-care
- Fear of abandonment or rejection
- Social anxiety
- Social avoidance or isolation
- Loneliness
- Codependency patterns
- Emotional & verbal abuse
By getting in touch with your truth, your power, and your needs, you will be able to choose relationships with clarity and intention. Together we can identify relationship patterns, explore why they are there, reflect on how they impact you, and envision what moving forward will look like.
I offer relationship counseling to both individuals and couples.