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Do your relationships feel more draining than joyful?

Maybe you’re the one keeping the peace, reading between the lines, or holding it all together.

You might catch yourself overthinking every interaction, hoping things will get better, or wondering if you’re even in the right relationship.

Relationship therapy is a place to stop managing everyone else’s emotions and start focusing on what you need.

Why Relationships Can Feel So Complicated

Whether you’re single, dating, married, or navigating friendships and family, being close to someone can bring up fears you thought you’d outgrown and doubts you thought you’d moved past.

Even healthy relationships can trigger past pain not because something is wrong, but because they touch parts of you that never fully healed.

You might notice yourself:

Confusing intensity for intimacy
Overthinking texts, tone, or whether someone’s pulling away
Avoiding conflict to keep the peace
Saying yes when you mean no
Snapping during arguments, then feeling ashamed after
Comparing your relationship to everyone else’s and wonder if yours is “enough”

If you’re nodding along, you’re not the only one who feels this way and you don’t have to figure it out alone.

Understanding Your Patterns

When you keep having the same fights, worries, or fears, it’s not because you’re failing.

Most of us never got a class on how to have healthy relationships. We learned from what was modeled for us. And since your brain tends to choose what feels familiar (even when it’s painful), you might find yourself repeating the same patterns instead of trying something new.

We’re told love should mean finding “the one,” constant butterflies, and never fighting — but real relationships aren’t conflict-free. Sometimes you chase the spark that keeps you guessing, other times you pick what feels safe but wonder if something’s missing.

Therapy helps you break that cycle: calming the part of you that fears closeness or rejection and learning how to work through the messy moments without losing yourself in the process.

How Relationship Therapy Can Support You

Relationship therapy isn’t just for couples — it’s for anyone who wants healthier relationships.

Together, we’ll focus on:

Building self-trust so you can stop second-guessing yourself.
Communicating your needs honestly without guilt or explosions
Navigating conflict in a way that feels productive, not scary
Understanding attachment patterns and moving toward secure connection

Healing after painful breakups, friendship shifts, or family ruptures

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As You Heal, Relationships Start to Feel Different

You stop holding your breath and start saying what you mean.

Conflict feels less like a battle and more like a chance to be understood.

Slowly, your connections begin to feel lighter.

My Approach to Relationship Therapy

In our work together, you’ll have space to share what feels most important about your relationships — what’s been hard, and what you hope will change. Some sessions will dive into the deeper why behind your patterns, while others will focus on practicing skills you can bring into real life, like calming your body before a tough conversation or expressing your needs without feeling like you have to apologize for them.

My style is warm, collaborative, and down-to-earth. I’m not a “just nod and listen” therapist. You’ll get real feedback, gentle challenges, and lots of support. Sometimes that looks like a tool or worksheet, but it’s always paired with meaningful conversations that help you better understand yourself and how you show up in your relationships. My goal is to create a space where you feel supported enough to experiment, reflect, and build the kind of closeness you’ve been craving.

✻ Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Tools to help you manage emotions, reduce stress, and make room for joy in your relationships and daily life.

✻ Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT): Softening the voice that says you’re “too much” or “not enough”

✻ Mindfulness practices: The practice of being in the present moment without judgment, even when your mind tries to pull you away
✻ Relational Therapy: The connection we build becomes part of the healing — a safe place to practice new ways of relating.

Relationships can be deeply rewarding and also incredibly challenging — whether you want to strengthen your bond, work through conflict, or stop losing yourself in people-pleasing, you don’t have to figure it out alone.

You May Still Have Questions About Relationship Therapy…

What if my relationship seems “fine” but I still feel unsettled?

That’s one of the most common reasons people come to therapy. You don’t need a “big problem” to want more from your relationships. Together, we’ll get curious about what feels off — whether it’s self-doubt, fear of conflict, or disconnection and help you get clear on what you truly want.

Do I really have to love myself before I can love someone else?

Not at all. Self-love grows over time, often within safe, supportive relationships. Therapy helps you build self-worth while practicing showing up authentically with others.

Do I need to be in a relationship to work on these issues in therapy?
Nope. Whether you want to deepen existing friendships, navigate family dynamics, or prepare for a future partnership, therapy can help you create connections that feel aligned with who you are.

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