How Do I Know If I Should do Couples or Individual Therapy?
Seek Individual Work If
Your partner won't come
You struggle with substance use
There is any domestic violence or history of domestic violence in your relationships
You have experienced untreated sexual trauma
Seek Couples Work
You're both on board!
You have sexual intimacy concerns
Your individual therapist recommends it
You are ready to consider your contribution to conflict in the relationship
The average couple waits 6 years before seeking therapeutic intervention.That is 6 years of misunderstanding & frustration.
Don't wait to experience
the connection and love
you want.
Relational skills are needed in so many areas of our lives.
YOU MAY BE EXPERIENCING
Feeling unable to express your emotions in a way that others understand.
Feeling timid about asking for your needs to be met or confused about what is fair to ask for.
Friends that feel surface level without deep meaning.
Losing control of your anger or your anxiety when in conflict.
Dreading work and feeling like your contributions are not valued.
Anxiety over money, never feeling like there is enough or feeling unable to enjoy what you have.
Our sessions are focused on learning relational skills and applying them to your life. Like learning a new dance, we will learn steps to creating love.
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How to ask for what you want without leaving others angry
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What to do when big emotions come up
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When to ask your partner to change
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How to ask your partner to change
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Why do you keep repeating patterns
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How to say no and feel good about it
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How to be kind to yourself for your mistakes in relationship.
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What does this have to do with the way I grew up?
Relational Therapy
Romantic
The person you built a life with. You fight about money, sex, parenting, who does the dishes. It's rarely actually about the dishes.
Communication, values, sex, money, parenting, fair fighting, division of labor, neurodiversity
Family
The family that made you. Old roles, old wounds, boundaries you're still learning to hold without guilt.
Family-of-origin patterns, differentiation, boundaries, becoming a parent, sibling and in-law relationships
Friends
The friendships you don't want to lose to distance, silence, or drift.
Platonic intimacy, boundaries, friendship endings, building community
Work
Where you spend half your waking life, still chasing meaning and staying accountable to your own integrity. Meaning and purpose, commitment, integrity
Self
The relationship underneath every other one. When it's broken, everything else strains to compensate. Self-esteem, boundaries, trauma, spirituality, emotion regulation, body image, financial trauma