“I find it hard to feel as emotionally connected to my partner as I’d prefer. I care about my partner and would like to explore why this is the case.” 

“Communication in my relationship is really difficult.  I find myself shutting down or blowing up when things aren’t going well.  I wish I could communicate more effectively.” 

“I often wonder if there is something wrong in my relationship, even when there isn’t.  It creates problems and I wish I could relax enough to enjoy my relationship.”

“I’m unhappy with my partner.  It feels lonely, uncertain, and exhausting to continue to discuss the same problems over and over.  I’d like more clarity about the relationship in my mind.”

“I’m starting a new relationship and I’m really hoping to build some new, healthy patterns.”

“I am working through a divorce.  I want support in navigating this process and rebuilding myself in a healthier way.” 

“Adjusting to parenthood is much harder than I thought it would be.  I don’t feel like myself and feel pulled in too many different directions.  I’d like support in exploring my identity as a parent and as a person outside of being a parent.”

“I grew up with a parent who wasn’t quite there for me in the way I needed or in a household that felt chaotic.  I think this still impacts me, but I really can’t pinpoint how.  I’d like to explore it further.”

You feel uncertain about an important relationship in your life. 

Whether it is a relationship with a partner, parent, sibling, or friend, you feel confused and disappointed by the relationship.  You’ve tried everything you know to fix the relationship but find yourself falling into the same patterns. 

Partnership

• Maybe you’re in couples therapy or considering it as a next step.  You may feel disconnected from your partner, struggle with ongoing conflict, or feel uncertain about how to improve the relationship.

• Underneath all of this, you notice a sense that you no longer feel like you in the relationship.

• You feel sad, disappointed, and lonely in this relationship and want to dig into your role in these patterns and learn to show up in your relationship in a healthier way.

• I offer individual therapy as an adjunct or precursor to couples therapy to help YOU understand what you want and need from the relationship.

Family relationships

You feel appreciative of your parents in many ways but have a sense that your parents didn’t understand or support you in the way you needed.  Maybe…

• Your parents pressured you to achieve at any expense and you find yourself still trying to live up to this unrealistic standard.

• You found your parents pushing aside your emotions in favor of their own.  

• A parent struggled with substance use and you frequently felt worried about them or the choices they were making.

• One or both parents struggled to manage their own emotions and you found yourself keeping quiet or playing a certain role in the family to keep the peace.