Relationship Issues
Don’t you wish we had a class on relationships back in high school?!
Relationships pervade literally everything we do – from relating to cashiers at the grocery… to relating to each member of our family.
Yet nobody ever teaches us how to effectively navigate them; we are left to fend on our own.
We learn how to do relationships from watching our parents and teachers – most of whom never really figured it out themselves.
We overhear our neighbors yelling at each other… we watch dysfunctional relationships sensationalized on TV… we read about domestic violence and endless affairs on the news.
When we lack relationship skills, we’re unable to build the relationships we want.
We feel unfulfilled in our partnerships, finding ourselves in either yelling matches or silent treatments.
We lack intimacy with our friends, feeling disconnected, unsupported, and lonely.
We feel separate from our family, unappreciated, and unseen.
You may have noticed that similar patterns are showing up in all your relationships.
Doesn’t matter that you’ve found a new partner – the old dynamics are still there.
You’ve even changed your friend group, but you still feel disconnected. You’ve had enough of feeling like the outsider. You’re sick of being misunderstood.
You’re ready to write off relationships, but you know that’s going to lead to a very lonely life.
Healthy relationships can be the most nourishing thing in our lives.
Deep friendships are the antidote to loneliness, offering the sense of connection you’ve always wanted and an avenue to be yourself.
A fulfilling romantic relationship can provide unconditional love and new learning and self-growth.
When you learn to navigate relationship dynamics, you can build a whole community around you that helps lift you up and prosper in your goals. You can build a net of love and safety all around you and find yourself actually having fun with groups of people.
Let’s learn how to do relationships!
I can help you pinpoint the patterns that are keeping you from building healthy relationships.
If it’s a fear of intimacy, we will explore past events that may have led to this fear, process them together, and help you let them go.
We will work to understand your needs in relationship and learn to express them more effectively. We will learn more about your loneliness and help you increase trust by building a trusting therapeutic relationship.
You will learn to feel more comfortable with your feelings so that it’s safer to share them with others, which allows for more intimacy. You will learn to show up fully, no longer having to sacrifice yourself for the connection you’ve always wanted.
Break the cycle!
It’s time to take a stand against unhealthy relationships.
It can feel hopeless when you’re in the thick of it, but you CAN break the cycle of unhealthy relationships. You have the power to create the connections you’ve always wanted.
Call me today for a complimentary 20-minute phone consultation: (970) 673-0846.