Relationships are Beautiful and Messy
Relationships can be the source of our deepest fulfillment and our most excruciating frustrations. Our desires for love, intimacy, joy, belonging, understanding, and safety play a part in all our interactions. This is because so many parts of ourselves, known and unknown, are present when we connect with each other. We bring to each other the unresolved needs and the unseen patterns that protect our tender vulnerabilities. These unseen parts often serve as barriers to feeling close, secure, heard, understood, and uplifted. They can stop the flow of giving and receiving. Because we bring so much to each other, it’s understandable that deep, satisfying connections need attention in order to be sustained. And to thrive. I work with couples, siblings, parent / child groupings, work partners, creative partners—any relationship that can benefit from clear, honest, heartfelt communication. |
You may be seeking ways to have greater intimacy, to improve family culture, create a new beginning, or tune-up an ongoing relationship. You may be seeking ways to create a healthy, conscious separation and find closure.
Relationship therapy begins by creating an environment where heart-centered speaking and listening provide safety for honest disclosure. The processes for healing conflict and maintaining relationship health include:
Relationship therapy begins by creating an environment where heart-centered speaking and listening provide safety for honest disclosure. The processes for healing conflict and maintaining relationship health include:
- Taking response-ability for discerning and breaking through personal unseen barriers
- Changing communication patterns that block authentic connection
- Clearing resentments, bridging differences, forgiving trespasses
- Communicating and responding to each other’s needs, wishes, dreams, and desires
- Crafting new loving practices, practical agreements, emotional touchstones, and healthy boundaries that support greater understanding, closeness, and communication
These are processes and skills you can take with you. Once learned, they do not need to be facilitated by a therapist. You can bring the habits of self-reflection, attuned listening, and clear communication into all your relationships beyond the session room.
If my way of working sounds like it might be a good fit for your relationship, let’s connect. I offer a free, no-obligation 20-minute consultation.
If my way of working sounds like it might be a good fit for your relationship, let’s connect. I offer a free, no-obligation 20-minute consultation.