Relational Counseling

As social beings who are wired for connection, being disconnected from our partners not only shakes the sense of our own identities, but it may leave us feeling painfully alone and perhaps emotionally untethered, with rippling effects in our work, our children, and our health. When you and your loved one/s decide to embark in the experience of relational therapy, you are entering a dynamic in which I am able to hold non-judgemental, vulnerable space, a space for "the mess," light for hope in what may feel dark and all-consuming, along with safe tenderness and direction for re-connection. 

Relational counseling is often the most successful when people in relationship can still connect to fondness for their partner/s, amidst what may be heavy and painful. Confusion, hurt, and hopelessness are central to experience when relational distress is present, therefore, once safety and emotional risk begin to feel more available, real change can begin, and intimacy that has been lost, or was never fully cultivated, can be fostered and rooted within the relationship. 

Real change is often precipitated by what may feel uncomfortable, distressing, or even intolerable. 

Below are common threads/themes that take shape in relational work: