I am very passionate about helping my clients build stronger relationships. This can be relationships with romantic partners, family members, children, parents, friends, employers, coworkers, classmates, peers, and even strangers. Sometimes it is helpful to work on this goal through couples counseling or family sessions. Change can occur more rapidly within relationships when all members of the system are working on it. However, sometimes our partners or family members are not willing to attend therapy, or you might be wanting to improve a more casual relationship (like someone you’re dating or working with). In this case, individual counseling can still be helpful in building stronger relationships. It’s incredible how one person in a relationship can change a relational system. Just imagine - what could happen if you started doing one additional kind thing for your partner every day!? No matter what type of counseling you’re engaging in, you can work towards building stronger relationships and feel more connected, loved, and satisfied.

Romantic Relationships

You can make profound changes in your romantic relationship through individual therapy. Your therapeutic goals may include reflecting on your thoughts and feelings, increasing self-awareness, and building a life of contentment and satisfaction. Working towards these goals often takes immediate effect within a person’s relationships. If you have more clarity about what you’re thinking and how you’re feeling, you will be able to communicate that better to someone else. If you are more satisfied with different elements of your life, your mood will improve and you’re more likely to engage positively with others. In individual therapy, you also may be able to filter out which relationships are serving you and which are not. Your therapist can help you create appropriate boundaries with others or understand what elements of the relationship are outside of your control.

Dating Relationships

I am passionate about supporting clients who are going through the process of dating. Dating in the modern world can be stressful, disheartening, and exhausting. Those going through the process may find it difficult to make decisions or clarify what they are looking for in a romantic partner. Therapy can help you answer the important questions if you are in the throes of dating. How picky should you be? What are you looking for? What should you do if they don’t text you back? Your time is valuable, so make the most of it. Distill down what’s really important and figure out which parts of dating aren’t serving you!

Family Relationships

Family relationships can be some of the most supportive relationships as well as the most stressful relationships in our lives. They can be the closest relationships kept over a long period of time for many people, which can breed longstanding recurring conflicts. If you are a young adult finding your independence, family relationships can serve as an important source of groundedness. However, they can also be the source of anxiety, conflict, and uncomfortable disagreements. If you are newly married or pregnant, you may be struggling figuring out how to merge households and draw appropriate boundaries with your new in-laws. If you are a parent, you may have the added factor of managing extended family relationships and being the “sandwich generation” caring for both your children and your aging parents. Therapy can be a wonderful place to analyze patterns within your family relationships and create more positive, healthy, and supportive cycles of communication and connection with your family members.