Therapy for relationship issues: Grow, Connect and Heal.
The data is in: better relationships make for a better life. Therapy for relationship issues can support you in creating better connections. Your sense of belonging, joy, and purpose are all directly linked to the quality of your relationships. If you’re struggling in your partnership, friendship, parenting, with your parents, colleagues, or extended family, therapy can be a space where you unpack what’s going on with an skilled listener.
From exploring your unique relationship dynamics to looking at your attachment and communication styles, therapy can support you to understand what you need and support you in getting what you want.
How Therapy Can Improve Your Relationships
- Learn your relational dynamic – are you in a parent-child dynamic, an anxious-avoidant dynamic, a narcissistic relationship, or an enmeshed or codependent dynamic?
- Discover new ways to communicate your feelings and desires.
- Explore what feels good to you in terms of the closeness of your connections. Some people prefer lots of intimacy all of the time, whereas others may prefer some space or time for themselves.
- Get the support you need to navigate unhealthy or toxic relationship patterns: set boundaries, voice your feelings, and protect yourself.
- Identify your values, clarify your unique aims, and learn what you need to feel supported.
Signs of Healthy Relationships:
- Open, honest communication
- Mutual trust and reliability
- Kindness and respect
- Supporting and encouraging one another’s aspirations
- Independence and individuality
- Emotional and physical intimacy and vulnerability
- Equality, shared responsibility, and decision-making
- Healthy boundaries
Signs of Unhealthy Relationship Issues:
- Poor communication
- Criticism, blame, sarcasm, belittling and name-calling
- Disrespect, suspicion, and mistrust
- Controlling or manipulative behavior
- Unfair power dynamics
- Codependency, enmeshment, and an absence of individualism or boundaries
- Emotional neglect or indifference
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