Relationships
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, my primary focus is relationships. Romantic relationships can give us the happiest moments in our lives, and they often give us our most trying and painful moments — but for most of us, at various times they (relationships and their challenges) are a necessary part of life.
The way we relate with our partners has much to do with how we related to our primary caregivers as children. Most of us are unconscious actors, reenacting old dramas and getting the same results. We picked our partners because they have the same characteristics, both good and bad, as those early caregivers — unconsciously, we are looking to heal ourselves.
I enjoy working with couples in therapy, helping them overcome blaming and criticizing behaviors so they can be there for each other and actually help heal these childhood wounds. When communication is strengthened, the blaming and criticizing behaviors disappear and intimacy is increased, making for more-fulfilling relationships.
I can see you for couples or individual psychotherapy to help you better participate in your relationship and understand your inherit rights in a relationship, the first step in setting boundaries.
Family relationships are often no less difficult than primary romantic partnerships. In our culture, dysfunctional families are the norm. Broken families and estrangement are but symptoms of an individual’s inability to communicate effectively and resolve conflicts. The individualistic nature of American society encourages egocentric behaviors that are often the death knell for families’ emotional health. Personality disorders are increasingly common in today’s society.
I can help you change your approach to dealing with your family and learn to accept things that you really have no control over.