COUPLES COUNSELING
Conflict.
Do you ever ask yourself how you can get along with, and feel so connected to someone, then hours or even minutes later, you’re engaged in a recurring argument that leaves you both hurt and questioning how you became a couple in the first place? Managing conflict and confrontation is not always easy, especially when emotions are involved. Learning healthy ways to confront issues in your relationship, while not further hurting one another, can ultimately help you both feel heard and resolve conflict.
INTIMACY.
Emotional and physical connection is vital to a healthy relationship. Whether it’s a swipe left or right in a dating app, or six weeks on a reality TV show, media in our culture depicts sex and love as a quick-fix to living “happily ever after.” In fact, we constantly receive messages about what love, intimacy and sex “should” look like. These messages also come from our families growing up, our adult friendships, and social media. Often, none of this necessarily includes our partner’s wants and needs, let alone our own! Therapy can provide a space to talk about how these factors impact intimacy in your relationship.
COMMUNICATION.
If talking with your partner feels like you are stuck in a never-ending version of the child’s game, Telephone (you say apple, your partner hears asparagus), you are not alone. Communication is one of the most common reasons couples experience distress in their relationship. Managing the details and logistics of household responsibilities, parenting styles, and financial choices can be complex when it’s just one person making decisions, let alone two! Getting out of unhelpful communication patterns and back into your life may be a relationship saver; working with a therapist can help.