Relationship and Family Dynamics
Are you feeling isolated and disconnected from others? Or perhaps lonely and misunderstood, even when you’re surrounded by friends or family? Maybe you are someone who prioritizes the needs of others, or comes from a family where you were expected to do so. The patterns of how you relate may affect relationships with friends, family, significant others, coworkers, and even with yourself. You may be someone who is having difficulty in a current relationship, or has had negative experiences in your family of origin that need to be processed and better understood.
While relationships can provide comfort, connection, and support, they can also be complicated, draining, and inconsistent. Sometimes people are disappointing, and it can be hard to know how to communicate what you are feeling when you are frustrated with someone in your life. Perhaps even when you know something feels “off,” you get into cycles of self-doubt and self-blame when you are feeling unsatisfied in your interactions with others.
Through our work together, we will explore how you interact with yourself and the external world, and the roles you tend to fill in relationships. Developing your communication skills, learning to set healthy boundaries, and gaining insight into how you engage in relationships will help you to have more satisfying experiences with other people.