RELATIONSHIP THERAPY & Counseling
Have relationship issues?
Relationships make our world go round. Whether it's the relationship you have with yourself, a partner or family and friends, it's likely you've made a few mistakes here and there. So, let's dive into attachment therapy and relationship therapy so we can learn to do life and love a little healthier.
If you consider yourself a bit guarded or have difficulty showing emotions, you may have difficulty experiencing deep connections or intimacy with others. Or, perhaps you've wondered why you're too clingy or codependent because you freak out if your bestie doesn't text you back in .02 seconds. Or, if you're like a lot of folks, you flip-flop between those two feelings.
Whatever your experience may be, if you want stronger and deeper connections, to repair your messy relationship patterns or fix your situationships, attachment therapy is likely a good starting place.
Want a healthy relationship with yourself and others? Let's talk about online therapy with a therapist you can trust.
How Attachment Styles Are Used in Relationship Counseling
One thing that we'll talk a lot about in our therapy session is attachment styles. But what are they?
Attachment styles are behavior patterns that develop early in life and affect how you relate to others.
However, here's the kicker. Your attachment style is probably different depending on the type of relationship we're talking about. For example, you may have a different attachment style in romantic relationships compared to family relationships.
Here's some more information on the attachment styles and how knowledge of them can help you meet your relationship needs.
Attachment Styles
What We'll Cover in Relationship Therapy
To improve your relationship with yourself and others, we'll use a few different types of interventions. Relationship counseling focuses on attachment therapy, but we'll also look to repatterning and the Gottman method.
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Attachment Therapy
We will explore how past relationships with parents or caregivers influence your current relationships, thoughts, emotions and body responses. There are four attachment styles: Secure, avoidant, ambivalent and disorganized. Fun fact! We are all a little bit of each of those, and depending on the relationship we are in, some qualities may shine more than others. Perhaps this might explain why your relationship with your bestie is a bit different than your boo.
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Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy
This intervention is based on old-school attachment therapy. Get ready to dig deep, shed a few fears and tears, and work toward a healthy attachment system that strengthens your connection with yourself and those around you.
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Dynamic Attachment and Repatterning Experience
Suppose you believe you are codependent, too avoidant or a hot mess in your relationships. In that case, we'll get to the root of those difficulties by way of attachment dynamics and a little neurobiology.
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Gottman Method
You may not be in couples therapy, but you're probably in a romantic relationship or prowling for a new partner. The Gottman relationship approach will help you become happier and healthier in your romantic relationships.
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Attachment Focused - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Many people have heard about EMDR for the treatment of trauma. But most people don't realize that relationship trauma is just another form of trauma. So whether you've been cheated on by a partner, betrayed by a friend or experienced abuse or neglect during childhood, AF-EMDR will help make healing from those memories a little easier.
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Looking for a relationship therapist?
Relationship counseling can help solve your relationship problems, improve your communication skills and help you identify all the mistakes you're currently making. All you need is a good therapist to help guide you through it all -- which is where I come in.
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor who has been working with clients seeking therapy to improve their relationships for over a decade. In other words, I've seen it all.
If you live in Georgia or Michigan and want to transform your relationship with yourself and others, let's have a chat.