THERAPY FOR RELATIONSHIP ISSUES in San Francisco

Relationship issues can feel exhausting, all-consuming, and impact many parts of our lives. Both individuals and couples can experience relationship issues, and therapy can support you to break unhelpful cycles and create new, healthy patterns.

If you’re having relationship issues, you may find yourself experiencing:

  • Feelings of anxiety, insecurity, or fear of abandonment

  • Feeling chronically misunderstood, unsupported, or hurt

  • Having the same argument over and over again without making progress

  • Conversations that escalate to defensiveness, criticism, blaming, or stonewalling

  • A lack of emotional of physical intimacy

I help people understand their part in the relationship issues they’re experiencing, because if there is change in one part of the relationship, there can be change in the whole. “It takes two people to create a pattern, but only one to change it,” is a good way to view it. The more understanding we have of the pattern, the more freedom we have to change it.

TOOLS IN THERAPY FOR RELATIONSHIP ISSUES

  • Identify and cope with triggers

  • Practice effective communication skills

  • Identify and assert your wants and needs

  • Increase understanding of how culture, family background, or life experience impacts current conflicts

  • Challenge unhelpful assumptions, set realistic expectations, and create agreements

  • Increase awareness of positive feedback loops to break unhelpful cycles

  • Learn how to compromise and negotiate differences

If this resonates with you, I encourage you to reach out for support. I offer a free 20-minute consultation, and will either provide you therapy services or refer you to another therapist if I think they would be a better fit.