Relationship and intimacy counseling in Washington and California
Re-Nurturing Healthy Relationships: Support and Guidance
Relationships are at the heart of our lives - they shape how we connect, grow, and feel understood. Yet even the most loving relationships can face challenges. Whether you’re navigating communication struggles, boundary setting, dating do’s and don’ts, or a desire for deeper connection, I’m here to guide you toward healthier, more fulfilling relationships.
Services for Relationship Support
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Strengthening Communication
Poor communication is a common source of conflict and misunderstanding in relationships. Together, we’ll explore how to express your needs and emotions clearly and compassionately, active listening techniques to improve mutual understanding, and breaking unhelpful communication patterns, like defensiveness or avoidance.
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Navigating Healthy Boundaries
Healthy boundaries are essential for maintaining respect and balance in relationships. You’ll learn how to set clear boundaries without guilt or fear of rejection, recognize when boundaries are being crossed and how to respond, and maintain a sense of individuality while staying connected.
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Exploring Intimacy and Connection.
For individuals, we will work on fostering deeper emotional and physical intimacy by identifying barriers to connection, such as stress or past trauma. We will build trust, vulnerability, and understanding in your connections, and learn how to approach intimacy with curiosity and openness.
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Managing Relationship Anxiety.
Overthinking, fear of abandonment, or constant worry about relationships can be exhausting. I’ll help you identify and soothe the triggers of relationship anxiety, build confidence in your self-worth, and trust in your connections and cultivate emotional security within yourself and with others.
What unique value can I offer you in relationship and sex therapy?
I take a compassionate and somatic approach to relationship support, focusing on both the emotional and physical aspects of connection that we experience as human beings. Relationships are deeply personal and dynamic, and I’m here to create a safe, nurturing, and nonjudgmental space where you can thoughtfully explore your challenges, uncover your unique needs, and learn essential skills to build the healthy, fulfilling relationships you truly desire and deserve.
Are you looking for a safe space to talk about intimacy and sex?
Do you feel unsatisfied in your sex life? Or maybe you love your sex life and want to improve it? Either way, you feel hesitant to talk about your sex life to others due to fear of shame or judgment? Therapy is a GREAT place to unpack intimacy and sexual issues. I believe exploring intimacy and/or sex in relationships is important and welcome this topic of conversation in therapy.
How can talking about sex and intimacy help me in therapy?
While there are many layers to understanding and uncovering each individual’s sexual story. We all have one, it is a part of who we are and how we operate in relationships. How we see ourselves, how we compare ourselves to others, and how we connect to each other. At the heart of each person’s experience is a story to be told and therapy can help us understand how this gives meaning to our emotional wellness. You get to be the writer of this personal unfolding and sharing your story in a safe space, while building insight and understanding of how your story relates to your mental health.
“Sex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions”