Relationships and Codependency
Difficulty with a friend, family member, partner or colleague is stressful. If you experience a lot of conflicts, have trust issues, or find yourself focusing so much on others that you neglect yourself in fundamental ways (often referred to as codependency), I can work with you to address these challenges.
Common traits that make relationships difficult include:
feeling guarded and unable to connect with others
feeling uncared for or unsafe
difficulty valuing yourself in relationships
feeling taken advantage of
continuously finding yourself in relationships that are unhealthy or harmful to you
difficulty trusting people
Working together, we can address these unwelcome patterns and identify healthier behaviors and communication skills to help you make more conscious decisions about your relationships, resolve conflicts, ask for what you need, create fulfilling relationships, and know when it’s time to walk away from an unhealthy or unsafe relationship.
Together we can work on:
Clear communication
Self-care vs. excessive focus on others
Attachment or trust issues
Infidelity - yours or another’s
Sexual intimacy issues
Challenges with dating
Divorce/break ups
Conflict with colleagues
Difficult family dynamics
Relationship issues related to past trauma
Impacts of addiction on your relationships