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Individual therapy for relationship issues

In person available in San Diego

 

Personal growth can change your relationships.

Although there are two (or more) people involved in every relationship, sometimes issues that arise are hard to deal with together. It can be difficult to acknowledge areas in which you struggle or work on new skills when someone else is sitting right there next to you. Whether it is pain from past experiences, old routines and patterns that don’t work for your current reality, or lack of relationship skills, individual therapy to address relationship problems can help you gain new perspectives and insights that will change who you are in relationships, which will change the relationships you have.

Individual therapy may be helpful if:

  • you’re noticing destructive patterns in your relationships and wondering “is it me?”

  • you feel like you have lost yourself in your relationship and want to rediscover your sense of individuality

  • your partner doesn’t want to discuss their issues with anyone else, particularly a therapist

  • you want to develop awareness of yourself and don’t feel comfortable doing it in front of your partner

  • you aren’t in a relationship, but want to avoid making the same mistakes over and over again

  • you feel you have unresolved trauma or experiences that prevent you from being able to connect with others

You are not solely to blame for the problems in your relationship, but you can create your own solutions.

 

HOW INDIVIDUAL THERAPY WORKS

The process of changing yourself and gaining confidence will alter your reactions and responses, which will change your relationships with yourself and others. Whether or not you decide to stay in your relationship, or build new ones, you will emerge from therapy with greater insight into yourself, skills to communicate, connect, and set boundaries with others, and the confidence and compassion needed to demand better for yourself.

Your thoughts and feelings are valid, but I will point out alternative perspectives and hold you accountable to how your own choices are contributing to problematic patterns. This will allow you to focus on what you control the most: yourself.

Individual Therapy can help you:

  • process and heal past wounds

  • develop awareness of your wants and needs

  • communicate and maintain your boundaries clearly

  • build self-compassion and confidence

  • identify and disrupt harmful patterns

You have the ability to make change in your life.

I’M HERE TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT HOW.

FAQS

Common questions about individual therapy for relationship issues

  • Relationships are a system that are comprised of many parts, including you. When even one part of the system changes, the others around them have to adjust to respond to that change. Your personal growth will allow you to make set boundaries that will change how others respond and treat you.

  • Yes, on a case by case basis. Partners can be invited to participate in individual sessions as needed to assist in addressing relationship concerns. It is also possible to transition from individual therapy to ongoing couple’s counseling.

  • Yes! You do not have to have a partner to improve your relationship with yourself and others. Romantic relationships are not the only one’s in which we can struggle to set boundaries and develop healthy connections.