We learn how to be close to another, what that looks like, from our earliest childhood relationships: mother and father, brothers and sisters, extended family and friends. Our experiences and expectations that we’ve grown up with, our initial gut reactions, can last a lifetime. And we bring those gut reactions into every relationship we create. Especially those relationships created with our intimate partners. And when those relationships break down, when things go awry, we can feel betrayed, hurt, violated.
Relationships are a bridge from one person’s expectations to another’s.
In addition to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Existential Therapy, I use Attachment-Base Therapy, Non-Violent Communication, Gestalt Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, and Gottman methodologies to reframe experiences and expectations and make the relationship a place of safety and intimacy. Get started today.