Counseling and therapy for Relationship issues in Washington, DC, and across Virginia and North Carolina
Tired of unhealthy patterns in your relationships?
Having trouble feeling close to your partner? Often engaged in conflicts or power struggles? Or that your relationships start off great, then over time you find yourself growing bored and pulling away from your partner, wondering if there is someone better for you?
On the other hand, some of us feel as if a relationship will help us feel safe and make up for something missing inside of us. Yet, over time, we realize those old wounds of insecurity and self-doubt are still there.
If you are finding you are stuck in certain relational patterns that you would like to change, you have come to the right place
Do any of these patterns sound like you?
Insecure-Anxious Attachment Style
You often seek a high level of intimacy, approval, and responsiveness with your partner, even becoming overly dependent on them.
Maybe you find you want to be emotionally intimate with others, but find others are reluctant to get as close as you would like.
Or that you want to be close with others, but often pull away and detach out of fear or vulnerability or being hurt, finding it difficult to express your needs?
Avoidant Attachment Style
You are very independent. You like to do things on your own, and not have to rely on others.
You tend to have low levels of emotional interactions, and maybe other's have described you as being a bit distant or detached at times. You can feel frustrated or misunderstood when your partner pressures you to be closer or emotionally expressive with them.
Maybe you learned in your family that emotions where not safe, or that emotions were not allowed to be expressed in a direct way.
Fearful Attachment Style
You find closeness and relationships to be scary. It is difficult to trust in others and be vulnerable, and you often feel anxious in your relationships.
You want to be emotionally close, but due to trust issues and fear of being hurt or taken advantage of, you find it hard to depend on them.
And you find your relationships have a certain pattern to them: They start off intense, then over time you find yourself pulling away out of fear of being hurt.
Pushing your partner away – You find you may sabotage relationships by creating conflicts or leaving before they can truly develop.
Relationship Therapy can help you:
Identify attachment patterns and core wounds.
Rebuilding self-confidence and self-worth.
Improving your communication skills.
Building trust and vulnerability
Creating a secure attachment style- help rewire the attachment system by practicing new, secure behaviors.
Identifying safe, reliable partners and practicing consistency in relationships.
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Yes. Relationship therapy often focuses on recurring patterns that appear across different types of relationships, including dating, family, and work connections.
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I work with issues such as repeated conflict, emotional distance, fear of intimacy, attachment difficulties, and communication breakdowns. I also help clients affected by infidelity.
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No. I work with individuals who want to better understand and intentionally change long-standing relational patterns.
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Therapy focuses on identifying emotional and attachment dynamics that influence how you relate to others, particularly under stress.
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Yes. I provide relationship-focused teletherapy for adults in Washington, DC., Virginia, and North Carolina.