How’s Your Love Life?

You just started dating again after a long hiatus. You’re going through a painful break-up or divorce. You’re curious about how you are in relationship or the kind of people you attract. Ultimately, you just want to experience love and having a loving relationship with another person. Why is it so complicated? Therapy is the beginning of a journey in exploring yourself, your own opinions, beliefs, habits, patterns and dynamics in relationships. You will obtain greater insight into these areas, while also deepening connections with yourself and others. You can learn new skills for getting closer to others and communicating clearly and effectively. Or perhaps you just need a safe space to grieve a love lost and look towards the future.

Whatever your reasons for beginning therapy and taking a look at your relationships, it will be a fruitful process. With more insight, awareness and skills, you can uncover ways to identify and maintain healthier connections, even if you feel you have nowhere to begin! Often times, relationships were modeled in our early childhood experiences and we also had early childhood attachments— this creates a blueprint for how we view and develop our current romantic partnerships (and at times, boss dynamics, friendships or collegial relationships.) Many of us enter these relationships blindly or with only half a story, at times ignoring red (or pink) flags and then end up hurt, confused, pained and disconnected. A therapeutic relationship can support and challenge you to look deeply and awaken to the puzzle pieces at play, both historically and in the present. With greater awareness, you will be able to make conscious decisions in your life and these relationships— it is entirely workable and possible.

This page in under construction currently. More info to arrive soon. Meanwhile, feel free to contact Heather for Healthy Relationship Support & Therapy!