Often, navigating relationships can be like walking through a minefield. The only problem is that most of us tend to step on a few mines. The deep hurt and emotional trauma that each exploding mine causes in our lives is carried into all subsequent relationships we dare to enter. In dealing with the pain of past relationships, many struggle to cope and find solutions to push back against their very real pain; many of these solutions cause deep wounds of their own. As a Licensed Counselor, working from a psychodynamic perspective, my goal is to foster a safe, confidential, therapeutic relationship to fully process the pain.
Trauma, and its aftermath PTSD, can be a lonely road to walk down all alone. As a counselor, I work with clients to meet their trauma head on by using an attachment focused approach. After walking through the events very slowly in a safe, therapeutic environment, and when the client is ready, we bring in the therapeutic modality EMDR to fully process the trauma.
How do you know if the love of your life is the one you should marry? This is a very serious question, and one that needs to be addressed before the rings go on the fingers. As a counselor, I use the SYMBIS system to dive into all aspects of marital life to determine if this is a relationship that is ready for the next step.
All marriages experience wonderful peaks and difficult valleys. The wonderful peaks are easy and are oftentimes what we envision marriage to be. However, what do we do when our marriage goes through a difficult valley? How do we communicate to our partner what we are experiencing in a loving and supportive way? As a counselor, I approach these valleys through an attachment lens using Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) to dive into the subject matter in a supportive way. EFT allows the couple to share openly what they are experiencing in a safe and therapeutic environment while establishing a framework for lasting communication.
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