Couples

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We hear a lot about loneliness. I read about its prevalence in our culture, I hear about it from my clients and I feel its existence in my own life. Many of us long to belong.

We long to be completed by our partners. We grow up being inundated with stories about romantic love. We are led to believe that we will grow up, fall in love and live happily ever - effortlessly.

Reality, as we learn, is very different.

Unfortunately, little attention is paid to the fact that relationships take a lot of work. People are often attracted to a partner, seeing in him or her, the qualities that they themselves lack - the qualities that they hope will make them feel "complete".

Couples often become hurt and disappointed as they find themselves estranged because they do not know how to bridge the gap created by the very differences that they found themselves attracted to in the first place.

My work focuses on helping couples to learn about the nature of "relatedness." Couples need to discover what relatedness means for them.

I support couples as they begin to explore their relationships and build a foundation that can offer them the companionship and partnership that they desire. Ironically, it is only when individuals understand that they must take full responsibility for their own individual growth that they become truly available for relatedness. Put another way, the more one feels complete on their own, the more they can enjoy the contributions made by their partner.

People long for the feeling of complicity - for the feeling of connection. My work focuses on empowering couples to achieve their potential for relatedness.

Psychotherapy and psychoeducation teach couples about the nature of relationship and help them to work towards achieving the goals that they set out for themselves.