Understanding yourself. Understanding your partner. Growing together.
One of the things that fascinates me most about relationships is how two people can share a life and yet experience the same situations so differently.
We bring our own histories, expectations, emotional reactions and ways of dealing with conflict into a relationship. What feels natural to one partner may feel difficult or even threatening to the other. These differences are not necessarily the problem. Often, it is how we respond to them that creates distance.
In couples counseling, I help partners become aware of these patterns, understand their own contributions and develop new ways of relating to each other.
I believe that learning to stay connected while being different is one of the most important relationship skills we can develop.