You can Improve your Relationships and Communication Skills
As human beings, we need to connect with other people. We are inherently social, community-dwelling creatures, and we depend on those around us—our partners, families, friends, neighbors, and others in our greater communities—not only for our happiness and satisfaction, but for our very survival.
You may be struggling in your relationships with your partner, loved ones, or others in your life. You may have noticed problematic patterns in your relationships. Maybe it’s hard to set and hold boundaries with others. Maybe you tend to be too assertive or to push others away. Or maybe you struggle to tell people what you really want or feel and end up disconnected, lonely, and resentful.
Therapy can help you improve your relationships and connect more deeply with the people you care about
Therapy is an effective way to help you understand your relationship patterns and develop skills to better cooperate and communicate with the people in your life. Read on to see what services may be most helpful for improving your relationships.
Do you struggle in your relationships?
Have a hard time standing up for yourself?
Feel nervous or guilty saying ‘no’?
Hide important parts of yourself or your identity from others?
Struggle to ask for what you want?
Afraid of causing conflict?
Avoid conflict
Get into too many arguments?
Push others away?
Feel lonely when you’re with people?
Have a hard time taking care of yourself and taking care of others?
Having the same argument over and over again?
Feel misunderstood?
Struggling to get the support you need?
Feel disconnected and lonely?
If yes, therapy may be able help you build the interpersonal skills you need to navigate important relationships more effectively, and get closer to the people who matter to you.
Improve Your Relationships Skills with
Evidence-Based Therapy
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Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples
EFT is an effective treatment that can improve emotional intimacy and help repair trust in intimate partnerships.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Skills Training
DBT Skills Training is an effective treatment that improves your ability to manage interpersonal communication, increases your ability to stay objective during difficult interactions, and improves effectiveness in relationships.
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Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) for Childhood Trauma
STAIR is a skill-based treatment that uses cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques to help people who have experienced childhood trauma. STAIR, you learn new ways of understanding and managing emotions, and you also learn strategies to improve relationships (increase trust, set and maintain healthy boundaries and improve communication).
Couple Therapy
There are many good reasons for starting couple therapy (also called relationship therapy or intimate partner(s) therapy). You may be struggling in your relationship with your partner, having communication difficulties, looking to reconnect and/or deepen your bond, seeking to strenghten your relationship before making a commitment, or you may need support ending the relationship on respectful and amicable terms. If this sounds like your relationship, consider getting started with couple therapy.