individual counseling

You and Your Relationships

Relationships with our partners and families are so impactful on our well-being.  For most of us, if the relationship with our primary partner is going well, we’re good! That relationship can help stabilize so much in the rest of our lives. If the relationship is rocky or unclear, however, our minds can become occupied with worry, and our functioning can be diminished by the energy it takes to attend to those concerns.  Sometimes, we feel like we have a big decision to make regarding how to resolve this ongoing friction, and we’re in a dilemma.

Considering Big Decisions

If you are considering a change in a major relationship, you may want to talk to a neutral third party before you converse with your spouse or partner, in order to see things as clearly as possible.  You can sort out next steps in your heart and mind before you talk to your partner, whether those are related to couples counseling or separation.

On Your Own, Getting through Divorce

One of the difficulties of the divorce process is that you have to separate yourself from the person who has been an important source of emotional support.  You can feel extra alone, while navigating the details of an entirely new lifestyle.  

We have been through this process ourselves, and we have helped many others through it too.  We can give you a sense of how the recovery timeline works, help you better rely on your inner resources, and support you in growing existing connections and making new ones, in order to feel less alone.  

When relief seems unattainable, we’ll hear you out.  And we’ll help you use your internal compass to find ways to create a newness into this next chapter of life that feels authentic, sustainable, and hopeful.

Co-Parenting Can Be Difficult

You may be on the other side of divorce, farther along in the process, having co-parented for a while from your separate households.  Do any of the following resonate with your experience?

• Perhaps it’s never gone that well, or it’s not going as well as it used to.  

• A new partner is in the mix in one or both households, changing relationship dynamics between the kids and the adults.  

• The co-parenting relationship is too conflictual for conversation/collaboration to be useful.  Still, you’d like some strategies for getting along better, for navigating the dynamics of new relationships, or for parenting in a more parallel way rather than working on collaboration when collaboration doesn’t work so well. 

Wherever you are in your post-divorce parenting process, we can help you navigate the waters, clarify your positions, and make decisions to move you forward.

Parenting Has Extra-Difficult Moments

If you find yourself in a rough patch with a child, you may want support and guidance from a professional who is trained in child development and also experienced in parenting.  We are flexible about how we structure our meetings, and are happy to get individual perspectives, or also have family meetings when that seems right.  We can meet with the kids themselves, or other family members impacted by a situation.  Our goal is to support you with practical strategies, facilitate conversations that support relationships, and offer guidance that gives you some sense of peace about how you approach a current difficulty.

How We Work

We’re happy to meet with you for one session at a time, here and there, when needs come up.  There might be a situation in which it’s useful to meet for a few weeks in a row, or on a consistent basis for a few months.  Either way, when you feel like you are back on your feet, you are welcome to take a break. 

And then down the road when you need another check-in, you can get in touch to talk to someone who is already familiar with your situation.  We welcome you back any time.