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Relationships & Dating

Dating can become exhausting when you keep ending up in versions of the same relationship. Maybe you're drawn to people who aren't fully available. You become preoccupied with texts or mixed signals. You want closeness but start questioning the relationship once you have it. Or you find yourself adapting to what someone else wants until you're no longer sure what you want.

At some point, it stops feeling random and starts feeling like a pattern.

Relationship therapy gives us somewhere to look at that pattern, not just intellectually, but as it shows up in your emotions, choices, body, and relationships in real time.

What these challenges look like

  • Feeling anxious or uncertain in dating

  • Losing yourself in relationships

  • Getting close to someone, then pulling away

  • Attracting partners who feel unavailable

  • Overthinking communication or mixed signals

  • Struggling to trust yourself in relationships

So how we work with this in therapy?

In our work, we slow down and look closely at what’s happening in your relationships, both past and present.

We’ll explore:

  • Attachment patterns

  • Emotional responses to closeness and distance

  • Communication habits and cycles

  • Expectations and beliefs about relationships

Over time, you may find yourself:

  • noticing attraction without immediately abandoning your own needs

  • saying what you want instead of hoping someone figures it out

  • tolerating uncertainty without analyzing every interaction

  • recognizing when closeness feels threatening and staying curious rather than immediately pulling away

  • trusting yourself enough to leave relationships that repeatedly aren't meeting you

If you’re interested in learning more, feel free to send me an email, text, or find some time with me here.