Relationship Distress
Relationships shape how we see ourselves and experience the world. They can be sources of connection, healing, stress, or harm—and many people come to therapy not because something is “wrong” with them, but because their relationships feel painful, confusing, or unbalanced. We support individuals, couples, and families of all kinds in exploring and improving their relationships with others, and just as importantly, with themselves.
Non-Traditional Family Issues
We work with families and couples who fall outside the narrow definitions often assumed in mental health spaces. This includes adoptive and multiracial families navigating identity and attachment, queer and trans couples building supportive partnership dynamics, and polyamorous individuals managing boundaries, communication, and emotional regulation. Our approach is nonjudgmental, affirming, and informed by lived experience.
Relational Trauma
Relational trauma happens when safety is repeatedly broken within close relationships—especially in childhood or intimate partnerships. Many of our clients come in carrying patterns shaped by betrayal, neglect, or emotional manipulation. We help people understand how these experiences live on in the nervous system, impact trust and boundaries, and can be slowly reworked through safe and compassionate connection.
Parents & Youth
Parent-child conflict can be particularly painful when tied to identity differences, trauma histories, adoption dynamics, or emotional disconnection. We work with both youth and caregivers to help them feel heard, understood, and better able to respond to each other. Our goal isn’t to "fix" one person, but to help the relationship become more secure, respectful, and emotionally attuned.
Limerence
Limerence is an intense emotional and often obsessive fixation on another person—sometimes mistaken for love, but often rooted in unmet emotional needs, fantasy, or unresolved trauma. It can be painful, confusing, and destabilizing. We help clients understand where limerence comes from, how it affects their self-worth and relationships, and how to shift toward more grounded, mutual connection.
Codependency
Codependency often shows up as prioritizing others at the expense of your own needs, identity, or boundaries. It may stem from early relational trauma, people-pleasing patterns, or a history of being needed to regulate others’ emotions. We work with clients to untangle these dynamics, build self-trust, and form relationships rooted in interdependence rather than self-sacrifice.
Emotional Abuse Recovery
Emotional abuse is often subtle, cyclical, and hard to name—especially if you’ve been gaslit, blamed, or taught to doubt your own perception. We support survivors in reclaiming their reality, understanding how emotional manipulation works, and rebuilding a sense of safety, autonomy, and self-respect. Recovery is possible, and you don’t have to go through it alone.
Betrayal
Betrayal trauma occurs when someone you rely on violates your trust in ways that feel unbearable to fully acknowledge. Betrayal blindness—our mind’s protective mechanism for overlooking these violations—can keep people stuck in confusing or harmful dynamics. We help clients gently uncover what they’ve had to suppress, understand why it was necessary, and begin the process of healing with clarity and compassion.
Treatment Diagnoses
We diagnose and treat a range of relationship-related disorders, including:
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Chronic PTSD (C-PTSD)
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Acute Stress Disorder
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Adjustment Disorders
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Prolonged Grief Disorder
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Relational Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (ROCD)
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Mild Borderline Personality Disorder
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Major Depressive Disorder
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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Many clients may not meet full criteria for a diagnosis but are seeking support for the emotional impact of harmful or confusing relationships, past or present.