Relationship Therapy in Omaha, NE
Feeling Discouraged By Disconnection In Your Relationship?
Is your relationship in a transitional period that’s causing more conflict or misunderstanding?
Are you and your partner approaching challenges from different, seemingly irreconcilable perspectives?
Do you sometimes wonder if the partnership is sustainable?
It takes work to maintain a strong, secure connection. While this kind of connection comes easy at the beginning of a relationship, things get more tense and differences get more emphasized as new stressors are added to the mix. For example, you and your partner may disagree about aspects of childcare, finances, or the distribution of labor at home, causing you to fall into a frustrating communication pattern that you can’t seem to escape.
As a result, you’re probably feeling stressed, distracted, or overwhelmed. Maybe you and your partner can’t seem to get your points across effectively and really hear each other. Ongoing conflict has led to disruptive mental health symptoms and reduced productivity, and you may be feeling exhausted, left wondering if there’s a future for the relationship.
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A Therapist Can Help You Establish A Healthy, Balanced Relationship
As a therapist specializing in the impacts of stress, burnout, and trauma, I understand how relationships are jeopardized by life transitions and miscommunication. Working together in therapy, we will explore your relationship’s strengths and setbacks so that you can achieve the stable, fulfilling connection you’ve been looking for.
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Relationships Are All About The Individuals In Them
Whether we’re aware of it or not, our intimate partnerships are under so much pressure. Aside from the individual patterns and criteria we bring into our relationships, there are also societal expectations around commitment, monogamy, and gender roles that create additional pressure. Each of us comes from a family environment where certain relational norms are modeled, often based on cultural or religious beliefs that don’t always go hand-in-hand with our partner’s own emotional blueprint.
While couples therapy is one option for addressing these issues in your relationship, individual counseling is often just as effective. As you’re given meaningful space to explore the expectations, fears, and trauma that you are bringing into your partnership, you can gain the clarity you need to create the connection you want. Through this process, you can develop the skills needed to make changes, manage tough emotions, and establish healthy, effective boundaries.
Individual Therapy Through My Practice Is Addressed Through A Relational Lens
My therapeutic approach centers around you and your personal empowerment. Therefore, the counseling process will be individualized to your unique needs and goals.
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Individual therapy is available to married or unmarried adults of all backgrounds, though my approach is particularly helpful for:
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Women experiencing stress, loss, or transition
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Clients navigating conflict, communication issues, or ambivalence about their relationship
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Clients in a transitional period of their relationship (having a new child, moving, a death in the family, etc.)
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Individuals who may also be in couples counseling with their partners but want additional insight
Together, we will work on developing skills and changing your behaviors in a way that leads to more clarity and balance.
My Approach
I use a variety of behavioral therapy approaches and mindfulness skills, drawing in relationship-specific tools as needed to strengthen a sense of connection. In addition to solution-focused therapy, I will teach grounding techniques to help you regulate your emotions and achieve a sense of presence when you feel overwhelmed. Couples counseling approaches like Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) can also be helpful for better understanding your attachment style and relationship blueprint.
Finally, I am trained and certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which can target relational traumas at the core. Particularly if it feels like you’re “stuck” in an impossible cycle of conflict or miscommunication, EMDR can help you neutralize triggers and develop new perspectives on your differences and disagreements.
Connection is not intrinsic, and every relationship takes a lot of work, no matter how compatible two people might be. If your connection feels compromised or lost, know that change is possible. By exploring your relationship through individual therapy, you can feel empowered to become the partner you want to be and achieve the connection you want to have.
Common Questions About Relationship Therapy
My partner won’t agree to go to couples counseling for our relationship—can individual therapy help?
I understand that it may feel frustrating or discouraging that your partner won’t agree to counseling. This could be for many reasons, including mental health stigma or concerns that a counselor will “take sides.” While couples therapists are trained to remain neutral, the counseling process only works when each client is invested in the process.
If your partner isn’t convinced that therapy is the right approach for you as a couple, keep in mind that individual relationship counseling through my practice can be just as effective. As we explore your individual attachment style and blueprint, you can gain the tools and clarity you need to become the partner you want to be.
I’ve worked with therapists in the past only to be disappointed with the results—how will relationship counseling through your practice be any different?
It’s frustrating when you don’t get what you want out of the treatment process, and I understand why that would make you skeptical about attending therapy again. However, timing, approach, and the therapist-client relationship itself are all highly influential on the outcome of therapy.
My approach to counseling is unique because it specifically targets your relationship patterns and experiences. As you heal the stress and trauma at the core of your relational wounds in therapy, you’ll feel less triggered, more open, and more collaborative when it comes to addressing challenges head-on both with your partner and in all of your relationships.
Won’t talking about my concerns with a therapist just make my relationship challenges worse?
I know that it can be overwhelming and uncomfortable to share sensitive details about your relationship with a therapist. However, as a therapist who has worked with couples and individuals alike, I am trained to remain neutral and view issues from the perspective of the relationship—and not just the people in it.
While avoiding your issues right now may feel like a solution, the fix is only temporary, and avoidance will only create bigger problems in the long run. If you wait to get help, you’re likely to experience limited growth and increasing erosion in your connection with your partner. Saying yes to therapy now can expedite the healing process—for you, for your partner, and for the relationship as a whole.