Individual Therapy for Relationship Issues
If you find yourself struggling to navigate a difficult time in your relationship with your partner, you may want to think about individual therapy for relationship issues. Sure, couple’s therapy is a great option, but if your partner isn’t open to the idea of couple’s therapy, individual therapy can still be a helpful option for you and your relationship.
How does individual therapy help your relationship? When one person in a relationship makes a change in the way they interact with their partner, it causes a ripple effect that changes the dynamics in the relationship. Making a positive change in the way you interact with your partner, benefits both you and your relationship. Individual therapy helps by showing you how to make some of these positive changes.
Need Better Boundaries? Start Here.
Without clear and healthy boundaries, it’s easy to feel over-extended, frustrated, or even resentful towards the people in your life. Not only that, but poor boundaries can also be really toxic to our mental health.
While working with clients in therapy, the topic of boundaries almost always comes up. And, how could it not? Boundaries are present in nearly every area of our life. We have boundaries with our boss, co-workers, and clients. We have boundaries with our partner, family, and friends. We even have boundaries around what we do with our free time and how we spend our money.
Tips for Tough Conversations
Some things are just hard to talk about. Whether you’re struggling to talk with your boss about a looming deadline, your partner about finances, or your family about personal boundaries, we’ve all been there in one way or another.
While it can feel easier to avoid going there sometimes, avoiding a conversation you know you need to have is only going to add to your stress levels down the road. The good news is, there are some things you can do in order to set yourself up to have the most successful conversation possible.
3 Qualities of Healthy Relationships
Relationships are complicated. And, while there are no perfect relationships out there, there are definitely healthy ones.
So, how do you know if your relationship would be considered a healthy one? A good place to start is by looking at the following three qualities found in healthy relationships, and asking yourself how these show up in your relationship.