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Why Seek Anxiety Counseling Near Me?
Anxiety often feels like it’s more powerful than you. If you let it, it will rewire your brain.Then it will trash your life, chipping away at each thing you enjoy until there’s nothing left.
But here’s the good news: for those who want help, help is available. Here are the top reasons to start therapy for anxiety today.
How to Improve Intimacy With Your Partner
Go ahead, give your sex life and intimacy with your partner a letter grade.
Got it? Ok. For those who rated their sex life below an A or 90%, pay attention, these tips are for you. We’re delving into the factors that lead to a subpar sex life. From managing insecurities about sex to healing and connecting, here are the secrets to help reignite that spark.
Power Couples: Everything You Need to Know
Curious to learn what it takes to become a power couple?
The reality is it may not be exactly what you think. This rundown on power couples details the perks, and touches on some of the challenges power couples face as well.
If You Feel Lonely in Your Marriage…
Feeling lonely is bad enough to begin with. And if you’re in a relationship feeling lonely? Ugh, it’s awful.
But here’s the thing: this feeling usually doesn’t occur overnight.
If you already feel alone in your relationship, these tips will reestablish the connection you crave. Or if you sense bits of loneliness here and there, these tips can help combat feeling lonely in a marriage as well.
How to Stop Jealousy in a Relationship
Jealousy in a relationship is a yucky experience for all involved.
Those on the receiving end usually get ambushed with outlandish accusations, and find themselves needing to prove their devotion again and again.
For those with jealousy issues, it’s unpleasant and all-consuming. It hijacks your brain. You behave in ways you later regret and just feel… awful.
If this is something that happens to you, here are some ideas on how to overcome jealousy.
What Are Attachment Injuries and How Do They Affect You?
Attachment injuries are emotional wounds that become activated when a person with an insecure attachment style falls in love.
If you’re involved in a push-pull dynamic or if you feel as though your partner is withdrawing and thoughts of life without them terrifies you. Similarly, if you feel an overwhelming urge to be alone and are terrified of letting your guard down and getting close to someone, you may be insecurely attached.
Often, people misinterpret the intense feelings that accompany attachment injuries, believing the emotional rollercoaster is a sign of true love.
The ups and downs of attachment injuries can even become addictive. Coupled with the belief that intensity exists because the person you’re involved in this tumultuous union with is your soul mate, keeps many people stuck. They are unaware that what’s really going on is they’re being jerked around by an attachment injury, and as a result are missing out on experiencing real love.
So, what are attachment injuries, and how do they affect you? Let’s dive in.
Therapy for Men: What Does it Look Like and What Do They Work On?
A misconception about therapy that tends to terrify men is that it’s super touchy feely and delves deep into the muck and mire of emotions and feelings.
Thankfully, there are tons of therapeutic modalities that emphasize logic without dwelling on the emotional experience.
For those curious about therapy for men, here’s what it looks like, including some of the things they work on in session.
What Makes Relationship Therapy Center’s Intensive Couples Retreat Unique?
One of the most incredible parts of being a therapist is seeing people’s lives improve by working through their issues. And when it comes to our intensive couples retreat, often, we see that change happen overnight.
Think of a couples retreat like a relationship renovation: It’s an intensive, done over 2 or 3 days where the parts of the relationship that no longer work are stripped away. The ‘support beams’ are examined and strengthened if necessary, and then the whole thing is rebuilt stronger and better than it was before.
If you’re considering an intensive couples retreat, (spoiler, they’re worth every penny!) Here’s what sets ours apart from the rest.
The Gottman Method and Beyond: How We Include Other Concepts in Couples Counseling
When couples undergo therapy together, they all have the same goal. They’re looking for something that works, something that addresses the challenges they’re currently facing.
Yet no one benefits from a one-size-fits-all approach.
In order to effectively treat couples, it’s important to hone in on the unique relationship dynamics of each, and come up with an individualized treatment approach. It is also important to have advanced skills in couples therapy.
At the Relationship Therapy Center, our therapists are well-versed in a variety of proven couples counseling protocols which means they’re prepared to assist no matter what the issues are.
Here are some of the ones we use often, and what they help address.
When You’re Successful at Work but Failing at Love
Successful people often struggle with relationships. One of the main reasons this occurs is that the skills that drive career success—competitiveness, emotional detachment, and relentless goal-pursuit—can actually damage intimate connections.
Here’s a deeper look at why successful people fail at love and what you can do about it.
Why Do Some People Never Grow or Change?
We all know that person—that one individual who refuses to change their destructive ways, even when it’s obvious to everyone else how much better their life could be if they did.
Then, there’s that person whose life looks exactly the same now as it did 20 years ago. Sure, they’re driving a different car (same make and model, just newer version) and they have a few more wrinkles on their face, but everything else is the same.
Growth and change are what makes life exciting and fun, but it can also be really terrifying.
So, why do some people never seem to grow or change?
Here are some of the most common reasons people stay stuck.
The Relationship Advice That No One Gave Us
What kind of relationship advice were you given?
Most of us were not taught anything, and others received really, just… bad advice.
Women especially got an extensive list of how to be desirable to a man—as if the goal is to just snag any Tom, Dick or Harry that showed even the slightest smidgen of interest—oh joy!
Honestly, when it comes to relationships, most people are like a litter of puppies, sweet and innocent with their lack of awareness, nosing around with their eyes sealed shut, moved by instinct yet completely unaware of what is really going on.
Here’s the advice we should have been told about relationships—advice you’re never too old to learn.
What if a Struggling Couple Doesn’t Go to Therapy?
If you feel like your relationship is falling apart you have two choices: The first is to ignore what’s happening, cross your fingers and hope it gets better.
The second is to go to couple’s counseling.
These decisions are not created equally, however. One leads to a much better outcome than the other. Here’s what happens if your relationship is falling apart… and you choose to do nothing.
Why Therapy Over Summer Vacation is Best for Your Child
Summer is the perfect time to get your child into therapy. If your kiddo is struggling, or if your family life feels chaotic, the summer months are ideal for getting back on track. What better time than fall to turn over a new leaf and start the school year off on the right foot?
Remember, early intervention is key in preventing bigger problems down the road.
Here are some Tips to Help Your Child Be Open to Therapy Over the Summer
Managing the Different Parts of Us
We all face multiple decisions throughout the day: Go for a run, or plop on the couch with popcorn and the remote instead? Eat the leftovers in the fridge, or slide through the In-N-Out drive thru? Order an Americano, or get that Caramel Frappuccino?
And, in those moments, regardless of what you choose (or how you end up bribing yourself), there’s a very opinionated and vocal committee involved in the decision-making process.
You may hear the voice of your mom, who always criticized your weight. Your five-year-old self who didn’t get her needs met as a child appears, and is adamant about her sugar fix. Then, there’s that person you aspire to be who is appalled at all the ways you’ve been falling short recently.
Honestly? Tussling, appeasing, and trying to negotiate with the inner committee is exhausting.
Here are some ways to sort through the internal noise …without totally wearing yourself out.
Reach out to start your healing journey today