Relationship difficulties – understand your patterns and build healthier bonds

Relationship patterns often repeat – you choose similar partners, struggle with setting boundaries, fear closeness or rejection. If you notice your relationships following the same script, individual therapy can help you understand YOUR patterns and consciously build healthier connections.

Patterns in relationships

The way we form and maintain relationships is shaped in childhood. The attachment styles we developed in contact with our caregivers influence how we function in adult relationships. Difficulty saying 'no,' putting others' needs above your own, avoiding conflict, needing constant validation – these are patterns that can be understood and changed in therapy.

In my work, I often meet people who struggle with the feeling that 'something is wrong with me' because their relationships don't turn out the way they would like. Therapy can help you understand which beliefs and patterns from childhood are affecting your ability to build fulfilling relationships today, and what you can do to gradually change them.

How I work with relationship difficulties

In therapy, we identify schemas — deep-seated beliefs about yourself and others that guide your behavior in relationships. We work on assertiveness and setting boundaries, understanding your own needs, as well as healing wounds from past relationships. I use tools from CBT, Schema Therapy, and ACT to help you not only understand these patterns but also actively change them in your daily life.

Who is this therapy for

• You repeat unhelpful patterns in relationships
• You struggle with setting boundaries
• You fear rejection or closeness
• You struggle with codependency
• You have difficulty communicating in relationships
• You're going through a breakup and want to understand your patterns
• You put others' needs above your own (people-pleasing)