Relationship Help Psychotherapist

Do you often stay awake at night worrying about whether or not your marriage/relationship will last?

In relationships there can often be times when you don't understand your partner, why they behaved the way they did, and why they feel a certain way that you cannot understand.

Very close relationships need touch, feel, sight and smell. In a romantic relationship, trust and a feeling of security takes a major part in the relationship. Without these the romantic relationship will fail as quickly as it began.

Couples may wrongly interpret the needs of their partner in a relationship. Every one has different expectations when it comes to relationships.

In order to have mutual understanding, you must get to where you can discuss it with your partner with an open heart. The first step to security in relationship is to build healthy communications.

The most important security factor in a relationship is the ability of the couple to provide emotional support to each other. Learning to read your partner's emotional level at any point in time is the first step to emotional support. The next step is learning to give the appropriate emotional support the moment you detect any emotional changes in your partner.

You can eventually discover how to strengthen love, and create a more passionate, happy relationship.

It is possible for you to resolve a painful family conflict or revive a distant, alienated relationship. How can this be done? By developing the awareness and courage to articulate difficult feelings and needs and learning skillful means to speak this truth and listen to the truth of those you love.

Therapy can be a way to help in this process. In a climate of safety and trust you can be heard without being judged. You can learn to listen to your deeper self, discover what is true for you and develop and practice the means to effectively communicate with those you care about.

Menlo Park Psychotherapist

I have been a Menlo Park Psychotherapist in private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist for 21 years and work with couples, families and individuals. In addition to therapy, you may also be interested in the Couples Communication and Overcoming Depression courses I teach at Kaiser Permanente in Redwood City. Appointments I am happy to discuss with you if therapy might help you and if I am the right match for what you want. Schedule an appointment by calling (650) 321-2588, or send me an E-mail. The first appointment is risk-free. If you decide to work with me then this initial session is considered our first and I will charge you my regular fee. If you do not continue to work with me there is no charge.

Specialties

• Revitalizing marriage
• Relationship problems
• Recovering from affairs
• Multi-cultural and interracial relationships
• Family conflict, especially with middle- and high school-age boys
• Child anxiety and fears
• Parenting support
  
• Depression
• Aging parents
• Grief and Bereavement
• Dealing with Cancer and other life-threatening illnesses