Relational Thriving: Healing Shame & Cultivating Connection
Healing & Finding Joy, Inspiration & Connection in Your Relationships
There’s no doubt about it, relationships matter. Research shows unequivocally that to live well is to relate well. We live longer and healthier lives when we feel supported, seen and respected by our loved ones. If you’re struggling with the impacts of complex trauma in relationships, life can feel empty, unsatisfying, anxiety provoking, disempowering or even haunting… like your spinning your wheels as the same patterns play out in your relationships again and again.
Social traumas like rejection, abandonment and criticism can have long lasting effects on the way we experience relationships and the world around us.
These experiences can impact our sense of worth and wellbeing, undermine our health, and make it difficult to care for ourselves and get our needs met in life.
We feel the impacts of relationship stress even more heavily if the relationships around us don’t get repaired and the people around us don’t soothe or reassure us. For a lot of adult children of alcoholics and people in recovery from codependence or addiction, shame is a huge barrier to healing and embracing the joy of a life worth living.
Our shame might come from early life with caregivers who were unavailable… or from a society that prioritizes superficial success over emotional growth and relationships. But ultimately, an unhealthy relationship with shame gets in the way of you pursuing authentic meaningful life.
This group is a combination of support and evidence based skills that you can use to help you work through struggles in relationships (from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Polyvagal Theory).
Our goal is to help you move towards relating in a way that’s aligned with your values: with more direct communication and less avoiding and acting out.
We’ll help you get shine a light on what feels confused, painful and ambivalent in your relationships and discover the motivation and courage that you need to make the changes that enable you to live your most authentic life and connect with others in meaningful ways.
Insurance
While I do not participate as an in-network insurance provider, almost all of my clients are reimbursed by their insurance providers on an out-of-network basis, some are covered at in-network rates. I can help you find out exactly how much will be covered in our consult call.
Payment Options: Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, PayPal
