Relationship Recovery therapists are proficient in the following areas:

  • Depression is a mental state that can affect aspects of your life such as work, school, and interpersonal relationships. It can be defined as a change in mood with a combination of the following symptoms:

    • “Low” mood and/or irritability

    • Feeling worthless or hopeless

    • Trouble sleeping and/or fatigue

    • Losing or gaining weight

    • Disinterest in activities that you normally find entertaining

    • Difficulty concentrating

    • Thoughts of harming yourself

    How can therapy help my depression?

    Your therapist has been trained to assist with depression. They can work with you in creating a treatment plan to alleviate your symptoms and learning appropriate coping skills to return to the life you were meant to lead.

    Working together, you and your therapist can:

    • Process and work through past traumas that affect your current mental health

    • Challenge negative beliefs about yourself

    • Identify coping skills to alleviate depression symptoms

      If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or others, please reach out to hotlines or services in your area for immediate assistance.

      National Suicide and Crisis Hotline

      988

  • Anxiety is a mental state that can affect aspects of your life such as work, school, and interpersonal relationships. It can be identified by a combination of the following:

    • Uncontrollable worry

    • Restlessness

    • Trouble sleeping and/or fatigue

    • Irritability

    How can therapy help my anxiety?

    A therapist is an objective individual that has been trained to identify and work with these symptoms. They can assist you with creating a treatment plan to alleviate your symptoms and learning appropriate coping skills and grounding techniques.

    Work with your therapist to:

    • Process anxiety provoking situations

    • Learn to utilize calming techniques and strategies

    • Identify coping skills to alleviate anxiety symptoms

  • Addiction can affect aspects of your life such as work, school, and interpersonal relationships. It can be characterized as:

    • Tolerance and/or withdrawal symptoms

    • Difficulty cutting down use

    • A great deal of time is spent obtaining, using, and recovering from the substance

    • Important interpersonal, occupation, or recreational activities are given up for the substance

    • Continued use despite the issues stated above

    Enabling

    Enabling behaviors are activities that loved ones display to an individual suffering from addiction. It can be characterized as:

    • Allowing dysfunctional behavior

    • Providing monetary assistance with the knowledge that the money will be used for substance acquisition

    • Continued use of “bail out” behaviors to assist their loved one

    • Continued guilt and shame that behaviors do not “cure” loved one

    How can therapy help my addiction or enabling?

    A therapist with extensive training in addiction can identify the symptoms and provide insight into the “why” of addiction. They assist you with creating a treatment plan, building a relapse prevention plan, and learning appropriate coping skills.

    With enabling behaviors, a therapist can help with boundaries, assertive communication skills, and coping skills to assist loved ones and their family members.

    Together, you can:

    • Break the cycle of addiction, rehab, and relapse

    • Process the changes you need in your life and create a plan of action for change

    • Create a relapse prevention plan

    • Identify coping skills for problem situations

    • Practice boundary setting and assertive communication skills

  • Codependency is defined as a deregulation of an interpersonal relationship with any of the following symptoms:

    • Distorted boundaries

    • Enmeshment

    • Desire to meet the needs of others at the expense of your own

    • Difficulty functioning independently

    • Can be seen with aspects of depression, anxiety, or addiction

    How can therapy help my/our codependency?

    Marriage therapists have been trained to identify codependency symptoms. They can help with boundaries, assertive communication skills, and coping skills.

    Together, you and your therapist can:

    • Identify and set appropriate relationship boundaries

    • Practice assertive communication

    • Learn to find the joy of independent activities

    • Implement grounding techniques and coping skills for emotionally tumultuous moments

  • Finding balance and wellness regarding chronic illness. Identifying personal boundaries and needs that align with symptom management. Learning about “spoon theory” and energy conservation.

  • Navigating changing circumstances, aligning values, and creating safe spaces for open communication. Assisting with boundaries and co-parenting issues

  • Grief and Loss

    Processing your loss and working through the stages of grief. Learning appropriate coping skills in order to move forward with life

    Infertility and Postpartum Depression/Anxiety

    Navigating emotions and dealing with the difficulties of parenthood, from attempts to conceive to postpartum issues.

    Infidelity

    Working through infidelity and the emotions surrounding new circumstances in your relationship. Rebuilding trust and creating a safe space for open communication