Is something not quite right with your relationships?
Relationships can sometimes be challenging and get off-track. This can include relationships with spouses and partners, children and grandchildren, other close family members, and even with friends. Often, relationship problems creep up on us over time, when you finally realize there is a problem and that something needs to change. Communication issues and bad habits are often to blame. As people get older, they become more and more complacent about changing unproductive patterns of relating because they don’t know what to do about it. “This has been the way it’s always been, so why bother?” There does comes a point in time when dealing with a troubled relationship can no longer be avoided. This is because the pain of disconnection is no longer tolerable for either party and there are problems that need to be addressed. Acknowledging there is a problem is the first step in realizing healthier, more fulfilling relationships.
You may require professional help if you encounter any of the following:
- Do you have a lack of trust in your relationship?
- Is the status of your relationship making you physically ill?
- Do you notice that you can’t agree on issues, both large and small?
- Do you feel defensive or do you find that you bring out the worst in each other?
- Do you find yourself being overly critical?
- Do you feel disrespected and not appreciated?
- Do you feel unhappy about how your relationship and how it currently stands?
Consider having the strength it takes to work on changing old relationship patterns. Harboring negative emotion over deteriorating relationships does not have to be the way your life continues. With counseling, you can make adjustments that alleviate discontentment and confusion so that your life becomes happier and easier to manage.
I am someone who can help you gain insight into your relationships so you can create new and more fulfilling connections with others.
