Are you someone who struggles to feel seen in your relationships (whether partners, friends, or family)? Therapy can be a place to explore why you struggle and learning to ask for what you need and express how you feel. You deserve to take up space, and you don't need to ask permission to do it!
Some things we may work on:
Uncovering the origins and patterns that contribute to your relationship challenges.
Practicing expressing your emotions and needs, despite concerns of other people's response(s).
Learning that other people's emotions are their responsibility, not yours.
Learning and practicing healthier communication and boundary setting.
Separating other people's behaviors and emotions from your sense of self-worth.
Shifting away from passive coping mechanisms, such as hinting, passive aggression, martyrdom (silently suffering and then resenting it), or shutting down your own desires.
Fear of rejection, abandonment, conflict, and being a burden are understandable worries. However, you can change your current patterns that operate out of fear and instead, redirect your focus to more actively engaging tools and framing to feel more secure, connected, and authentically yourself in every relationship you choose to cultivate.
