Individual Therapy for Divorce, Betrayal, Breakups & Relationship Uncertainty

Young adulthood can be a time of exploration of identity, relationships, and life direction. These experiences are often intensified by online dating, academic or career pressure, and major life transitions.

Some young adults just avoid dating due to social anxiety, past relationship stress, or fear of rejection. Others feel more comfortable staying in low pressure activities like gaming or being on their phones. While these can be healthy coping outlets, they can also make it harder to build in person connection and dating confidence overtime. I help young adults reduce social anxiety, understand what's getting in the way of connection, and build the confidence and skills to form more comfortable, authentic relationships at their own pace.

Other young adults feel stuck in confusing or painful dating patterns, struggle to understand what healthy connection looks like, or notice themselves repeating the same relationship dynamics over and over.

Many are still learning how to recognize early “red flags” and may find themselves in relationships that gradually become emotionally draining or destabilizing.

Overtime, pattern such as dependency, jealousy, emotional inconsistency, or isolation can develop. What initially felt like excitement or "the one" may shift into self doubt, anxiety, and disconnection from one's own sense of self.

Unfortunately, some young people find themselves in physically, emotionally or sexually abusive relationships. Drugs and alcohol are often involved. The person feels scared to talk about it with others for fear of judgment. They also can't seem to leave the person because they’ve become so emotionally dependent on them and believe that they are at fault for the abuse.

This is a time when parents and friends need to be as honest as possible about what they see in a young person's toxic relationship. They need to encourage them to get help with therapy and remind them that they can get out of this relationship and build back their self-esteem.

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Midlife often brings reflection, marital strain, and difficult decisions about relationships, separation, or divorce. This is especially hard when children are involved.

I work with individual adults dealing with challenges such as deciding whether to stay or go in a marriage, dating again after years of being married, reclaiming their self worth after betrayal, and dealing with difficult relationships in general. I enjoy helping adults to understand their long-standing emotional patterns, support their children through change, and respond to shifting family dynamics with greater clarity, steadiness, and care.

Coparenting after separation can be emotionally difficult, especially when communication is strained, conflict continues, or you were badly betrayed by your ex. I help parents (or one parent alone) navigate these challenges by strengthening boundaries, improving communication skills, and managing emotional reactivity.

A "gray divorce” refers to couples divorcing later in life, typically after age 50, often after many years or even decades of marriage. If betrayal is involved, this can be extremely devastating. Often times the heartbroken partner will feel completely blindsided.

While some relationship may have looked stable from the outside, emotional distance, growing apart, retirement changes, infidelity, or years of unresolved disconnection can lead people to reevaluate what they want for the next chapter in their lives.

Going through a divorce or break up can feel disorienting and deeply painful. I offer a supportive, compassionate space where you can sort through the grief, anger, confusion, or even relief that may arise. Together, we gently explore what happened, strengthen your sense of self, and help you move forward with clarity, confidence, and hope for what's next. 

I am trained in identifying and treating personality disorders. Often times people in relationships with people who display strong narcissistic or borderline traits make YOU feel crazy and shatter your trust and sense of reality. I can help you understand how to protect yourself and safely deal with these types of people. Maybe you notice these negative coping traits in yourself. I can help you understand where they may have originated in your life and help you to challenge your beliefs and move toward greater emotional flexibility and emotional regulation, which in turn can help all your relationships.

Break ups can also be with family and friends, not just romantic partners. Having a fallout with a family member or friend can feel deeply painful, leaving you missing the connection you once had, and wondering if things will ever feel the same again. Together we can discuss what happened and try different techniques to help solve your relationship problems. I am here to help support you and help you through this difficult time.

Affair ambivalence is the emotional push and pill that many people experience after becoming involved in an affair. A person may deeply love their spouse or long-term partner while also feeling emotionally attached to someone else, leaving them feeling confused, conflicted, guilty, angry, or emotionally stuck.

They may go back-and-forth between wanting to repair the relationship, wanting distance, or feeling unable to make clear decisions. These mixed emotions are often exhausting and difficult to understand. It is hard to talk about the affair with friends because you are worried about judgment and losing friendships.

Therapy can help individuals slow down the chaos, makes sense of their emotions, identify, underlying relationship patterns, and move toward greater clarity, healing, and intentional decision-making.

Individual discernment therapy can be especially helpful when someone feels deeply uncertain about the relationship, but is not yet ready to openly discuss those thoughts with their spouse or partner. Many people feel torn between wanting to preserve the relationship and wanting something different, while also feeling afraid, guilty, confused, or emotionally overwhelmed. They may worry about hurting their partner, disrupting their family, or making the wrong decision. In these situations therapy provides a private, supportive space to slow down and explore what's happening beneath the surface without pressure to immediately decide whether to stay or leave.

Individual discernment work can help a person better understand their emotions, relationship patterns, unmet needs, fears, and hopes for the future. Rather than pushing someone toward a specific outcome, the goal is to help them gain clarity, honesty with themselves, and confidence in whatever direction they eventually choose.

Healing from emotionally or physically abusive relationships can leave people feeling anxious, confused, emotionally, drained, and disconnected from themselves (many describe it as feeling “crazy”). These relationships may involve manipulation, gaslighting, control, betrayal, narcissistic abuse, or other harmful patterns that impact self-esteem, trust and emotional well-being. Therapy can help individuals process their experience, rebuild confidence and boundaries, and begin forming healthier relationships moving forward.

I have specialized training in narcissistic abuse and the impact of various personality disorders on a relationship.