Complicated Relationships & Unhealthy Patterns

Sometimes the hardest relationships to understand are the ones we’re in.

I work with adults navigating complicated relationships, including emotional manipulation, controlling behavior, unhealthy boundaries, recurring conflict, and patterns that can feel downright toxic.

You may know something isn’t working but feel unable to change it. Or perhaps you keep finding yourself in similar situations and wonder why.

Therapy can help you understand these dynamics, recognize your own patterns, and sort through conflicting feelings. I’m not here to tell you whether to stay or leave, but to help you see your situation more clearly and make choices that work for you.

Life Transitions & Starting Over

Life rarely goes according to plan. Relationships end, careers change, children grow up, and the roles that once defined us may no longer fit.

Even welcome changes can bring unexpected grief, anxiety, or uncertainty.

I work with adults navigating divorce, separation, shifting identities, and the sometimes unsettling question of what comes next. Therapy offers an opportunity to take stock, reconsider old assumptions, and discover what matters to you now.

Empty Nesters: The Bird Launchers

“I heard someone say the other day, ‘I am not an empty nester. I’m a bird launcher.’ I felt that. Fly my babies, the world awaits. – The-Kassi-Mcfarlane, (Instagram)

I love that. Fly, my babies! The world awaits.

After years of being chauffeur, cheerleader, nurse, chef, and general manager of everyone else’s needs, your children are becoming independent adults. Congratulations! You helped make that happen.

Of course, knowing this is exactly what’s supposed to happen doesn’t necessarily make the transition easy.

You may miss the daily involvement of parenting, worry about your children’s choices, or find yourself adjusting to a relationship in which your advice is no longer quite as eagerly sought. (Assuming it ever was.)

But this stage can also bring new freedom and opportunities to rediscover yourself. I enjoy helping parents navigate that transition while finding a satisfying balance between staying connected and letting go.

Parenting & Family Relationships

Parenting is a lifelong relationship, but the job description keeps changing.

I work with parents navigating difficult family dynamics, changing relationships with teenagers and adult children, questions about boundaries, and the challenges of raising children with additional needs.

These experiences can bring love, frustration, exhaustion, and sometimes grief over the difference between the parenting experience you imagined and the one you’re actually having.

Therapy offers a place to talk honestly about those feelings, explore practical changes, and remember that your own needs matter, too.