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Individual therapy for the patterns that keep repeating — past or present relationships, family dynamics, and codependency. In person near Richmond, Virginia, or online across Virginia and Washington, DC.
You can see the pattern clearly — the over-giving, the partners who need fixing, the way you disappear in close relationships or keep everyone at arm's length. Seeing it hasn't stopped it. That's because relational patterns aren't beliefs; they're survival strategies, learned early and held in the body.
People-pleasing, hyper-independence, avoidance, or relationship anxiety all begin as intelligent adaptations to relationships where your needs weren't safe to have. In our work, we treat these patterns with respect rather than judgment. We work somatically so your system can learn (not just know) that connections can be safe and which ones you want to have.
I draw on Somatic Experiencing® and Inner Relationship Focusing, and this work often overlaps with complex and relational trauma.
Keep choosing — or staying in — relationships that hurt in familiar ways
Feel responsible for everyone's feelings but lose track of your own
Struggle to set boundaries without guilt, or to receive care without flinching
Carry unresolved pain from past relationships or family dynamics
Feel lonely even in company — connection close enough to see, hard to feel
Sessions in person at my ADA-accessible Henrico office in the Richmond, VA area, or by secure video anywhere in Virginia and Washington, DC.
