Counselling for Relationship Issues

Your relationships are super important. You do whatever you can to take care of the people in your life. You’re always willing to lend a helping hand or listening ear.

But you’ve noticed some patterns in your relationships that aren’t working anymore.

You care a lot about what other people think. You do your best to make everyone happy. You’re known as a kind and thoughtful person. But it gets exhausting trying to be everything for everyone.

You avoid conflict as much as possible. Even small disagreements stress you out. When someone hurts you, it’s hard for you to speak up. You question your own thoughts and feelings, wondering if you’re just overreacting. But because you try not to rock the boat, you don’t always get what you need from others. Or you bottle everything up until an argument explodes.

You’re quick to blame yourself for any problems. You often try to guess what other people are thinking, but tend to believe the worst. For example, if your friend is slow to text you back, you assume that you’ve done something wrong.

Maybe you get stuck in overthinking, dwelling on what you could have done or said differently. Perhaps you turn to others for reassurance that everything’s okay between you. Deep down, you’re afraid of losing the people you care about the most.

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How Counselling Can Help

We all deal with relationship issues at times. Humans are complex and so are our relationships. Counselling can help people better understand how they relate to others, including partners, family members, friends, and colleagues. You can learn how to take care of yourself while also sharing rewarding connections with others.

While we can’t control other people, we can change how we approach and respond to them. In counselling, we’ll explore the fears and beliefs that keep you stuck in unhelpful patterns. We can work through past experiences that affect how you relate to the people in your life now. You’ll reflect on what you truly want in your close relationships, instead of just accepting what’s familiar.

Conflicts and disagreements happen. And they don’t usually disappear just because we avoid them. In fact, many issues grow when we don't deal with them directly.

Counselling can help you build skills for communicating and resolving conflicts effectively, whether that’s at home or work. And you can learn how to set healthy boundaries when necessary, so that your needs don’t always come last.

Schedule Your Free Call

Schedule your free 20-minute phone call to learn more about counselling for relationship issues. No issue is too small; if you want to change how you relate to others, counselling can help.