Women & Relationships

RELATIONSHIP THERAPY FOR WOMEN

Women and relationships are as complex as the women that have them!  Whether your relationship is just developing, or feels as old as the hills, talking about how you feel about being in it, can be a jump start or a potential game-changer.

It can sometimes be hard for women to figure out who they are outside of their roles as partners or mothers, as well as try to balance those roles with career goals and personal dreams.

Roles can become rigid, and this can begin to define who you are, and you might forget who you can be.

Relationship therapy for women can help!

Life is short. It’s not uncommon to wake up in the middle of a life, in the middle of a relationship and feel like you’re on autopilot. You might feeel like you have no idea who you are anymore. Therapy can help you advocate for YOU.

EMOTIONAL LABOR & MENTAL LOAD

Women tend to hold a lot of information in their heads: staying on top of doctor appointments, managing the social calendar, knowing what gifts to buy, and for whom. Women coordinate household tasks, and chances are good that they do a larger percentage of the housework.

It can be exhausting. The keeping of domestic plates in the air is often in addition to career.

Have you heard of the terms “emotional labor” or “mental load?” If you haven’t please find them explained here You Should Have Asked, and here “Women Aren’t Nags We’re Just Fed Up.”

It can be helpful at times to talk through a possible reorganization of the mental load of domestic relationships. Therapy is a safe place to get support around how to effectively communicate your feelings, needs and boundaries.

WOMEN AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE SELFISH

Many women are taught to focus on others and to avoid being “selfish.”

We are so good at focusing on others that we forget to center the attention on ourselves. 

In addition to partnerships and family, meaning can be found in places where women can focus on themselves, where they can feel agency, passion, creativity and energy, which might be things that partner and family expectations don’t always make room for.

Therapy can get women closer to defining these places for themselves, to advocate for their voices to be heard, and to curate the life they want that not only includes family roles but also a place that is ALL THEIRS.