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Relationship Therapy in Denver, Co

  • Have you struggled to connect with others and long to feel understood and accepted?
  • Are you noticing recurring patterns emerge—such as avoidance, conflict, people-pleasing, or defensiveness—that create a barrier between you and those you love?
  • Do you want to show up more authentically and feel more grounded in your relationships, whether with friends, family, colleagues, or romantic partners?

No matter how stable other facets of your life may be, if you’re experiencing difficulty in a relationship, it can overshadow everything else. Perhaps an ongoing conflict with a loved one is causing anxiety and emotional distress, distracting you from your day-to-day commitments at home and work. Or maybe you’re recovering from a breakup or recently cut ties with a friend or family member and wonder what went wrong. 

Would You Like To Improve Your Relationships?

Perhaps maintaining healthy relationships has never come easily for you. Whenever you start to get close to someone, you may notice familiar insecurities rising to the surface, such as fear of abandonment or a continual need for approval to validate your self-worth.

These recurring patterns may lead to conflict or lopsided relationships, where you fail to set healthy boundaries or end up making more of an emotional investment than your partner. The thought of embarking on another doomed relationship may cause you to avoid dating altogether. Or you may settle for unfulfilling relationships rather than face feeling lonely. Fortunately, therapy offers a space to explore how you show up in relationships. With the newfound insight and perspective you gain in counseling, you can work on improving your relationship dynamics.

Connecting With Others Might Be Difficult

Human connection is something we’re all wired for. Regardless of our age, background, or orientation, we crave relationships because they provide a vital sense of belonging. You are the way we demonstrate what it is to love and be loved.

However, our attachment styles—rooted in early life experiences, peer and romantic relationships, and family dynamics—can have a lasting impact on how we interact with others. For some, being exposed to challenging environments in childhood and beyond may have inflicted trauma that now influences the way we connect.

In addition to clear examples of abuse or negligence, subtler forms of trauma, including cultural and intragenerational dynamics or being raised by caregivers who weren’t consistently supportive of us. All of these factors can have a lasting impact on how we think, feel, and respond.

Our Attachment Styles Are Informed By Life Experience

We’re Expected To Figure It Out On Our Own

Despite how challenging it can be to develop emotionally fulfilling relationships, we’re often expected to do so with little to no guidance. When we find it difficult to connect with others, feelings of shame and self-judgment may arise, which further impact our ability to maintain healthy relationships. Without the proper support and understanding, we may become emotionally closed off and more prone to anxiety and depression.

Although every relationship begins with another person, the journey of change starts with you. In counseling, we can explore your attachment style and how it may influence your relationships with family members, partners, co-workers, or friends.

Perhaps you associate therapy with overcoming depression or anxiety. However, relationships are at the core of every life experience we have. As such, our connections with others significantly affect our mental health and well-being. But often, those we are in relationships with—friends, family, co-workers, partners, children, parents—perpetuate their own patterns and behaviors, which can contribute to misunderstandings and disconnection.

For relationships to thrive, we must recognize how these dynamics play out and seek support in developing healthier connections that foster personal growth and emotional resilience. Therapy offers you time and space to examine your relationships, helping determine what’s working, what isn’t, and providing you with the insight to develop deeper connections.

Therapy Provides Support To Cultivate Healthier Relationships

We appreciate that your desire to feel seen, understood, valued, and connected is a vulnerable experience. Your relationship therapist will meet you where you are, following your lead in how deeply you want to explore. Building rapport and gaining your trust creates a supportive environment to discuss uncomfortable topics you may have previously avoided.

We’ll begin by exploring the way you show up in your relationships and how you feel about loved ones. Identifying common patterns in how you interact with others—like defenses, insecurities, anxieties, or avoidance—will help you understand how your views and beliefs affect your relationships. With patience and curiosity, we can trace back the origins of ingrained reactions and responses, acknowledging how they may prevent you from getting closer to others.

If setting boundaries is difficult for you, we may also explore the underlying causes, such as a fear of letting others down or that saying no will result in rejection. We can then work toward sitting with discomfort, allowing you to set and keep boundaries aligned with your values.

What To Expect In Sessions

In relationship therapy, we draw from compassionate-, attachment-, and trauma-based approaches that help you recognize and understand the habits, reactions, and worldviews that keep you stuck in patterns you want to escape. Our sessions may incorporate Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), brainspotting, attachment-based therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). We will also incorporate mindfulness, The Safe and Sound Protocol, and other polyvagal techniques to enhance nervous system regulation and develop strategies for more effective conflict resolution.

For those wanting to go even deeper in exploring healing through body, mind, and spirit—with ego aside, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy is also an option.

If you’re ready to look inwardly and discover how what you bring to the equation affects your relationships, we’re here to support you. Relationship counseling provides a compassionate and nurturing environment to evaluate how you currently interact with others and identify new ways of connecting. Developing more fulfilling relationships can enrich your well-being and bring more joy and lightness to your life.

The Modalities We Include In Relationship Counseling 

As with many things, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. Successful therapy requires a willingness to learn more about yourself, along with an openness to fresh perspectives and trying new ways of doing things. At Denver Metro Counseling, we will ensure you are matched with a therapist you can build a sense of safety and connection with, enabling you to explore your relationship history without fear of judgment. 

You May Still Have Some Questions About Relationship Therapy…

I worry that relationship therapy will take too long with no guarantee of being effective. 

How will individual therapy help me make changes in my relationships? 

I’ve put off seeking relationship counseling for so long that I worry it’s too late to change. 

Procrastinating over relationship therapy is understandable. After all, life is hectic, and daily obligations often get in the way of the things we’ve been meaning to do. But no matter how long you may have waited to seek relationship therapy, there’s always hope of making a fresh start that leads to lasting change.

Whether you struggle with dating, wonder why you can’t maintain closer friendships, or want to learn how to overcome dysfunctional family dynamics, individual therapy for relationship issues can help. All you have to do is take the first step.

Although relationships are a partnership by definition, change can start with you. While it’s not possible to change the behaviors of others, working on yourself from the inside out can lead to long-term shifts in the dynamics you share with those you love. In therapy, your clinician can help you look at your relationships with fresh eyes to determine if your wants and needs are being met. In some cases, change may mean leaving an unhealthy relationship. 

What to Expect from Our OCD Therapists in Denver

At the end of the first meeting you and your therapist will know your therapy goals and establish a method to achieve them.

Ongoing sessions are 50-minutes and vary in cost based on clinician and certifications. During these sessions, you will share more of your story and learn tools along the way to help manage your anxiety symptoms and learn to thrive with less anxiety.

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Should you choose to work with one of our anxiety therapists, you will schedule an initial 90-minute intake appointment.

During this first session, we want to get to know more about you and your anxiety. We are careful not to make this too overwhelming and won’t get into anything too deep this first meeting.


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We will help you decide who might be the best fit for your needs and schedule a consultation between you and one of our anxiety therapists.

Therapists are matched based on a variety of factors to ensure that you receive the most effective care possible and that you feel comfortable working with the therapist for your specific and unique needs.


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Reaching out for help, in itself, can increase anxiety. We understand this and strive to make this process as easy as possible.

Our intake coordinator with schedule a complimentary 20-minute consultation to discuss your concerns with a specialized therapist.  The therapist will walk you through the process of getting onboarded and scheduling your first appointment.


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Relationship Therapy in Denver ,CO

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