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Therapy for Relationships in
Charlotte, NC

Building Healthy Connection Without the Overwhelm

Building Stronger, Healthier Connection

Relationships provide support, love, fun, companionship, security, safety, and comfort.  But at times, relationships can also be a source of challenges, heartache, and pain.  We have many types of relationships in our lives.  Intimate partners, friends, family, and acquaintances. Whether your relationship is in a place of peace or distress, therapy for relationship issues can help provide you with tools to strengthen your relationship for the better, help you discern whether you want to continue a relationship, help you process the grief associated with ending a relationship, and begin the journey of rebuilding your life after a relationship ends.  

I am a Gottman Level 2 trained therapist and draw from evidence-based approaches including the Gottman Method, attachment theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and elements of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
In our work together, we focus on understanding the patterns between you, what drives them underneath the surface, and how to create more secure and connected ways of relating.

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"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

Viktor Frankl

Types Of Relationship Therapy

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Couples Counseling

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Individual Therapy for Intimate Partner Relationships

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Relationship Issues with Family​, Friendships,  & Coworkers

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Couples Counseling

 

Couples often reach out when they notice recurring patterns in how they relate to one another.  You may find yourselves having the same conversations without resolution, feeling disconnected at times, or unsure how to meet each other in the way you both want.

 

Many of these dynamics are shaped by attachment patterns, where one partner may seek more closeness while the other needs space, creating a cycle that can be hard to shift on your own.

In our work together, we’ll slow these moments down, build a deeper understanding of each partner’s experience, and create new ways of connecting that feel more secure and balanced.

Common Issues we may address include:

  • Deepening your Emotional Connection and strengthen intimacy

  • Build a stronger relationship with your partner

  • Understand recurring relationship patterns that feel hard to change

  • Navigate differences in communication styles and emotional needs

  • Explore anxious/avoidant attachment dynamics and how they show up in the relationship

  • Reduce cycles of miscommunication, withdrawal, or over-functioning

  • Better understand how the mental load and life stressors impact the relationship

  • Rebuild a sense of teamwork, partnership, and mutual support

  • Learn how to express needs in a clearer, more effective way

  • Move out of feeling “stuck” in the same conversations or dynamics

  • Strengthen trust, responsiveness, and emotional attunement

  • Create more intentional ways of connecting in day-to-day life

  • Support the transition through life changes, stress, or growing responsibilities together

Individual Therapy for Intimate Partner Relationships

  • When your partner isn't ready for therapy, but you want to process what's going on in your relationship

  • ​Explore how you feel about the relationship

  • Build a stronger relationship with your partner

  • Process an issue you aren't sure how to address with your partner

  • Understand the type of partner you need

  • Gain clarity to stay or leave a relationship

  • Unpack personal patterns that may be effecting the relationship

  • Build skills of communication & conflict management

  • Re-connect with your own identity & build self-esteem

  • Process a break-up or divorce

  • Evaluate whether a relationship is healthy 

  • Heal from betrayal or broken trust

  • Understand how upbringing effects relationships

 

Relationship Issues with Family​, Friendships,  & Coworkers

  • Learn effective communication

  • Make sense of confusing or painful relationships

  • Build deeper relationships

  • Explore your role in the relationship

  • Need a safe, neutral space to explore feelings

  • To grieve and process the potential loss of the relationship

  • Conflict management & resolution

  • Learning to listen & validate

  • Setting boundaries

  • Process family of origin and how they impacts relationships

  • Manage stress around work 

  • Explore parenting duties, roles in relationships, change in relationship dynamics

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Ready to Learn More?

1

Meet Alison

We face many challenges in life that test us, strengthen us, and change us as individuals. Sometimes navigating these challenges requires additional support.

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Pricing & FAQ

Learn more about the cost of therapy, how to use your OON benefits, and answers to frequently asked questions.

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Fill Out An Intake Form

Ready to take the next step? 

Fill out an intake form so Alison can learn more about your background and understand what is bringing you into therapy.

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OON Benefits

If you have insurance, fill out the form below to check your OON benefits.  Your insurance provider may cover part of the cost of therapy depending on your plan.  

Phone

704-594-8224

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