Therapie | 210 25th Ave N suite 601, Nashville, TN 37203 | Call: (615) 551 9195

Relationship Therapy

These Days, Are Your Relationships Stepping On Your Toes?

Do you have a hard time getting it just right when it comes to your relationships?

Are otherwise everyday interactions with others often a source of anxiety, agitation, or overwhelm?

Is a certain pattern keeping you from responding how you want to when confronted with relationship tension or conflict?

When you heard that Taylor song, did you think to yourself I’m the problem, it’s me?

Between hot tempers and cold shoulders, it’s possible your relationships struggle to stay mild and breezy. Despite wanting to feel attuned and connected, you may not be getting what you want from your partner, friends, family, and others in your life. Expressing your needs might feel impossible at times, leading your interpersonal communication to experience more breakdowns than an old Toyota.

Relational Conflict Often Causes Us To Fall Out Of Step In Every Aspect Of Our Lives

If you’re like many of our other clients, your days are likely spent cycling through the discomfort and consequences that are a result of imbalanced, unsatisfying relationships. Morning coffee is served with a side of regret while last night’s argument (the same one about the bathroom remodel! for the thousandth time!) replays in your head.

At work, productivity plummets as you dwell on an embarrassing interaction with the boss, get distracted by a text from your Sister Who Isn’t Good With Boundaries, or retreat to the fourth-floor printers so you don’t have to join everyone in the break room for Stan’s cake cutting. By the time you get home at night, it’s no wonder you’re on edge and way too drained to interact with anyone except your dog and the television (who, notably, don’t talk back).

Frustrating, emotionally depleting relationships are often a signal of something deeper stemming from past relationship stressors and injuries that, when healed, can help restore a sense of peace and connection. Working together in individual counseling with a therapist, you can explore relational dynamics in a way that will lead to more self-awareness, more understanding, and happier relationships.

Interested in relationship therapy? Send us a message!

The Relationship Dance Requires Effective Communication And Emotional Choreography

A lot of our clients are high achieving, well-educated, successful people who’ve mastered their education, career, and hobbies, but there’s one thing none of us learn in school—and that is how to create healthy, balanced relationships that can withstand stress and conflict. The dances we were taught to do usually had more to do with novelty songs, forgotten steps, and awkward hand placements than with effective interpersonal awareness and understanding.

Unfortunately, in our fast-paced, success-obsessed society, interpersonal skills are not highly valued. So many of us are grappling with work-life imbalance, unrealistic expectations perpetuated by social media, and the stigma of becoming vulnerable/asking for what we need. This causes us to show up as our worst parts in our relationships, as opposed to our most confident, integrated selves. And without being able to clearly see what part we have in the relational dynamic, it’s easy to cast conflict off as always warranted and/or everyone else’s problem.

At Therapie, we’re invested in making your relationships harmonious and a source of joy in your life. Working together in individual therapy, we will help you gain a thorough understanding of your role in your relational dynamics. As you develop an awareness of your communication patterns, emotional needs, and personal boundaries, you can feel confident to add The Relationship Dance to your repertoire.

At Therapie, We’re Experts In Attachment And Relationships Of All Kinds

Relationship therapy is not a couples-oriented process, nor does it have to involve romantic, intimate relationships. This service is available to anyone feeling frustrated by their relational patterns, whether you’re struggling to fully “cut the cord” from Mom and Dad, lock in that second date, or get on the same page with your coworkers, friends, or others in your life. If you’re interested in attending counseling with your partner, you can learn more about our couples therapy services here.

What To Expect

Our practice guides the therapeutic process with this primary question: What is happening and why? Peeling back the layers of your relational templates, your therapist will help you examine how your particular conflict or communication style may be contributing to tension or misunderstanding, whether you’re avoidant, defensive, or relying on indirect communication (like body language) to get your point across.

From there, we will explore what you need out of your relationships—and why you’re not getting it. Unhealthy, counterproductive emotional responses may stem from a desire to trust, feel seen, or experience validation in the relationship, so we will collaborate to find new ways to express yourself and initiate boundaries.

In general, the goal of individual relationship therapy is to foster closeness and strong, healthy connections between you and your partner, family, friends, coworkers, and—most importantly—yourself. Along the way, we are likely to draw from the following to reinforce strong emotional regulation and communication skills:

Active listening and conflict de-escalation strategies – helps you to meaningfully hear what others are saying so that you can disarm unhealthy defense mechanisms
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) – used in both individual and couples counseling, EFT seeks to understand relational blueprints and how they manifest throughout our interactions
Gottman Method – offers a structured approach to relationships that can reduce gridlock and enhance shared goals and experiences
Internal Family Systems (IFS) – explores and embraces each emotion and stress response in the process of integrating parts of the self
Narrative Therapy – empowers you to change the story of your relational conflicts and dynamics

Importantly, we use the client-therapist relationship itself to unravel patterns and experiment with new approaches with the goal of modeling healthy interpersonal skills.

As humans, it can be difficult to get our relationships in rhythm—but it is possible to develop and practice the skills necessary to cultivate deeper, more harmonious connections. With the right support, you can transform your relational approach from being something that steps on your toes to being something that uplifts and carries you across the stage.

Still Unsure If Relationship Therapy Is Right For You?

It’s on the other person—not me—to go to therapy for the issues present in our relationship.

It’s not uncommon for one partner to be more hesitant about therapy, often believing that they’re fine and that the issues lie solely with the other person. Though it’s easy to cast ourselves as the hero of our own saga, the truth is that it takes two to tango; if you’re not getting what you want out of your relationships, it’s possible that an aspect of your communication or approach isn’t yielding optimal results.

Without placing blame or instilling guilt, the therapeutic process is designed to help you explore your relationships and experiences in a way that leads to deeper connections with yourself and others. While it’s totally possible that the other person in this dynamic could use a trip to the therapist’s office—we all could!—there is still a lot of meaningful progress your relationship could make with the guidance of individual counseling.

A therapist will judge me for what I bring to therapy/the role I play in my relationship issues.

We understand that—especially for our high-achieving, high-powered clients—it can feel really vulnerable to share your struggles. After all, you’re probably not very used to asking others for help.

Our therapists are compassionate, experienced professionals who prioritize a collaborative, nonjudgmental approach. We recognize that relationship issues don’t usually boil down to a black-and-white explanation of who’s right and who’s wrong. Therefore, we seek to empathetically join you in exploring these dynamics as you gain the insight and awareness needed to initiate new, healthier patterns.

Therapy will just make things worse or lead to a breakup.

At Therapie, our approach to individual counseling is centered around defining and enhancing your strengths while simultaneously addressing the relationship issues that are causing you pain or distress. Our role is not to push for a specific outcome but rather to empower you to understand what’s going on in the dynamic, arm you with effective communication and stress management strategies, and guide the way toward safe, secure, and loving relationships.

With this combination of support, many of our clients complete relationship therapy with a better idea of what they want and how to get it.

Get Into The Groove

Every relationship is a dance, and it takes a lot of practice to get in sync. For more information about how individual therapy can help you escape unhealthy patterns and experience more satisfaction in your relationships, contact us.

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Therapie

Therapist in Nashville, TN

At Therapie, we offer individual and couples therapy, as well as weekend intensives and online courses, so you can get the support you need, when you need it. Our services include: individual counseling, premarital, and couples counseling. If you are working on issues related to work, your relationship or life, we got you.

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210 25th Ave N Ste 601, Nashville, TN, 37203

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615-551-9195