Relationship Therapy

Online relationship therapy for teens and young adults

Who is Relationship Therapy For?

Relationship therapy is designed to support teens and young adults who feel stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed in their relationships with others and with themselves. You may benefit from relationship therapy if you are:

  • A teens or young adult experiencing ongoing conflict with partners, family members or friends, and feeling misunderstood or emotionally drained

  • Navigating dating and romantic relationships, including challenges with communication, trust, ghosting, or fear or vulnerability

  • Struggling with family dynamics, such as managing parental expectations, sibling conflict, or changing roles within the family

  • Feeling disconnected in friendships, unsure how to set healthy boundaries, express needs, or maintain meaningful connections

  • Working on your relationship with yourself, including self-doubt, low confidence, people-pleasing, or negative self-talk that affects how you show up in relationships

Relationship therapy can help you build healthier, more connected relationships and feel more confident in how you communicate and relate to others.

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Important note: this information is for general education purposes and does not establish a therapist-client relationship.

My Approach to Relationship Therapy

I take a warm, collaborative approach to relationship therapy that helps teens and young adults build stronger, healthier connections with romantic partners, family, friends and themselves. At the core of our work is a trusting therapeutic relationship, where you can feel safe exploring patterns, emotions and challenges that affect how you relate to others.

Together, we’ll work through concerns such as communication difficulties, trust issues, conflict, and self-doubt, which are often shaped by early experiences, to create relationships that feel more secure, authentic and fulfilling.

Exploring Childhood Experiences & Attachment Patterns

Our early relationships with caregivers play a powerful role in how we connect as adults. Using attachment-based therapy, we’ll explore how childhood experiences, such as feeling supported, misunderstood or dismissed, may influence your current relationship patterns.

Challenges like fear of rejection, difficulty trusting others or emotional withdrawal often have roots in these early experiences. In therapy, we’ll identify these patterns and build tools that support healthier attachment, emotional safety and confidence in dating, friendships and family relationships.

Building Self-Compassion & Emotional Security

Healthy relationships begin with a healthier relationship with yourself. Through Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), we’ll work on softening self-criticism, reducing shame and building self-worth, especially if you struggle with perfectionism, people-pleasing or feeling “not enough”.

Developing self-compassion can help you navigate conflict more calmly, express your needs more clearly and show up in relationships with greater confidence and emotional resilience.

Practical Tools for Communication & Lasting Change

Relationship therapy is not just about insight, it’s also about change. We’ll work on identifying unhelpful thought patterns, improving communication skills and learning healthier ways to navigate conflict and emotional triggers.

Together, we’ll focus on aligning your actions with your values, helping you build relationships that feel genuine and sustainable. By

What This Means for You

Whether you’re navigating dating challenges, family tension, friendship struggles or low self-esteem, relationship therapy can help you feel more grounded and connected. In our virtual therapy sessions, we’ll create a personalized approach that honors your unique story and supports you in building relationships rooted in clarity, confidence and trust.

Relationship Therapy FAQs

  • You can still benefit from relationship therapy even if your partner is not involved. Individual therapy allows us to focus on your experiences, needs and goals. Together, we’ll work on building insight, communication skills and coping strategies, so you can navigate relationship challenges with more confidence and clarity

  • Yes. Relationship therapy can help you understand where trust issues come from, whether they stem from past relationships, childhood experiences or self-doubt. In therapy, we’ll explore these patterns, heal old wounds and work toward rebuilding trust in yourself and others.

  • Feeling nervous is completely normal. Therapy is a nonjudgmental and supportive space where you are always in control of what you share and when. We’ll move at a pace that feels safe for you and focus on building trust so conversations about relationships feel more comfortable over time.

  • Absolutely. If dating or social situations feel anxiety-provoking, relationship therapy can help you build confidence and emotional resilience. You’ll learn practical tools to navigate conversations, set boundaries and manage discomfort, so you can show up more authentically in your relationships.

  • I offer relationship therapy through virtual secure sessions and I’m licensed to provide therapy in Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Florida.

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