Relationship Counselling

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Relationship Counselling

If you have the feeling of being stuck in an unhealthy relationship that prevents you from feeling joy and excitement or frustration with dating applications and pressure of online dating, rest assured, your not alone – epically if your dealing with raw emotion from past relationships.

All of these negative experiences can leave anyone feeling alone and defeated, wondering if something is wrong with them and wondering if they’ll every find someone to share their life with. Working with Clayton Counselling means you’ll receive a highly specialized service, that will help you break free from unhealthy patterns and hurt from past relationship and help you build more confidence in yourself.

How can Clayton Counselling help you find the love of your dreams? We will work with you to:

• Understand how past relationships, impact your self-worth and confidence.
• Uncover your emotional blocks and challenge assumptions.
• Deepen your relationship with yourself and build more self-compassion.
• Become aware of your attachment style, example: the way you relate and connect with others – you level of comfort with closeness and distance.
• Explore your tolerance level to loneliness and anxiety around singlehood.
• Discover exactly who you are outside of a relationship: what bring you jose, what excites you and what drives you.

Being Single and Dating

Do you find yourself dating the same sort of people over and over? Do your relationships seem to follow a similar pattern? Do you feel that people you are meeting do not want the same thing as you or are not ready to commit, emotionally? Do you feel anxious about committing to long-term relationship proposals?

Clayton Relationship Counselling can help you learn and understand about your attachment style and how it impacts the way you connect with and relate to you partner. Start with yourself to change the relationship patterns and become more aware of your responses and choices in dating.

Lack of Confidence in Dating

Dating involves getting out of your comfort zone and taking risks. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that a relationship will work out or that you will not be hurt. You may lack confidence because your past relationships have not been successful. You may have some difficult in attracting potential partners. Or you may have be out of the dating scene for a while. Clayton Counselling will help you with your confidence by identifying past areas of life where you have been hurt and beliefs you have about yourself that me preventing you from meeting the right person. We help you feel more positive and confident about yourself.

Emotional Connection and Intimacy

Do you feel a lack of desire for your partner? Are you feeling disconnected from you partner? Perhaps your partner is not ready to seek out any sort of therapy? Here at Clayton Counselling, we can help you explore and become much more aware of your own triggers, emotions, and reactive behaviors, as well at look at how they contribute to negative patterns in your relationship. It can also help you learn to be more responsive and engaged with your partner.

Recovering from Affair / Infidelity

You’ve discovered turmoil in your relationship and your trust has been broken. You are ambivalent about staying or leaving the relationship. You are unsure if you can ever establish trust with your partner again. Here at Clayton Counselling, we can help you process and explore the affair and infidelity, express painful emotions, and reclaim your agency. If you are the one who is involved with an affair, speaking to us can you help better process and understand what may have promoted the infidelity, cope with feelings of shame and guilt, and talk about your concerns and needs in building a long-lasting relationship.

Healing from Breaking Up

You’ve discovered turmoil in your relationship and your trust has been broken. You are ambivalent about staying or leaving the relationship. You are unsure if you can ever establish trust with your partner again. Here at Clayton Counselling, we can help you process and explore the affair and infidelity, express painful emotions, and reclaim your agency. If you are the one who is involved with an affair, speaking to us can you help better process and understand what may have promoted the infidelity, cope with feelings of shame and guilt, and talk about your concerns and needs in building a long-lasting relationship.

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