Relationship Counseling
Open up to loved ones and feel connected and empowered.
In person counseling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and virtual online psychotherapy throughout Wisconsin & Colorado.
Does any of this sound familiar?
Questioning how your lingering past is still affecting you
Disconnected from yourself and those you love
Overwhelmed and unable to express what you are feeling
Never able to solve a disagreement
Obligated to say “yes” even though you’re exhausted
You might find it challenging to find common ground with your mom, partner, or even your boss at work. Maybe you prefer to avoid conflict by keeping your thoughts to yourself. You might feel frustrated, overwhelmed, or unsure of how to express your feelings. Perhaps your grappling with guilt that you haven’t made the desired connection. Overall, you are at a point where managing your relationships feels overwhelming.
In relationships, do you have a hard time opening up?
Relationship Counseling can help.
Relationship Counseling helps you:
Identify and regulate your emotions and reactions to others
Explore past trauma and know what triggers you
Open up and communicate in the ways you want to
Build a deeper connection with yourself and loved ones
It may feel impossible now, but you can be vulnerable with others. You can express your emotions and feel heard. You can improve communication within your relationships.
As your therapist, I’ll help you get there.
My approach to relationship counseling comes from a place of empathy and trust: to build a deeper connection with yourself and loved ones.
Relationship Counseling For:
People Pleasing
Intergenerational Trauma
Anxious Attachment
Setting Boundaries
Communication
Conflict Resolution
Therapy Methods for Relationship Counseling:
Art Therapy
CBT Techniques
DBT Skills
Mindfulness
Body Awareness
“Amanda is incredibly knowledgeable and has a wide array of clinical and community-based experiences to meet the needs of her clients through a compassionate lens. As a colleague, I’ve had the privilege to witness her therapeutic skillset and would highly recommend her. She is warm, kind and will make anyone feel at ease.”
— Raja Aossey, ATR-BC
What to Expect: Relationship Counseling
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Book a Free Consultation
Schedule a free 15 minute consultation with me by clicking the link below. During this time I will ask about concerns that are bringing you to therapy, what you would like to see changed when you are done with therapy, talk about logistics such as scheduling and answer any questions that you have about therapy, myself or the treatment process. If we agree we are a good fit, we will schedule your first therapy session.
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Start Relationship Counseling
Attend the first session. During this time, we will reflect upon what is bringing you into relationship counseling, what you have experienced, and create a plan that visualises and breaks down the layers that are causing you to feel lost and overwhelmed.
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Attend Therapy Sessions
During weekly sessions, we will explore and discover tools that you can use in very specific moments of your day when you notice feeling overwhelmed and unable to express your feelings. Through our work together, you’ll experience an internal shift that creates space for yourself and loved ones around you. Sessions will gradually move to bi-weekly and then monthly based on your progress.
Why Fresh Therapy LLC?
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Compassionate Approach
As your therapist, I offer a fresh start. I meet you where you are, easing the confusion of where to begin when you feel lost. My goal is to create a comfortable, judgement-free space where you can address your greatest concerns, whether we meet online or in person. Yes, it might feel uncomfortable at times, but together, we can navigate through it.
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Sustainable Change
Therapy extends beyond feeling heard and validated; its about creating sustainable change. Throughout your counseling sessions, we focus on change through goal-setting and practical tools to manage self confidence. By creating new patterns and behaviors, I guide you to channel your energy effectively. Introducing innovative healing methods like art therapy, I prioritize your feedback to ensure our approach suits your needs.
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Confident Self Awareness
As one of the first steps toward change, self-awareness forms the bedrock of confidence. By understanding our inner dynamics, we gain agency over desired changes and build the confidence to do it. Navigating moments of disconnection becomes manageable and empowers us to live authentically. We start making decisions aligned with our values. We recognize the human need for support which reminding us that we are not alone in our journey. Confident self awareness extends throughout therapy and into daily life.
FAQs about Relationship Counseling?
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During your sessions I will help you safely explore feelings you have and how they may relate to past experiences. By doing so, you learn how it impacts your relationships today. I will check in with you throughout session and make sure we take care of any feelings you are having in your body. We will normally make art, if you’re open to it. Art has some wonderful ways of opening up areas that are not so clear for us. I will also work with you to understand your needs and wants and how to express them within relationships. We will set up boundaries and use them in your daily life.
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I do not have a recommend or required time that you will need to be in therapy. Together we create an individualised plan with goals for therapy and track the progress you are making toward those goals. Once you are in a place where you have met your goals, you can begin the process of stepping down. I usually begin with weekly sessions and move to bi-weekly and then monthly sessions. Once you are ready, I support you through the end of your therapy sessions.
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You are ready to dig deep, to really understand how those things you have never explored in the past are impacting you today. However, talking about it is hard, so you’d like to explore through art making with the support of a trained art therapist. You want to communicate and connect with your loved ones, but your unsure how to get there. Plus your emotions are feeling out of control and it would be nice to learn how to work through them.
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Schedule a free 15 minute consultation with my by clicking the link below. During this time I will ask you what is bringing you to relationship counseling and what you would like to see changed when you are completely done with therapy. We will talk about logistics such as scheduling, and answer any questions that you have about therapy, myself or the process. If we agree we are a good fit, we will schedule your first session.
