I am a LCSW specializing in Divorce Recovery and Relationship Repair.
I’ve worked with individuals, couples, people recovering from divorce, and partners trying to repair relationships. Across all of those experiences, I’ve found that healthy relationships are grounded in reality. They’re built on friendship, compromise, mutual respect, and realistic expectations.
Many conflicts that appear to be relationship problems are actually individual struggles colliding with one another. Sometimes we’re reacting to our own fears, insecurities, or past experiences rather than responding to what’s actually happening between us. It’s important to ask, “Is this truly about us, or is this something I brought into the relationship?”
We don’t want our partners to become mirror images of ourselves. The goal isn’t sameness; it’s connection. Two people can think differently, experience the world differently, and still build a deeply satisfying relationship if they respect those...
