RELATIONSHIP & INTIMACY CONCERN
Fulfilling these needs in healthy, satisfying, and appropriate ways is crucial for overall health and well-being.
we provide individual therapy as well as couples therapy for relationship concerns.
Are you
…experiencing communication breakdowns in your relationship?
…feeling disconnected from your partner?
…struggling with past traumas or unresolved issues impacting your current relationship?
…navigating the complexities of blended families or parenting differences?
…experiencing difficulties with sexual intimacy?
Relationships are our greatest source of joy and pain.
Humans are relational and sensual beings. We all have basic needs for love, affection, and sexual intimacy. Fulfilling these needs in healthy, satisfying, and appropriate ways is crucial for overall health and well-being.
Relationships are our greatest source of joy and pain. Long-standing relationships, starting a new relationship, getting married, ending a relationship or marriage, or pursuing a relationship can bring up our most profound insecurities. These insecurities can be rooted in unresolved childhood trauma, attachments to caregivers, or past relationships that didn’t work out according to plan.
Hi I'm Dr Shadi Souverian
I integrate my expertise in psychoanalysis, neuropsychology, life coaching, and mind-body connection, into a unique, holistic approach that guides her clients on an Illuminated Path to joy, inner peace, and freedom. By combining various therapies into customized treatment, I empower clients with knowledge, tools, and strategies to achieve specific and measurable results.
I have advanced certification to help guide you on your journey and support you in taking the crucial steps toward moving forward.
Sometimes these differences mesh well
When two people come together, they bring their own unique sets of values, needs, ways of communicating, parenting styles, and sexual preferences. As well as relationships with friends and extended families.
Sometimes these differences mesh well, and sometimes they create dysfunction. At illuminated Path Therapy and Coaching Center, we provide individual therapy as well as couples therapy for relationship concerns. We use evidence-based methods such as Gottman Method, Emotion Focussed Therapy( EFT), and Imago Relationship Therapy to strengthen the quality of relationships.
Individual Therapy for Relationships
Whether you are struggling to have the love you want, communicate your needs and desires, or keep falling into disappointing patterns of heartbreak, then it is time to become aware of and heal the underlying issues sabotaging your love life.
Individual therapy and coaching for relationship issues can be a powerful tool for reclaiming your life and happiness. You can learn ways to heal past trauma, identify your triggers, and learn effective tools to communicate and get your needs and desires met. A healthy relationship will inspire you to be more of who you are, not require you to give up who you are.
This type of therapy can be helpful for a variety of relationship problems, including:
RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS WITH SIGNIFICANT OTHERS SUCH AS:
- A spouse or romantic partner
- A friend
- A family member (e.g., parent, sibling, in-laws)
Coworkers
RELATIONSHIP TRANSITIONS:
- Support through divorce
- Transition to parenthood
- Remarriage and blending
- Premarital Counseling
- Dating as single parents
ROLE STRAIN:
- Work/life balance
- A balance between your roles as a spouse and as a busy professional
- A balance between your roles as a parent and the caretaker for an aging parent
Topics covered in this kind of therapy include:
- Family and relationship history
- Dysfunctional relationship patterns
- Boundary development
- Codependency issues
- Past trauma
- Attachment styles and wounds
- Limiting Beliefs
- Communication Skills
- Parenting Styles
- Fertility Issues
- Infidelity
- Areas of self-love, self-care, and self-compassion
SEXUAL INTIMACY CONCERNS:
- Arousal problems
- Delayed orgasm
- Erectile dysfunction
- Inability to achieve orgasm
- Low sex drive/Incompatible sexual desire
- Premature ejaculation
- Sex aversion
- Masturbation
- Conflict regarding sexual interests/behaviors
Premarital Therapy
Premarital counseling is a type of psychotherapy that helps couples prepare for marriage. Premarital counseling can help you and your partner create a strong and healthy foundation for your partnership. Our goal is to increase your chances for a stable and fulfilling marriage.
Too many couples start marriage thinking they can just figure it out on their own and are shocked at how hard things feel after the honeymoon. You don’t have to wait until you’re in a place of hopelessness to address emerging patterns.
Many problems that arise in a marriage are preventable by learning some basic strategies and tools for making a marriage work from the beginning. Couples who do premarital counseling have a 30% lower divorce rate than those who don’t.
Premarital therapy focuses on enhancing the relationship’s positive qualities and identifying and resolving potential areas of concern before they become patterns that are difficult to change.
Premarital therapy involves assessments, education, and guidance to prepare you for a lasting and happy marriage.
Topics Discussed In Premarital Therapy:
- The latest research on what makes a marriage work
- Your vision for the future
- Money
- Values
- Routines and rituals to keep your marriage strong
- Kids
- Sex
- Politics
- What makes you feel loved and cared about
- Toxic behaviors to avoid
- Religion
- Personal hopes & dreams
Couples Therapy
Maybe you notice some concerning patterns in your relationship or marriage; perhaps you feel unfulfilled and stuck. Do you have the same fights over and over again with no resolution? Has betrayal shattered your relationship and made you question everything you once thought about your relationship and your partner? Has a new baby changed your intimacy in ways you never imagined?
Couples therapy can help couples overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of connection and intimacy. At Illuminated Path Therapy and Coaching Center, we use an evidence-based approach combing assessment, skill-building, and emotionally focused therapy to inspire healthy communication, deeper connection, and overall satisfaction and help you live a meaningful, fulfilling life with your partner.
Too many couples start marriage thinking they can just figure it out on their own and are shocked at how hard things feel after the honeymoon. You don’t have to wait until you’re in a place of hopelessness to address emerging patterns.
Many problems that arise in a marriage are preventable by learning some basic strategies and tools for making a marriage work from the beginning. Couples who do premarital counseling have a 30% lower divorce rate than those who don’t.
Premarital therapy focuses on enhancing the relationship’s positive qualities and identifying and resolving potential areas of concern before they become patterns that are difficult to change.
Premarital therapy involves assessments, education, and guidance to prepare you for a lasting and happy marriage.
Phase 1: Assessment
Get an in-depth relationship assessment to learn your relationship strengths and growth areas. This includes intake interviews, questionnaires, oral histories, and individual sessions. We will explore the history of this relationship, what brought you together, and what has led to distance and dissatisfaction over time.
Phase 2: Skill Building
Learn effective communication skills needed to create a more positive relationship environment. This will include learning about reactivity in difficult conversations, avoiding “attack-defend” cycles, and learning tools to increase your ability to resolve conflict by removing barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy in conflicting situations. We will also explore ways to de-escalate high-intensity conflict.
Phase 3: Deeper Exploration and Repair
As we look deeper into the relationship dynamics, we will identify unconscious patterns from childhood that are impacting your relationship and change unwanted patterns. This includes understanding why you keep having the same fights repeatedly and how they become grid-locked conflicts. You will learn how to effectively have dialogues about these conflicts to create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship. We will also help you process inevitable miscommunications and help you repair damages to your relationship. Along the way, we will focus on healing wounds and building trust. You will also learn how to express your needs and set healthy boundaries within your relationship and those with extended family, friends, and work.
Phase 4: Increase Intimacy
Learn techniques to increase intimacy, passion, affection, and a satisfying sex life. This includes how to initiate, talk about and enjoy sex. We also work to restore your sense of adventure, fun, humor, play, and fun. We will help you build a system of shared meaning and honor one another’s life dreams. You will develop rituals of connection, both formal and informal.
Phase 5: Maintaining Patterns
Practicing and maintaining new patterns of relating. Learn to look for signs of reverting to old patterns. Change is not always a straight line, and setbacks are a part of learning anything. In this stage, we work on practicing the techniques you’ve learned and implementing them in your daily lives to maintain a healthy, happy long-term relationship.
Divorce Support and Therapy
Divorce is a life-altering experience that can cause significant distress. Each person’s divorce experience and the struggles accompanying it are unique. You might have a rollercoaster of emotions that range from anger, fear, and depression to shame, loss of confidence, and profound grief.
You may be experiencing not only a loss of your marriage but also the loss of your identity, the loss of your family unit, traditions, rituals, and holidays you had, and the loss of the future you imagined and planned. Having to split finances and time with your children, overcoming legal obstacles, and learning how to co-parent, are some of the hardest things to come to terms with.
At Illuminated Path Therapy and Coaching Center, we specialize in offering highly personalized divorce therapy in a supportive and confidential environment. Whether your marriage is ending as a result of infidelity, abuse, trust issues, lack of intimacy, fundamental incompatibility, or all the above, we can help provide the support you need to process your emotions, arrive at a place of acceptance, and eventually move forward towards the possibility of a happier future.
Understanding and supporting each other
Imagine a relationship where you and your partner can openly communicate your needs and desires, understanding and supporting each other on a deep emotional level.
Trust and fully engage
Picture a life free from the weight of unresolved conflicts and past traumas, where you can truly trust and fully engage with your partner.
Our evidence-based methods, including the renowned Gottman Method, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Imago Relationship Therapy, have helped countless individuals and couples transform their relationships and find lasting happiness. Our therapists provide a safe and supportive environment, guiding you every step of the way towards a more fulfilling and satisfying relationship.
Don’t let your relationship concerns continue to cause you pain and frustration. Take the first step towards a brighter future by contacting us at the Illuminated Path Therapy and Coaching Center. Together, we’ll embark on a journey of healing and growth, empowering you to create the loving and intimate relationship you deserve. Your path to relationship fulfillment starts here.
At Illuminated Path, we use evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help you regulate your emotions as well as develop tools and skills to reduce and eliminate symptoms of depression. You will learn new, healthier, more adaptive ways of thinking and behaving, regain control of your life, and experience positive interactions in your relationships again. You can rediscover joy.
Contact us today to schedule an appointment or learn more about how illuminated Path services can support you. Remember, you don’t have to face this alone. Together, we can embark on a path toward healing and a brighter tomorrow.
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