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Relationships & Breakups Articles
Writing on attachment, repeating relationship patterns and getting through a breakup, and how individual therapy can help you relate differently. Learn about relationship and breakup therapy with Maria.
Repeating Relationship Patterns: Signs Therapy Can Help
Different partner, same ending? Repeating relationship patterns usually have roots that make sense once you see them. Here are the signs individual therapy could help, what the work looks like, and how to start.
How to Choose a Relational Therapist
A good relational therapist talks with you, not at you, and is willing to discuss what happens between the two of you. Here is what relational therapy involves, what to look for when choosing a therapist, the questions to ask on a consultation call, and what it costs.
Should You See a Therapist After a Breakup?
A breakup can knock over your sleep, your routines and your sense of who you are. A licensed therapist explains why it can hit so hard, the signs it is worth talking to someone, and what therapy after a breakup actually works on.
Can You Change Your Attachment Style? What the Research Shows
Anxious, avoidant, and wondering if you are stuck with it? A licensed therapist explains what research on adults in therapy shows about changing attachment patterns, where the evidence is thinner, and what change looks like in ordinary life.
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