Relationships and Relational Dynamics Therapy
in California

Relationships and Relational Dynamics Therapy in California

Do you feel like you’re constantly managing everyone else’s emotions? Or second-guessing yourself in your relationships? Maybe you grew up in a family where your feelings were dismissed, or you’ve been in relationships where your needs were overlooked.

Over time, these experiences can shape patterns—people-pleasing, over-giving, difficulty asserting boundaries, or losing your voice in relationships altogether. You might even feel responsible for how others feel—like if they’re not okay, you can’t be okay either.

It’s exhausting. And change is possible.

Break Free from Patterns That Leave You Drained

At Breakthrough Counseling, I help you identify and shift relational patterns that keep you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected, so you can show up more fully and authentically in your relationships. Together, we'll explore how these patterns developed, what’s been keeping them in place, and how to form connections that feel more balanced and aligned with your wants and needs.

How Therapy for Relationships Helps You Break Through

• Changing the cycle of unhelpful relationship patterns
• Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries
• Separating your emotions from others’ emotions
• Decreasing conflict in relationships, while improving
  communication and intimacy
• Rebuilding self-trust, self-worth, and confidence
  in your connections
• Developing practical skills for more balanced,
  fulfilling connections

• Changing the cycle of unhelpful relationship patterns
• Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries
• Separating your emotions from others’ emotions
• Decreasing conflict in relationships, while improving communication and
  intimacy
• Rebuilding self-trust, self-worth, and confidence in your connections
• Developing practical skills for more balanced, fulfilling connections

Together, we’ll focus on:

• Want to stop over-giving, over-accommodating,
  or people-pleasing and start prioritizing your 
  own wellness
• Feel ongoing guilt, self-doubt, or anxiety in 
  relationships
• Want to improve communication, intimacy, or 
  emotional connection
• Have experienced infidelity, divorce, or conflict
  in relationships
• Take on the responsibility of other peoples’
  emotions or outcomes
• Struggle to separate your needs from someone
  else’s needs
• Have difficulty setting or maintaining
  boundaries
• Are ready to create healthier, more balanced
  relationships


• Want to stop over-giving, over-accommodating, or people-pleasing 
  and start prioritizing your own wellness
• Feel ongoing guilt, self-doubt, or anxiety in relationships
• Want to improve communication, intimacy,  or emotional connection
• Have experienced infidelity, divorce, or conflict in relationships
• Take on the responsibility of other peoples’ emotions or outcomes
• Struggle to separate your needs from someone else’s needs
• Have difficulty setting or maintaining boundaries
• Are ready to create healthier, more balanced relationships


This therapy is a good fit if you:

Yes. Emotional and psychological abuse—
such as gaslighting, manipulation, or chronic invalidation—are real and deeply impactful. Your experience is valid, regardless of
whether physical harm was involved. 

Yes. Emotional and psychological abuse—such as gaslighting,
manipulation, or chronic invalidation—are real and deeply impactful.
Your experience is valid, regardless of whether physical harm was involved. 

Is it really abuse if my
partner never hit me?

Is it really abuse if my partner never hit me?

That’s completely normal. Relationships are complex, and caring about someone doesn’t disappear just because they’ve caused pain. Healing doesn’t always mean cutting ties—
it can also mean changing how you show up, creating boundaries, and building a greater sense of safety within yourself.

That’s completely normal. Relationships are complex, and caring about someone doesn’t disappear just because they’ve caused pain. Healing doesn’t always mean cutting ties—it can also mean changing how you show up, creating boundaries, and building a greater sense of safety within yourself.

What if I still care about
someone who hurt me?

What if I still care about someone who hurt me?

There’s no set timeline. We’ll move at a pace that feels safe and sustainable for you.
I’m here to support you as you rebuild confidence, strengthen your sense of
security, and create relationships that
feel more aligned and fulfilling.

There’s no set timeline. We’ll move at a pace that feels safe and
sustainable for you. I’m here to support you as you rebuild confidence, strengthen your sense of security, and create relationships that feel
more aligned and fulfilling.

How long will it take to feel better?

How long will it take to feel better?

Frequently asked questions

offering teletherapy throughout California
and in-person sessions in La Jolla

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are you ready to live life on your own terms?

let's take the first step together 

are you ready to live life
on your own terms?