RELATIONSHIP ISSUES

Everything You Need to Know about Relationship
Therapy

Relationship therapy can be beneficial for individuals looking to strengthen their connection at any stage of a relationship. When partners share such an intimate bond, it becomes easy to unconsciously trigger one another’s issues. Often, the issues that are deeply rooted in history and childhood come to the surface in current relationships. The connection between current relationship issues and personal history is a thread that regularly goes untouched or unnamed. When you can look deeper within, and bring these connections to your consciousness, you can become more empathetic, patient, and loving partners. Relationship counseling in Los Angeles offers invaluable support through couples therapy, premarital counseling, and anxiety disorder therapy. These services provide essential tools to navigate challenges, improve communication, and build resilience in relationships. Whether addressing conflicts, enhancing intimacy, or managing anxiety, professional therapy fosters understanding and strengthens emotional bonds, promoting healthier and more fulfilling relationships.

What You Will Get from Us

You possess the ability to have and maintain a healthy relationship. At Best Life Therapy, our clinicians” relationship counseling in Los Angeles helps you discover tools, and learn skills, to improve communication, repair trust after a conflict, get on the same page about intimacy, and balance your wants with the therapy services. Codependency Codependency describes a pattern of relating to others (partners, family, friends) in which you focus primarily on their needs at the expense of your own. Caring for others is a beautiful quality, and healing from codependency doesn’t take that away. But often, codependency leads to unhealthy relationships. Codependency may stem from being with a partner who struggles with addiction or mental illness. It may also be tied to childhood trauma or relational trauma that impacts your attachment style
and your ability to form secure attachments, your self-worth, and your ability to trust yourself. Therapy for codependency is one kind of relationship counseling that can help you learn to focus on your own needs. You love and trust yourself, and form healthier relationships with everyone in your life.

Love Addiction

Love addiction is described as one person “loving” another person with an obsessive intensity that is not in the best interest of either party. Love addicts spend an excessive amount of time and effort on a person to whom they are addicted. Love addicts value this person above themselves, and their focus on the beloved other is often obsessive. Love addicts also tend to enjoy the feeling of excitement that being “in love” brings. This behavior results in love addicts neglecting to care for themselves in a variety of ways, in essence abandoning important aspects of their lives and well-being to stay connected to the object of their affection. A love addict’s core fantasy is the expectation that someone else can solve their problems, provide unconditional positive regard at all times, and take care of them. When this unrealistic need isn’t met, love addicts may find themselves feeling resentful, and may create conflict in their relationships with others. Some love addicts find that when not involved in a love-addicted relationship, they can care for themselves quite adequately. However, when they become involved, the love addict quickly finds that their self-care capacity steadily declines. A love addict will typically experience intense pain and depression when a relationship ends and will devalue themselves to sustain the relationship and to avoid abandonment and withdrawal. Love addiction is the tendency to give a tremendous amount of energy to romantic relationships. Whether it is being involved in one, looking for the next one, or avoiding one altogether. The causes of love addiction are rooted in childhood trauma. At Best Life Therapy, we specialize in relationship therapy, including support for love addiction, and helping clients understand its underlying roots. Our approach focuses on healing from compulsive relationship patterns, managing abandonment anxiety, and enhancing self-worth through personalized services. This work is integral to discovering emotional and relationship needs while developing healthier coping mechanisms. Additionally, we offer depression therapy, providing tailored assistance for those seeking help for depression in Los Angeles. Our goal is to empower individuals to achieve emotional well- being and cultivate fulfilling relationships.

Take the first step towards managing your mental health today with our therapy services. Contact us to schedule a consultation and start your journey towards a healthier, happier life.