Relationship Counseling in Lancaster, PA: More Tools for Better Relationships
Most relationships could use a counselor at some point. A relationship counselor can help lend clarity to issues, teach each of you tools for resolving conflicts, and open communications so that both parties feel heard.
It’s important to recognize that it doesn’t matter whether you’re in a heterosexual relationship, a same-sex relationship, or simply don’t define what you are, a counselor from Sun Point Wellness Center can help you feel stronger, closer, and happier together.
Trauma Therapy
The first step to making sure you have healthy relationships is to work out your individual traumas. Maybe neither of you have experienced traumas, but in many cases, one or both of you have unresolved traumas that need to be addressed.
Trauma can get in the middle of any relationship. The problem is that traumas usually have a well-worn response track. When the traumatic memory arrives in your mind, your responses are the same over and over again.
If there has been sexual assault, including gay sexual assault, it can be nearly impossible to get over. The trauma of that event or events will show itself every time you are intimate.
EMDR (Eye Movement, Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is one of the most effective methods of overcoming trauma. Using the power of both your right (emotional) half of the brain and the left (rational) half of the brain, we can help you overcome many traumas much faster than traditional talk therapy.
Using a light bar, sound, or clickers in your hands, you can engage both sides of the brain. Then, when we work to recall the traumatic memory, it’s much easier to resolve it completely because both major aspects of your personality are fully engaged.
We take away the power of the memory. Then we process it completely so that it’s a new set of memories, ones that are empowering and not painful.
Depression and Anxiety in Your Relationship
Many relationships, gay or straight, married or not, are affected by the depression and/anxiety of one or both partners.
At Sun Point, we’ll help you find the solutions to those issues as part of your couple’s therapy. We recognize you can never truly feel great in your relationship if you don’t feel great about yourself.
If your partner is suffering with anxiety or depression, going to therapy with them can make things much easier on them. They’ll feel more supported. In many ways, they can borrow your will to get to a therapist.
Once there, they’ll know that you’re willing to help them get through things. You’ll help them keep on track, explain how they’re feeling, and support their movement from depressed to happy.
While it might feel like you need to push, it’s often better to offer and wait a little while. A person with depression needs to make changes on their own time. Once they know that you’re thinking about their depression, them, and your relationship, they may warm to the idea of going with you to a therapist with your help.
Couples Counseling in Lancaster
The closest relationship in your life is the one that gives you the most power, the most reward, and the most security.
It’s all about making sure you can feel good about your relationship.
Many couples who are happy come to us at Sun Point Wellness Center to make sure they stay that way. The rifts that build up in a relationship don't happen in a day or a week. They can take years. If we find those issues before they become problems, we can short circuit the fighting and pain that can lead to separation, divorce, and a lot of hurt feelings.
The professionals at Sun Point have been trained in multiple methods to help you find the best ways to communicate, to overcome sexual issues, and to find the peace in your relationship that you deserve.
Sex Therapy in Lancaster, PA
Want to know a secret? Almost everyone needs a sex therapist at some point in their relationship.
Why? Sex is the most physically intimate part of your life. It can bring you immense pleasure and satisfaction, but if it’s not working correctly, it can cause a vast chasm between partners. It’s critical for partners to feel as though they can connect sensually as part of our attachment behaviors as adults.
That chasm can lead to erectile dysfunction, a loss of desire, infidelity, and more.
There are a few things to know about sex therapy at Sun Point.
Everything is 100% confidential. It doesn’t matter who you are, we won’t ever tell anyone you were here. That confidence is the most important thing to know.
We never judge you for your issues, concerns, or even your mistakes. Things like ED and lack of sex drive aren’t anything to criticize you for. They’re legitimate psychological conditions we want to help you overcome.
Your mistakes are not open to ridicule from us. We don’t judge the actions you’ve taken. Every time someone does something that they know is ill-advised, it’s because they didn’t know how to cope with something inside of them.
We will work with you individually and as a couple. Every relationship is made up of two people. They are separate entities, no matter how long they’ve been together or how close they are. If one of you has unresolved issues outside of the relationship, we’ll tackle those as part of your couple’s therapy.
We accept you as you are. Everyone, we mean everyone, is flawed, imperfect, and struggles. Come to us as you are and we’ll help you get to where you want to be.
Recovering from 2020
2020 was a tough year for millions of people. Everyone was forced together. Life was anxious. Money was tight. There was a lot of stress everywhere all the time.
Before you decide on a divorce or a separation, consider couples counseling. This is someone you chose. Very often, there’s more there worth saving than there are reasons to walk away.
Contact the team at Sun Point Wellness Center. We’re here to help you in Lancaster, PA, recover your relationship and find happiness again, email us: info@sunpointwellness.com.