My Approach to Helping
I'm a specialist in helping individuals and couples break free from unhealthy relationship patterns holding them back in their relationships. Below are examples of the peopleissues I work with:
1. You are dating and find yourself in "situationships" where you know you deserve more, but can't seem to walk away.
2. You are in a good relationship, but you want to improve communication and learn how to talk more openly about finances, intimacy, what's not working, anything else...and actually have your message come across effectively where it is received in the way you meant it.
3. You are successful in life, have a great career, good friends, everyone says "you are a catch" but you keep attracting emotionally unavailable, noncommittal partners. What you really want is a healthy committed partner who sees you for who you are and wants to make you happy!
You are beyond READY to heal these patterns and have healthy, emotionally intimate, committed relationships NOW - not when work slows down, the holidays are over, or when things get worse - NOW!
If any of these scenarios sound like you or you want to know if I can help your specific situation, send me a message! I look forward to supporting you!
How Psychotherapy Can Help
Testimonial from 34 year old male client:
Prior to working with Angelica, I had numerous relationships consistently fail. From my perspective some were better than others. However, the outcome was always the same and after my most recent breakup I was left questioning everything.
After a week I started to reflect on my previous relationships and really look inward; I came to realize ?there was one common denominator in all of those relationships, me. I asked myself how could a handful of relationships spanning over 10 years, with different women, at different stages of their lives, all end in a very similar way? I became aware of a pattern that kept repeating itself and I was bringing something into these relationships that kept me stuck in an unhealthy cycle.?
I have worked with my two different therapists over this period of time trying to address these relationship issues I was having. At times, I thought I made progress and realized the mistakes I made or had grown enough to not have the same thing repeat itself. However, that was not the case; it was ultimately the same outcome in my last relationship. I don?t believe working in the traditional CBT model with my therapist was addressing the root cause of my issues and did not provide me with the coping skills I would realize id need to manage a healthy relationship.
Initially, I chose to work with Angelica because she specialized with the specific problems I was facing. Also, I could no longer continue repeating the same unhealthy relationship patterns. I knew there was something deeper going on and that I had a role primary role in this cycle. It affected every area of my life and I could not allow that to continue.?
Working with Angelica had provided me invaluable insight to the Issues I was facing. She has taught and helped me develop healthy coping skills and given me the tools and understanding necessary for me to possess and maintain a healthy relationship. Going into this work I knew there was something deeper going on, that had not been Identified previously. I knew it was something internal that I needed to work on.
Angelica, educated me and provided me answers that have allowed me to move forward, beyond previous barriers, in every aspect of my life.
From woman in her 60s:
For the first time in 40 years, my husband took Valentines Day off to spend the day with me. Thank you, Angelica!
(Husband owns a business and works 7 days a week)
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