Intimate relationships offer great potential for connection, personal growth and healing. Yet many people find that although successful in their careers and are able to maintain close friendships, they struggle in intimate relationships. Often these relationships aren’t working because the same destructive patterns continue to be repeated, either with the same partner or in successive relationships. This can be due to a poorly developed “radar,” or lacking the ability to choose a person who is emotionally available and able to commit. In marriages, relationship problems are often caused by unhealthy ways of interacting, often established after the commitment has been made. Draining cycles of conflict and miscommunication often leave partners feeling hurt and misunderstood.
Destructive ways of interacting are frequently due to internal blind spots caused by past wounds. Blind spots often manifest as unconscious projections or false perceptions about what is happening in the relationship. Projections can be both and negative. A positive projection might be making a false assumption that the other person has the ability to make us whole by filling a void that we have been unable to fill on our own. A negative projection would be anticipating that the person that we are involved with will betray or abandon us as others have done in the past. If partners become aware of their projections, they can gain both a deeper and accurate understanding of their internal processes and improve the way they relate to each other. By becoming more aware of destructive patterns, old wounds can be healed and closer connections can be made. This can help develop trust and establish a foundation that can be nurtured over time.
Deborah Bryon, LPC, Ph.D.
303-596-5233
www.therapylinx.com
1776 South Jackson (I-25 and Colo. Blvd.)
Suite 1101
Denver CO 80209
Are you alone in intimate relationships?
Does your busy life lack meaning?
Do you feel cut off from your own creativity?
Many of us discover that we have achieved success out in the world but sense something inside is missing. Often we feel as though we are only going through the motions of daily living by existing on the surface. My goal is to help people re-connect with the part of themselves that has been left behind, and to develop greater awareness of what is personally meaningful.
I assist people in exploring who they are at a deeper level, with an emphasis on wellness and creativity rather than on limitations. I work with people who are in life transition, feeling overwhelmed and depressed, or who are struggling with behavior patterns that they would like to let go of. Many of the people I see are dealing with relationship issues or painful past events. Some of the methods that I use include Jungian dream analysis, art therapy, sand tray techniques, and EMDR.
In conjunction with my practice, I am an artist and teach classes in the psychology departments at the University of Colorado and Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Deborah Bryon, LPC, Ph.D.
303-596-5233
http://www.therapylinx.com
1776 South Jackson (I-25 and Colo. Blvd.)
Suite 1101
Denver CO 80209