Relationship Issues Therapists in Philadelphia, PA
Sometimes we feel stuck in unhelpful patterns, routines, or relationships.
My style is warm and collaborative, with an approach rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and relational therapy, with a strong emphasis on developing and enhancing coping strategies. As a sex therapist, I focus on supporting clients with issues connected to sexual functioning and wellness, as well as navigating relationship dynamics.
Sometimes we feel stuck in unhelpful patterns, routines, or relationships.
My style is warm and collaborative, with an approach rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and relational therapy, with a strong emphasis on developing and enhancing coping strategies. As a sex therapist, I focus on supporting clients with issues connected to sexual functioning and wellness, as well as navigating relationship dynamics.
I’m a Christian sexologist who helps women stop feeling disconnected from their body and their marriage.
Let me know if any of these hit home:
Feeling disconnected from your body
Low desire or avoiding intimacy
Shame or guilt around sex
Difficulty enjoying sex in marriage
Trouble expressing needs to your husband
Wanting to feel confident, playful, and free again
Couples struggling with mismatched desire or intimacy tension
If you answered YES I'm your girl!
I’m a Christian sexologist who helps women stop feeling disconnected from their body and their marriage.
Let me know if any of these hit home:
Feeling disconnected from your body
Low desire or avoiding intimacy
Shame or guilt around sex
Difficulty enjoying sex in marriage
Trouble expressing needs to your husband
Wanting to feel confident, playful, and free again
Couples struggling with mismatched desire or intimacy tension
If you answered YES I'm your girl!
But most importantly, we will build a unique and supportive relationship, which will provide the foundation for growth and healing.
I have wanted to be a therapist since I was a teenager and I still can’t imagine doing anything else. It is such a great privilege to hear your life stories. I think it takes a lot of bravery to walk into my office and share your inner thoughts and feelings with me, especially if you haven’t experienced a lot of empathic listening in your life. As a fellow frequenter of the couch myself, I know how hard it can be! And also, how deeply meaningful. Through my own journey of healing from trauma and witnessing profound transformations in my clients, I bring more than just clinical tools to the therapeutic process.
But most importantly, we will build a unique and supportive relationship, which will provide the foundation for growth and healing.
I have wanted to be a therapist since I was a teenager and I still can’t imagine doing anything else. It is such a great privilege to hear your life stories. I think it takes a lot of bravery to walk into my office and share your inner thoughts and feelings with me, especially if you haven’t experienced a lot of empathic listening in your life. As a fellow frequenter of the couch myself, I know how hard it can be! And also, how deeply meaningful. Through my own journey of healing from trauma and witnessing profound transformations in my clients, I bring more than just clinical tools to the therapeutic process.
I treat people from diverse backgrounds, including many physicians and mental health practitioners, for a wide variety of matters including anxiety, depression, sexual difficulties, relationship problems, postpartum reactions, parenting problems, etc.
Before consulting a professional, most people have already addressed their difficulties as well as they can – but they can only deal with what they know. What they typically need help with is the parts of their struggles they are not aware of. The treatments that help most to bring hidden matters to light, and under conscious control, are based on psychoanalytic principles. As a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, I try to understand people from multiple points of view. I work with my patients to help them get as clear and comprehensive a picture as possible.
I treat people from diverse backgrounds, including many physicians and mental health practitioners, for a wide variety of matters including anxiety, depression, sexual difficulties, relationship problems, postpartum reactions, parenting problems, etc.
Before consulting a professional, most people have already addressed their difficulties as well as they can – but they can only deal with what they know. What they typically need help with is the parts of their struggles they are not aware of. The treatments that help most to bring hidden matters to light, and under conscious control, are based on psychoanalytic principles. As a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, I try to understand people from multiple points of view. I work with my patients to help them get as clear and comprehensive a picture as possible.
Are struggling with your relationship, marriage, or feeling entangled?
By focusing on your whole person, rather than just your symptoms, I ensure that you receive comprehensive care that addresses your physical, emotional, and psychological needs. This holistic approach fosters long-term well-being and helps you build resilience against future challenges. It also allows for more personalized treatment plans.
Are struggling with your relationship, marriage, or feeling entangled?
By focusing on your whole person, rather than just your symptoms, I ensure that you receive comprehensive care that addresses your physical, emotional, and psychological needs. This holistic approach fosters long-term well-being and helps you build resilience against future challenges. It also allows for more personalized treatment plans.
Rather than focusing only on symptoms, I help you understand how past experiences live in your body, emotions, and relationships so that real lasting change can happen.
I offer trauma-informed therapy for adults ready to move beyond coping and into real healing. Many of my clients come to therapy after years of holding everything together, longing for deeper emotional relief and meaningful change. Together we can move towards shifting out of survival mode so you can start living from a place of self-trust and deeper connection to yourself and others.
Rather than focusing only on symptoms, I help you understand how past experiences live in your body, emotions, and relationships so that real lasting change can happen.
I offer trauma-informed therapy for adults ready to move beyond coping and into real healing. Many of my clients come to therapy after years of holding everything together, longing for deeper emotional relief and meaningful change. Together we can move towards shifting out of survival mode so you can start living from a place of self-trust and deeper connection to yourself and others.
With 40 years of experience, I work with individuals and couples, straight and gay, African Americans, Caucasians and other racial and ethnic groups as well as other therapists helping with their unique life challenges.
My goal is to: help you learn to untangle your deepest feelings; learn to communicate to build bridges and be understood, encouraging the 'other' to do likewise; help you grow into your biggest self in order to attract those who want to grow too. I also work with therapists who are working on personal growth.
With 40 years of experience, I work with individuals and couples, straight and gay, African Americans, Caucasians and other racial and ethnic groups as well as other therapists helping with their unique life challenges.
My goal is to: help you learn to untangle your deepest feelings; learn to communicate to build bridges and be understood, encouraging the 'other' to do likewise; help you grow into your biggest self in order to attract those who want to grow too. I also work with therapists who are working on personal growth.
Whether you are feeling anxious, stressed or unhappy in terms of relationships, job, or life in general, I offer a collaborative approach to address your concerns and needs.
I am a seasoned Psychologist and work with adults with a variety of issues, with particular expertise in relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, and career and life transitions. My training includes psychodynamic psychotherapy, relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and cognitive-behavioral techniques.
Whether you are feeling anxious, stressed or unhappy in terms of relationships, job, or life in general, I offer a collaborative approach to address your concerns and needs.
I am a seasoned Psychologist and work with adults with a variety of issues, with particular expertise in relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, and career and life transitions. My training includes psychodynamic psychotherapy, relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and cognitive-behavioral techniques.
I was trained early in in my career as an Addictions Counselor at Drexel University and then moved to San Francisco to complete my Masters in Counseling Psychology with a focus in Marriage and family therapy .
I specialize in working with clients that struggle with anxiety , overthinking , and self limiting beliefs that interfere with personal growth and enjoying their lives. I also have expertise in many women's issue such as codependency , eating and body image issues ,career and parenting , step parenting , divorce and blended families .
I was trained early in in my career as an Addictions Counselor at Drexel University and then moved to San Francisco to complete my Masters in Counseling Psychology with a focus in Marriage and family therapy .
I specialize in working with clients that struggle with anxiety , overthinking , and self limiting beliefs that interfere with personal growth and enjoying their lives. I also have expertise in many women's issue such as codependency , eating and body image issues ,career and parenting , step parenting , divorce and blended families .
I work with individuals struggling with unhealthy relationship patterns, relational violence, trauma, mood disruptions, and interpersonal issues.
I believe in a person-first approach to talk therapy and pull from multiple modalities. My goal is to highlight your resilience, build up your support system, and provide coping tools for you to utilize. I will be your advocate and supporter along the way! I provide empathy, ask questions, validate/normalize your experience and challenge thought distortions.
I work with individuals struggling with unhealthy relationship patterns, relational violence, trauma, mood disruptions, and interpersonal issues.
I believe in a person-first approach to talk therapy and pull from multiple modalities. My goal is to highlight your resilience, build up your support system, and provide coping tools for you to utilize. I will be your advocate and supporter along the way! I provide empathy, ask questions, validate/normalize your experience and challenge thought distortions.
When you’re looking for a therapist, one of the most important things is finding someone with whom you can develop a safe, healthy, and trusting relationship.
In all my work, I have been guided by my belief in the importance of psychodynamic and relational principles: the impact our earliest experiences and relationships have on our present life. My work is also always informed by efforts to understand the larger systemic issues that affect the lives of those who come to me for help and support.
When you’re looking for a therapist, one of the most important things is finding someone with whom you can develop a safe, healthy, and trusting relationship.
In all my work, I have been guided by my belief in the importance of psychodynamic and relational principles: the impact our earliest experiences and relationships have on our present life. My work is also always informed by efforts to understand the larger systemic issues that affect the lives of those who come to me for help and support.
My psychoanalytic approach is focused on listening to the complex relationships between the events of daily life, history, and interior experience.
I provide space that invites a person to speak freely. By paying close attention to unprocessed aspects of experience, new insights and new outcomes become possible. When emotional safety and risk are well-balanced, the process allows for a more comfortable and realized way of being oneself.
My psychoanalytic approach is focused on listening to the complex relationships between the events of daily life, history, and interior experience.
I provide space that invites a person to speak freely. By paying close attention to unprocessed aspects of experience, new insights and new outcomes become possible. When emotional safety and risk are well-balanced, the process allows for a more comfortable and realized way of being oneself.
Haydn Briggs
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CGP, PAT
5 Endorsed
Philadelphia, PA 19125
Waitlist for new clients
Maybe it’s old trauma, burnout, a life transition, or a relationship pattern you can’t quite shake.
My approach integrates psychodrama, Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and relational psychodynamic therapy, blending insight with emotion, embodiment, and action. In addition to weekly therapy, I offer experiential intensives through Stillpoint Intensives —custom half-day, full-day, or full-weekend sessions designed to accelerate and deepen the work.
Maybe it’s old trauma, burnout, a life transition, or a relationship pattern you can’t quite shake.
My approach integrates psychodrama, Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and relational psychodynamic therapy, blending insight with emotion, embodiment, and action. In addition to weekly therapy, I offer experiential intensives through Stillpoint Intensives —custom half-day, full-day, or full-weekend sessions designed to accelerate and deepen the work.
The Associates for Well-Being offers supportive and integrative therapy with an emphasis on strength-based, cognitive, behavioral, mindful, and relational approaches.
Our approaches in alleviating psychological distress focus on cultivating safe and meaningful relationships, providing support, considering practical steps to improve circumstances, and improving coping. Our clinicians help people improve their anxiety, depression, life transitions and adjustments, relationship issues, and school and work-related distress.
The Associates for Well-Being offers supportive and integrative therapy with an emphasis on strength-based, cognitive, behavioral, mindful, and relational approaches.
Our approaches in alleviating psychological distress focus on cultivating safe and meaningful relationships, providing support, considering practical steps to improve circumstances, and improving coping. Our clinicians help people improve their anxiety, depression, life transitions and adjustments, relationship issues, and school and work-related distress.
I’m a trained Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, currently pursuing certification.
If you’re feeling stuck, disconnected, or unsure where to turn, you’re not alone. So much of being human involves longing for closeness and understanding, and therapy can be a place to find your way back to both. As your therapist, my goal is to help you feel free from judgment and grounded in the possibility of real change. I work from an experiential and attachment-based approach, helping you not only understand what’s happening but experience new ways of relating to yourself and others. As a queer, biracial, and neurodivergent therapist, my work is rooted in lived experience and grounded in compassion.
I’m a trained Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, currently pursuing certification.
If you’re feeling stuck, disconnected, or unsure where to turn, you’re not alone. So much of being human involves longing for closeness and understanding, and therapy can be a place to find your way back to both. As your therapist, my goal is to help you feel free from judgment and grounded in the possibility of real change. I work from an experiential and attachment-based approach, helping you not only understand what’s happening but experience new ways of relating to yourself and others. As a queer, biracial, and neurodivergent therapist, my work is rooted in lived experience and grounded in compassion.
Therapy with me is a collaborative, trauma informed space to unpack patterns, build emotional awareness, and explore intimacy and sexuality in ways that support feeling aligned, grounded, and connected in your relationships, your body, and your life.
I support individuals, couples, and families in navigating the impact of life stressors and trauma on their relationship with self and others. Using a trauma-informed, collaborative approach, I help clients build emotional insight, deepen self-connection, and create more fulfilling relationships, whether single or partnered.
Therapy with me is a collaborative, trauma informed space to unpack patterns, build emotional awareness, and explore intimacy and sexuality in ways that support feeling aligned, grounded, and connected in your relationships, your body, and your life.
I support individuals, couples, and families in navigating the impact of life stressors and trauma on their relationship with self and others. Using a trauma-informed, collaborative approach, I help clients build emotional insight, deepen self-connection, and create more fulfilling relationships, whether single or partnered.
I formulate your story from a psychodynamic orientation with the belief that the past influences the present and operate from a relational lens ( relationships influence well-being), though I have experience using cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness techniques.
Are you attempting to manage feelings that have been building up over time? You may be living with anxiety and depression, generally feeling stuck, and/or are trying to manage the personalities of people around you. Perhaps you aren’t quite sure how to talk about what’s happening; but something doesn’t feel right—things just feel off. During times like this, talking to a professional can help. I work with young adults, parents, college and graduate students including international students. I have niche specialized experience working with medical professionals such as physicians, nurses and medical trainees.
I formulate your story from a psychodynamic orientation with the belief that the past influences the present and operate from a relational lens ( relationships influence well-being), though I have experience using cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness techniques.
Are you attempting to manage feelings that have been building up over time? You may be living with anxiety and depression, generally feeling stuck, and/or are trying to manage the personalities of people around you. Perhaps you aren’t quite sure how to talk about what’s happening; but something doesn’t feel right—things just feel off. During times like this, talking to a professional can help. I work with young adults, parents, college and graduate students including international students. I have niche specialized experience working with medical professionals such as physicians, nurses and medical trainees.
I specialize in helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges - whether with partners, family members, or others.
Life can be painful, and at times, completely devastating. As we navigate life, we inevitably encounter reality gaps—the space between the life we have and the life we want. The wider the gap, the deeper the distress. When we are caught in a struggle with psychological problems we tend to put life on hold, believing that our pain needs to lessen before we can really begin to live again. My role is to meet individuals where they are and guide them toward bridging reality gaps; the gap between the life they have and the life they want.
I specialize in helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges - whether with partners, family members, or others.
Life can be painful, and at times, completely devastating. As we navigate life, we inevitably encounter reality gaps—the space between the life we have and the life we want. The wider the gap, the deeper the distress. When we are caught in a struggle with psychological problems we tend to put life on hold, believing that our pain needs to lessen before we can really begin to live again. My role is to meet individuals where they are and guide them toward bridging reality gaps; the gap between the life they have and the life they want.
I hope to do this through my multicultural background, interest in the client's perspective and the therapeutic relationship built.
I specialize in individual, relational, and sex therapy. I am well versed on many issues related to individuals, couples, families, sexuality and gender. I am LGBTQAI-affirming as well as kink-aware and poly friendly. I specialize in and love working with interracial couples, LGBTQAI+ folks, adults with ADHD and individuals exploring their identities.
I hope to do this through my multicultural background, interest in the client's perspective and the therapeutic relationship built.
I specialize in individual, relational, and sex therapy. I am well versed on many issues related to individuals, couples, families, sexuality and gender. I am LGBTQAI-affirming as well as kink-aware and poly friendly. I specialize in and love working with interracial couples, LGBTQAI+ folks, adults with ADHD and individuals exploring their identities.
:) I’m Ryli and I work with individuals and couples utilizing an eclectic blend of therapeutic models including psychodynamic, cognitive, existential, attachment-based, grief, and trauma-informed therapies.
Authentic connection and building a solid therapeutic foundation is essential to the growth process, so it will be important in our work for individuals and/or couples to be prepared, committed to, and ready for change. I understand how scary that can be, and I’m here for you.
:) I’m Ryli and I work with individuals and couples utilizing an eclectic blend of therapeutic models including psychodynamic, cognitive, existential, attachment-based, grief, and trauma-informed therapies.
Authentic connection and building a solid therapeutic foundation is essential to the growth process, so it will be important in our work for individuals and/or couples to be prepared, committed to, and ready for change. I understand how scary that can be, and I’m here for you.
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Relationship Issues Therapists
What types of relationship issues can therapists help with?
Therapists who specialize in relationships work with individuals, couples, and families on a wide range of issues. Common concerns include communication problems, infidelity, intimacy difficulties, and navigating major life transitions such as marriage, parenthood, or caregiving. Family therapists may also address parent–child conflict, sibling rivalry, or other complex family dynamics.
What are the different types of therapy for relationship issues?
Relationship issues can be addressed through different types of therapy depending on whether you’re seeking help as an individual, couple, or family. In individual therapy, the focus is often on helping an individual understand how their own patterns, attachment style, and past experiences may be shaping their current relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), attachment therapy, and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) are three common forms of individual treatment that can help individuals understand their current relationship dynamics and improve their relationship quality. Couples therapy often uses other forms of evidence-based treatment, such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) or the Gottman Method. Rather than focusing on the individual, these approaches focus on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional bonds between individuals in a relationship. Similarly, family therapy often focuses on communication but also examines how larger-scale dynamics—such as how parenting styles, generational differences, or sibling roles—may shape family relationships.
What actually happens in a therapy session for relationship issues?
The structure of a session depends on whether therapy involves one person or multiple people. In individual sessions, the focus may be on exploring personal patterns, role-playing difficult conversations, practicing listening skills, or setting goals for handling conflict. In couples or family sessions, each person is encouraged to share their perspective while the therapist helps uncover underlying emotions, highlight unhelpful interaction patterns, and guide more constructive communication.
How can I find an effective relationship therapist?
Finding a therapist who is a good fit for your needs, either for individual, couples, or family therapy, is critical to ensure effective therapy. Psychology Today’s online directory makes it easy to search for therapists who specialize in relationship issues, as well as related topics like marriage counseling. The platform offers filters to help you find a provider who fits your needs, such as gender, location, and fees. While the Psychology Today directory also offers the ability to filter by insurance type, it’s important to note that insurance may not cover many types of relationship therapy, such as couples counseling, so it’s important to inquire with your insurance plan about specific coverage details if intending to use insurance for therapy.