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Cassandra D Harris-Gray
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LCADC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Louisville, KY 40243
I provide individual, couple, family and group therapy in the various areas of mental health, marriage, substance abuse, relationship difficulty, family conflicts, adolescent treatment other life challenging issues.
Cassandra D. Harris-Gray is the CEO of Creative Spirits Networks, INC a full serviced outpatient mental health corporation. Cassandra is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist(LMFT), Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor(LCADC), and Mental Health Coach. I work with clients utilizing strength based competences to promote and navigate through life changes. She has authored her first book "90 Days of Power" and has served as a monthly columnist, a motivational speaker, corporate trainer and relationship seminar leader. She has over 20 plus years of clinical practice working with clients to create change.
I provide individual, couple, family and group therapy in the various areas of mental health, marriage, substance abuse, relationship difficulty, family conflicts, adolescent treatment other life challenging issues.
Cassandra D. Harris-Gray is the CEO of Creative Spirits Networks, INC a full serviced outpatient mental health corporation. Cassandra is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist(LMFT), Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor(LCADC), and Mental Health Coach. I work with clients utilizing strength based competences to promote and navigate through life changes. She has authored her first book "90 Days of Power" and has served as a monthly columnist, a motivational speaker, corporate trainer and relationship seminar leader. She has over 20 plus years of clinical practice working with clients to create change.
(502) 410-4138 View (502) 410-4138
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Elizabeth Scott
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, CCM, LCSW
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40222
I strive to establish a trusting relationship that promotes growth and clarity around a variety of issues.
You are welcome here- Navigating this crazy rollercoaster of life comes with unexpected twist and turns. Do you find yourself giving and taking care of others often times neglecting your own needs? Feeling stressed, confused, and overwhelmed in your current situation? I offer a supportive place to process and sort things out- change and growth opportunities can come from some of our most challenging times. My hope is to offer guidance and support to find the solution within you. This is a compassionate judgement free zone. I believe BLM & Love is Love.
I strive to establish a trusting relationship that promotes growth and clarity around a variety of issues.
You are welcome here- Navigating this crazy rollercoaster of life comes with unexpected twist and turns. Do you find yourself giving and taking care of others often times neglecting your own needs? Feeling stressed, confused, and overwhelmed in your current situation? I offer a supportive place to process and sort things out- change and growth opportunities can come from some of our most challenging times. My hope is to offer guidance and support to find the solution within you. This is a compassionate judgement free zone. I believe BLM & Love is Love.
(502) 208-5596 View (502) 208-5596
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Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LCSW, LCADC
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40206
Kilgore provides a wide range of individual and group services such as marriage/relationship counseling, parenting, psychological testing, clergy/congregational care, grief, loss, depression, addiction/substance abuse, ADD/ADHD, autism, anxiety, and divorce recovery; but excel in child/adolescent therapy.
Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center is a not-for-profit faith sensitive counseling center that has been healing the mind, body and spirit of individuals and families for 33 years. Our mission is to meet the emotional and mental health needs of those in our community, regardless of their ability to pay. Kilgore integrates and leverages behavioral sciences and takes a holistic approach of working by, with and through you to improve your quality of life. We serve the Louisville greater area and will serve and meet you where you are regardless of your background, experience, and situation.
Kilgore provides a wide range of individual and group services such as marriage/relationship counseling, parenting, psychological testing, clergy/congregational care, grief, loss, depression, addiction/substance abuse, ADD/ADHD, autism, anxiety, and divorce recovery; but excel in child/adolescent therapy.
Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center is a not-for-profit faith sensitive counseling center that has been healing the mind, body and spirit of individuals and families for 33 years. Our mission is to meet the emotional and mental health needs of those in our community, regardless of their ability to pay. Kilgore integrates and leverages behavioral sciences and takes a holistic approach of working by, with and through you to improve your quality of life. We serve the Louisville greater area and will serve and meet you where you are regardless of your background, experience, and situation.
(502) 532-8172 x18 View (502) 532-8172 x18
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Lisa Heller Bass
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40222
Trained in systems thinking, I know that relationship difficulties can be at the core of painful emotions.
"The opportunity to help you broaden your ideas of who you are and what you can be is undeniably my greatest reward. Twenty eight years of practice has taught me a great deal about people and how to help them. Feelings of unworthiness, hopelessness, shame or incompetence literally can begin to steal away your ability to recognize yourself and see your own strength, resilience, courage and competence. I know that you can experience your life as successful. It is my absolute belief that you can. Where I come in is to help you regain your own healthy, change-producing abilities.
Trained in systems thinking, I know that relationship difficulties can be at the core of painful emotions.
"The opportunity to help you broaden your ideas of who you are and what you can be is undeniably my greatest reward. Twenty eight years of practice has taught me a great deal about people and how to help them. Feelings of unworthiness, hopelessness, shame or incompetence literally can begin to steal away your ability to recognize yourself and see your own strength, resilience, courage and competence. I know that you can experience your life as successful. It is my absolute belief that you can. Where I come in is to help you regain your own healthy, change-producing abilities.
(502) 233-2612 View (502) 233-2612
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Rob Giltner
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MAMFT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Louisville, KY 40222
Receive efficient and effective couples therapy. Are you in a relationship that does not have the type of communication or closeness that you would prefer? Do you find yourself in gridlock over the same feelings or conflicts? Perhaps you feel not understood? If you are experiencing any issues in a relationship I am happy to help. The majority of couples come to therapy to late. In session, you can expect you and your partner to work together in an engaging and fun environment. You can expect to develop a deeper connection and communication that builds resistance to future issues that may arise.
Receive efficient and effective couples therapy. Are you in a relationship that does not have the type of communication or closeness that you would prefer? Do you find yourself in gridlock over the same feelings or conflicts? Perhaps you feel not understood? If you are experiencing any issues in a relationship I am happy to help. The majority of couples come to therapy to late. In session, you can expect you and your partner to work together in an engaging and fun environment. You can expect to develop a deeper connection and communication that builds resistance to future issues that may arise.
(502) 403-2017 View (502) 403-2017
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Libby Jurado Eldridge
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40205
As a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, I work with individual, couples, and families seeking therapy who may be going through grief, depression, anxiety or a distressed relationship. In our therapy sessions you will be able to speak openly, honestly in a non judgmental safe environment. The modalities used in session are the Gottman Theory, Solution Focused, CBT and EMDR for clients who experienced trauma. For couples seeking Pre Martial Counseling I am a certified Prepare/Enrich Facilitator.
As a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, I work with individual, couples, and families seeking therapy who may be going through grief, depression, anxiety or a distressed relationship. In our therapy sessions you will be able to speak openly, honestly in a non judgmental safe environment. The modalities used in session are the Gottman Theory, Solution Focused, CBT and EMDR for clients who experienced trauma. For couples seeking Pre Martial Counseling I am a certified Prepare/Enrich Facilitator.
(502) 237-4372 View (502) 237-4372
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Craig Herink
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, TAPI
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Louisville, KY 40222
It's my passion helping people get what they want in their life and relationships. I help INDIVIDUALS make changes and overcome obstacles to get what they want in life and with the people they care about. I help COUPLES reconnect and revitalize their relationship. I work with FAMILIES to break through patterns and blocks, and begin to enjoy each other and create the home they dream of.
It's my passion helping people get what they want in their life and relationships. I help INDIVIDUALS make changes and overcome obstacles to get what they want in life and with the people they care about. I help COUPLES reconnect and revitalize their relationship. I work with FAMILIES to break through patterns and blocks, and begin to enjoy each other and create the home they dream of.
(502) 414-0030 View (502) 414-0030
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JoAnn Rowan
Counselor, MEd, LPCC-S, NCC
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40218
I believe in unconditional positive regard in order to build a working relationship and providing a safe environment that fosters openness and trust.
I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with experience working with individuals, couples, adolescents and adults dealing with presenting issues: anxiety, depression, mental health issues, domestic violence and substance abuse and those caught in a cycle of unhealthy relationships.
I believe in unconditional positive regard in order to build a working relationship and providing a safe environment that fosters openness and trust.
I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with experience working with individuals, couples, adolescents and adults dealing with presenting issues: anxiety, depression, mental health issues, domestic violence and substance abuse and those caught in a cycle of unhealthy relationships.
(502) 337-3226 View (502) 337-3226
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Patrick Holley M.Div., M.A., LPCC-S
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MDiv, MA, LPCC-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Louisville, KY 40222  (Online Only)
My counseling focus is Marriage and Relationship counseling as well as depression and anxiety. I believe our core problems tend to stem from our desire to be validated and loved by others. When we do not feel worthy, "good enough" or loved we engage in self-protective behaviors (fight or flee), pain comes to the surface and we experience hurt, anger, anxiety and other destructive emotions.
My counseling focus is Marriage and Relationship counseling as well as depression and anxiety. I believe our core problems tend to stem from our desire to be validated and loved by others. When we do not feel worthy, "good enough" or loved we engage in self-protective behaviors (fight or flee), pain comes to the surface and we experience hurt, anger, anxiety and other destructive emotions.
(859) 795-3196 View (859) 795-3196
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Amy Hughes
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CADC
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40243
I believe in focusing on relief and healing while exploring the problem as well as building a strong therapeutic relationship so we may work together.
I realize beginning therapy can be difficult. I believe that a large portion of therapy is about your rapport with your therapist and I strive to make this process as easy and comfortable as possible. Through the past 20 years I have served children, adolescents and adults in various therapeutic settings. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) and I have a Masters in Social Work (MSSW). I believe my education, professional experience and personal life experiences help me to be a caring and effective therapist.
I believe in focusing on relief and healing while exploring the problem as well as building a strong therapeutic relationship so we may work together.
I realize beginning therapy can be difficult. I believe that a large portion of therapy is about your rapport with your therapist and I strive to make this process as easy and comfortable as possible. Through the past 20 years I have served children, adolescents and adults in various therapeutic settings. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) and I have a Masters in Social Work (MSSW). I believe my education, professional experience and personal life experiences help me to be a caring and effective therapist.
(502) 553-8896 View (502) 553-8896
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Hillary J Seymour
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LPCA
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40243
My number one priority is making sure you as a client feel protected and safe in the therapeutic relationship.
Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you want, but it’s a rat in a maze." Addiction, in its many forms, has been one of my passions since entering this field. I would love to work with anyone struggling to control behaviors that have gotten out of their control. There is power and healing when a client shares their deepest and darkest thoughts in hopes of inviting change and escaping shame. Shame and judgement keep us all locked away in our minds. I want to step into the struggle alongside you, and seek to help you find a way to a life full of freedom and recovery.
My number one priority is making sure you as a client feel protected and safe in the therapeutic relationship.
Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you want, but it’s a rat in a maze." Addiction, in its many forms, has been one of my passions since entering this field. I would love to work with anyone struggling to control behaviors that have gotten out of their control. There is power and healing when a client shares their deepest and darkest thoughts in hopes of inviting change and escaping shame. Shame and judgement keep us all locked away in our minds. I want to step into the struggle alongside you, and seek to help you find a way to a life full of freedom and recovery.
(502) 324-3090 View (502) 324-3090
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Angelina Wedding
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Louisville, KY 40214
I have a wide range of experiences and feel confident working with clients experiencing issues in the following areas: addiction, depression, relationship issues, child & adolescent issues, sexuality, bereavement, anxiety, and codependency.
I love my work and enjoy offering my clients a safe and supportive environment for them to grow and explore themselves. My style is both conversational and relational. I offer an authentic presence within a collaborative, lively relationship in which self-discovery can be non-threatening and perhaps, even fun. I am committed to sharing everything I know which I believe will help heal the difficulties in one's life. I am inspired each day by the courage clients have each moment they show up for therapy. I became a therapist because, to me, the value in life comes when you return to your value within.
I have a wide range of experiences and feel confident working with clients experiencing issues in the following areas: addiction, depression, relationship issues, child & adolescent issues, sexuality, bereavement, anxiety, and codependency.
I love my work and enjoy offering my clients a safe and supportive environment for them to grow and explore themselves. My style is both conversational and relational. I offer an authentic presence within a collaborative, lively relationship in which self-discovery can be non-threatening and perhaps, even fun. I am committed to sharing everything I know which I believe will help heal the difficulties in one's life. I am inspired each day by the courage clients have each moment they show up for therapy. I became a therapist because, to me, the value in life comes when you return to your value within.
(502) 251-9025 View (502) 251-9025
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Henry Lucas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCADC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Louisville, KY 40222
Looking for more clarity in your life? Feel like you're missing something or being left behind? Tired of feeling stuck? Do you have painful unspoken memories or experiences? My hope is to help you identify your problems and assist in creating solutions. I believe in establishing a trusting relationship that creates opportunity for potential, growth and clarity around a variety of issues.
Looking for more clarity in your life? Feel like you're missing something or being left behind? Tired of feeling stuck? Do you have painful unspoken memories or experiences? My hope is to help you identify your problems and assist in creating solutions. I believe in establishing a trusting relationship that creates opportunity for potential, growth and clarity around a variety of issues.
(502) 443-1623 View (502) 443-1623
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Bridge the Gap Addiction and Mental Health Service
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MS, LCADC, LAACD
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40202
We place special emphasis on all addiction disorders moderate and chronic issues. We specialize in non-medical detoxification that place emphasis's on spirituality. We promote abstinence by providing individualized treatment plans, family education, legal resources, local community resources, and Twelve Step groups. We provide other valuable classes court ordered domestic violence (men & women), driver under the influence and marriage/relationship classes. We offer four hour marijuana education classes.
We place special emphasis on all addiction disorders moderate and chronic issues. We specialize in non-medical detoxification that place emphasis's on spirituality. We promote abstinence by providing individualized treatment plans, family education, legal resources, local community resources, and Twelve Step groups. We provide other valuable classes court ordered domestic violence (men & women), driver under the influence and marriage/relationship classes. We offer four hour marijuana education classes.
(502) 547-8096 View (502) 547-8096
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Thrive Men's Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Louisville, KY 40205  (Online Only)
Jeff Yocom, LCSW, is the founder of Thrive Men's Counseling. He offers services and resources to help men leverage their strengths and develop new skills as they tackle life's challenges head on. If life has thrown you a curve ball, Jeff can help you take your best swing at it. Feeling more irritable or angry than usual? Has your marriage or relationship hit a rough patch? Are you unmotivated and/or unhappy? Worrying constantly, feeling like something terrible is about to happen? Wondering if you have a problem with alcohol/drug use, porn, or some other hard-to-manage behavior? If so, Jeff wants to help you find a solution.
Jeff Yocom, LCSW, is the founder of Thrive Men's Counseling. He offers services and resources to help men leverage their strengths and develop new skills as they tackle life's challenges head on. If life has thrown you a curve ball, Jeff can help you take your best swing at it. Feeling more irritable or angry than usual? Has your marriage or relationship hit a rough patch? Are you unmotivated and/or unhappy? Worrying constantly, feeling like something terrible is about to happen? Wondering if you have a problem with alcohol/drug use, porn, or some other hard-to-manage behavior? If so, Jeff wants to help you find a solution.
(502) 306-3740 View (502) 306-3740
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Catherine Leigh Stone-Hahn
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40217
Does your child struggle with boundaries, attention or extreme shifts in emotions? Do you struggle as the parent to know how you can help them? Do you struggle with symptoms of anxiety and panic, depression or extreme shifts in emotions? Are you struggling in your current relationship, or are you in an abusive relationship? Reach out today, I can help.
I am a licensed clinical social worker with over 10 years of experience working with a diverse range of clients. I use Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients cope with a myriad of things, include chronic issues, as they both teach coping skills and aid in adapting to situations that are immutable. ACT helps clients learn how to cope with difficult emotions: once a client is able to process the idea that thoughts and feelings are affected by the events they experience, the people they meet and the environment they live in, they are better able to learn how to manage emotions.
Does your child struggle with boundaries, attention or extreme shifts in emotions? Do you struggle as the parent to know how you can help them? Do you struggle with symptoms of anxiety and panic, depression or extreme shifts in emotions? Are you struggling in your current relationship, or are you in an abusive relationship? Reach out today, I can help.
I am a licensed clinical social worker with over 10 years of experience working with a diverse range of clients. I use Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients cope with a myriad of things, include chronic issues, as they both teach coping skills and aid in adapting to situations that are immutable. ACT helps clients learn how to cope with difficult emotions: once a client is able to process the idea that thoughts and feelings are affected by the events they experience, the people they meet and the environment they live in, they are better able to learn how to manage emotions.
(502) 747-1397 View (502) 747-1397
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Revelation Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MAR
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40214
I specialize in relationship strengthening and building for marital and premarital couples.
Do you feel like your life and relationships are spinning out of control? Sometimes life can throw punches...that we're not prepared for. We often feel as if nobody understands or can hear our frustrations. I offer you a warm, safe, and nonjudgmental environment to discuss life issues. It is important to me that my clients feel comfortable and have the freedom to discuss what ever life brings their way. I invite my clients the opportunity to heal, revive, and restore their life, relationships, and mind.
I specialize in relationship strengthening and building for marital and premarital couples.
Do you feel like your life and relationships are spinning out of control? Sometimes life can throw punches...that we're not prepared for. We often feel as if nobody understands or can hear our frustrations. I offer you a warm, safe, and nonjudgmental environment to discuss life issues. It is important to me that my clients feel comfortable and have the freedom to discuss what ever life brings their way. I invite my clients the opportunity to heal, revive, and restore their life, relationships, and mind.
(502) 873-3205 View (502) 873-3205
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Derek Stegner
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40222  (Online Only)
What is most important to me is building a strong, therapeutic relationship built upon a base of authenticity, respect, and trust to facilitate positive change to meet each individual’s personal goals.
I have many years of experience working with early childhood trauma and severe, persistent mental illness, varying from ages of 5 years to 70+. My goal is to empower and advocate for positive change within you, as the individual, and the system as a whole. The place that we will create together is a safe and judgement free space. I work through an Existential foundation, to help those I work with seek meaning and purpose, with skills built from experience with Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, all within the context of a trauma-informed approach.
What is most important to me is building a strong, therapeutic relationship built upon a base of authenticity, respect, and trust to facilitate positive change to meet each individual’s personal goals.
I have many years of experience working with early childhood trauma and severe, persistent mental illness, varying from ages of 5 years to 70+. My goal is to empower and advocate for positive change within you, as the individual, and the system as a whole. The place that we will create together is a safe and judgement free space. I work through an Existential foundation, to help those I work with seek meaning and purpose, with skills built from experience with Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, all within the context of a trauma-informed approach.
(502) 829-7564 View (502) 829-7564
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Parker Bowling
Pre-Licensed Professional, CSW, MSSW
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40204  (Online Only)
The call towards deepening our self-awareness and becoming more embodied in our life takes many forms. Whether it's the end of a relationship, developmental trauma, existential questioning, climate anxiety, or any other unique combination of stressors, I believe that radical healing is possible. My aspiration is to support you in moving towards a deeper sense of intimacy and connection with both your inner world and the world around you. Rather than solely focusing on your diagnosis, we will collaborate to create a sense of an inner compass that you can utilize to build a life that feels alive and aligned with your values.
The call towards deepening our self-awareness and becoming more embodied in our life takes many forms. Whether it's the end of a relationship, developmental trauma, existential questioning, climate anxiety, or any other unique combination of stressors, I believe that radical healing is possible. My aspiration is to support you in moving towards a deeper sense of intimacy and connection with both your inner world and the world around you. Rather than solely focusing on your diagnosis, we will collaborate to create a sense of an inner compass that you can utilize to build a life that feels alive and aligned with your values.
(502) 465-7984 View (502) 465-7984
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Louisville Health And Healing
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
Louisville, KY 40222
Our focus is to create safety with our compassionate non-judgmental approach while building a trusting relationship.
***IN-PERSON AND TELETHERAPY APPOINTMENTS***NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS***Today you are one step closer to a new you where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. We specialize in a variety of issues: trauma, anxiety, depression, adjustments through difficulty life situations, addiction, men's issues; and we work with teens and adults in an individual, couple or family setting.
Our focus is to create safety with our compassionate non-judgmental approach while building a trusting relationship.
***IN-PERSON AND TELETHERAPY APPOINTMENTS***NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS***Today you are one step closer to a new you where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. We specialize in a variety of issues: trauma, anxiety, depression, adjustments through difficulty life situations, addiction, men's issues; and we work with teens and adults in an individual, couple or family setting.
(502) 237-8453 View (502) 237-8453
Relationship Issues Therapists
While need for human connection appears to be innate, the ability to form healthy, loving relationships is learned. Some evidence suggests that the ability to form a stable relationship starts to form in infancy, in a child's earliest experiences with a caregiver who reliably meets the infant's needs for food, care, warmth, protection, stimulation, and social contact. Such relationships are not destiny, but they are theorized to establish deeply ingrained patterns of relating to others. The end of a relationship, however, is often a source of great psychological anguish.