{"id":159,"date":"2011-11-12T19:25:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T00:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2011-11-16T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T20:23:44","slug":"working-with-relationship-issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/index.php\/working-with-relationship-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with Relationship Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often a person is drawn to psychotherapy because\u00a0of lonliness coupled with an inability\u00a0to find success in\u00a0a close\u00a0relationship.\u00a0 Maybe you feel you just can&#8217;t connect to another person, or feel awkward and clumsy at socializng in general.\u00a0 This can lead to avoidance of\u00a0social gatherings where you might meet someone special.\u00a0 Perhaps you are shy in group settings because you feel you have nothing to say or are not &#8220;interesting&#8221; or even &#8220;likeable&#8221;.\u00a0 These\u00a0are common feelings experienced by both men and women and they can be understood at a deeper level, and ultimately resolved through the work in our sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Another common problem is to be in a relationship with someone you truly love, yet\u00a0seems unwilling to commit to anything long term, which is what you want in life.\u00a0 Or maybe you are the one who is unsure if this is a good match for you.\u00a0 These issues can be\u00a0explored resulting in a better understanding of why you are with that person, and what may be drawing you to someone who seems reluctant to get closer.\u00a0 You may learn that you are almost equally fearful of getting close\u00a0to someone\u00a0and this fear is actually the basis of your attraction to each other.<\/p>\n<p>I work with individuals and with couples, so there are many paths to understanding all sides of the problem, whether you come into sessions alone or with your mate.\u00a0 My work with couples is flexible to suit what is comfortable for you and for your partner, if\u00a0he or she is\u00a0willing to be involved in the process.<\/p>\n<p>I work with gay couples as well as straight whether the couple is already committed to each other or is thinking about moving in that direction.\u00a0 Having a neutral place to air your frustrations with each other can bring some immediate relief to your conflictual relationship even if you aren&#8217;t able to resolve all of your conflicts as rapidly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-157\" style=\"float:right;\" title=\"Lady Worry\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/worry_lady.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/worry_lady.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/worry_lady-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-158\" style=\"float:left;\" title=\"worryman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/worryman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/worryman.jpg 301w, http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/worryman-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often a person is drawn to psychotherapy because\u00a0of lonliness coupled with an inability\u00a0to find success in\u00a0a close\u00a0relationship.\u00a0 Maybe you feel you just can&#8217;t connect to another person, or feel awkward and clumsy at socializng in general.\u00a0 This can lead to avoidance of\u00a0social gatherings where you might meet someone special.\u00a0 Perhaps you are shy in group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robinbryant.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}