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Do You Miss The Loving Connection You Once Shared With Your Partner?

Have you and your partner grown apart or even resentful or angry
toward each other? Are you engaging in the same argument over and over
rather than listening to each other and appreciating your differences?
Maybe you’re engaging in power struggles as you both try to get each
other to see and accept things from your respective perspectives. Or
perhaps you feel overwhelmed and powerless in your relationship and
react rather than respond thoughtfully when you feel attacked. Has your
trust and sexual connection been threatened by an affair or diminished
due to nasty fights and unspoken, growing resentments? Do you often feel
lonely, frustrated, undervalued or sad and wonder what happened to the
playful, intimate connection you once shared? Do you wish you could find
a way to express your deepest self to your partner and feel loved,
heard, valued and truly accepted for all who you are?

Feeling tension and disconnection in your romantic partnership can be
a lonely, frustrating and painful experience. One or both of you may be
harboring pain and carrying around silent resentments. Although you
want to connect with your partner, ongoing, unresolved arguments may
have you holding back expressing your needs for fear of creating more
conflict. An affair or another breach of trust may have shaken the
foundation of your relationship, causing you to question if recovery is
possible. Or, you and your partner may have grown apart due to years of
focusing on kids and careers. Money issues, broken agreements, division
of daily tasks and differences in parenting styles may now dominate your
conversations. At the end of the day, rather than turning to your
partner for love and support, you may go to bed feeling angry, attacked
and alone.

Couples Counseling Can Help You Reconnect

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You don’t have to continue to navigate your relationship struggles on
your own. If you are in New York City or Weston, CT, I invite you to
call me for a free 15-minute phone consultation to discuss your specific
needs and to answer any questions you have about marriage therapy or
couples counseling and my practice. Call 212-874-9402 to reach my NYC
office or 203-544-8418 to reach the Weston, CT office.

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