{"id":201,"date":"2026-05-07T10:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:55:12","slug":"relationship-issues-therapy-chicago","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/?page_id=201","title":{"rendered":"Relationship Issues Therapy Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"201\" class=\"elementor elementor-201\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aec5d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8aec5d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7acb55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e7acb55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3052d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"f3052d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-text_left\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Therapy for<span><span>   Relationship Issues<\/span><\/span>  Chicago<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd0e91 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2dd0e91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb81d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5bb81d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19fe475 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"19fe475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">book now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-986506a elementor-align-justify elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"986506a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea86d17 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea86d17\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22815dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22815dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b235191 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b235191\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are you struggling in some of your relationships?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4761ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4761ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block-d47f02b930cef2b22955\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii=\"{&quot;topLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;topRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0}}\" data-sqsp-block=\"text\"><div class=\"sqs-block-content\"><div class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"><p class=\"\">Relationships are complicated, messy, and potentially hurtful, and at the same time deep, fulfilling, and meaningful. We are complex creatures and there is no one single way to do relationships &#8220;right.&#8221; This is true for <em>all<\/em> our relationships &#8211; with our parents, siblings, relatives, friends, spouses, lovers, roommates, classmates, coworkers, bosses, and strangers. <em>Relational challenges are present in all types of relationships.<\/em><\/p><p class=\"\">Perhaps you find it very difficult to set boundaries and say \u201cno,\u201d or have a hard time expressing your needs, wants, and wishes. Maybe you feel like a people-pleaser, not knowing what you want from relationships, and feeling very anxious connecting with others. It might be very scary to be vulnerable or difficult to feel loved, You might <em>at the same time<\/em> want to deepen your relationship and feel afraid of closeness and emotional intimacy. Maybe you feel that the people in your life don\u2019t really know you, and might leave you if they really did.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cee5e65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cee5e65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db1edbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"db1edbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">schedule an appointment<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5b09fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e5b09fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124f0e0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"124f0e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3987321 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3987321\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">book a therapy appointment for relationship issues<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dce05e6 elementor-button-align-stretch elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"dce05e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;button_width&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" name=\"New Form\" aria-label=\"New Form\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"201\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"dce05e6\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer_title\" value=\"Relationship Issues Therapy Chicago\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"queried_id\" value=\"201\"\/>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-form-fields-wrapper elementor-labels-above\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-text elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-name elementor-col-50\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-name\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tName First Name (required)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"text\" name=\"form_fields[name]\" id=\"form-field-name\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-text elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-field_708d642 elementor-col-50\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-field_708d642\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLast Name (required)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"text\" name=\"form_fields[field_708d642]\" id=\"form-field-field_708d642\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-email elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-email elementor-col-100 elementor-field-required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-email\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail (required)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"email\" name=\"form_fields[email]\" id=\"form-field-email\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" required=\"required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-number elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-field_972a76b elementor-col-100 elementor-field-required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-field_972a76b\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhone (required)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"number\" name=\"form_fields[field_972a76b]\" id=\"form-field-field_972a76b\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" required=\"required\" min=\"\" max=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-number elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-field_69e7779 elementor-col-100 elementor-field-required\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-field_69e7779\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubject (required)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"number\" name=\"form_fields[field_69e7779]\" id=\"form-field-field_69e7779\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" required=\"required\" min=\"\" max=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-textarea elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-message elementor-col-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-message\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMessage (required) Please tell us anything we should know about you and the reasons why you are seeking therapy.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea class=\"elementor-field-textual elementor-field  elementor-size-sm\" name=\"form_fields[message]\" id=\"form-field-message\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-select elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-field_dfe043f elementor-col-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-field_dfe043f\" class=\"elementor-field-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow did you find us?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field elementor-select-wrapper remove-before \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"select-caret-down-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-caret-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 571.4 571.4\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M571 393Q571 407 561 418L311 668Q300 679 286 679T261 668L11 418Q0 407 0 393T11 368 36 357H536Q550 357 561 368T571 393Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<select name=\"form_fields[field_dfe043f]\" id=\"form-field-field_dfe043f\" class=\"elementor-field-textual elementor-size-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Someone gave me your name\">Someone gave me your name<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Psychology Today or another online directory\">Psychology Today or another online directory<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Google or another search engine\">Google or another search engine<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Social Media\">Social Media<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"BCBS Provider Finder\">BCBS Provider Finder<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Other\">Other<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/select>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-type-submit elementor-col-40 e-form__buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" type=\"submit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Submit<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bdeff2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4bdeff2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25a8569 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25a8569\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac4ca5 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"fac4ca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageye___-_imgi_29_RelationalSide1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageye___-_imgi_29_RelationalSide1.webp 600w, https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageye___-_imgi_29_RelationalSide1-300x206.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Relational challenges have many faces<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The challenges we find in relationships are very diverse. We can find it difficult to set boundaries, express our needs, engage in confrontation, trust others, be vulnerable, express or receive love. We might feel lonely even when we are not alone, find ourselves easily bored or disenchanted, or depend on others' validation to feel worthy. Often we repeat patterns, sometimes inadvertently, such us trying manage or control others, engaging in toxic relationships, or becoming other people's caretakers.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15154d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15154d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our relational history starts the day we\u2019re born<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e46b85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e46b85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1667323823043_138119\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii=\"{&quot;topLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;topRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0}}\" data-sqsp-block=\"text\"><div class=\"sqs-block-content\"><div class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"><p class=\"\">We come to this world in a very vulnerable state, wired for relationships that we depend on in order to survive. Connecting and feeling connected with others is a biological imperative. We seek attachment and need others not only to ensure our physical survival, but for our emotional and emotional well-being.<\/p><p class=\"\">One of the most important jobs our parents and caretakers have during our childhood, is helping us make sense of our internal and external world. It is through the way they relate to us that we start understanding our own thoughts and emotions, and learning what we can anticipate from relationships. It is in our earliest relationships that we start developing a sense of what it means to be in relationship.<\/p><p class=\"\">For example, we may start learning early on to feel we are lovable, deserving, and worthwhile, if our needs are attended to and heard. We learn whether others can be trusted, will accept our feelings, or soothe us when we are in distressed. We can learn to trust that our needs can be expressed and fulfilled, that a close relationship can survive confrontation, or that we can our own person and still be loved.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da839c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da839c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc4d47f elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bc4d47f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">book now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fd51fb elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0fd51fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf38b6b elementor-position-right elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"cf38b6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageye___-_imgi_34_RelationalSide2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageye___-_imgi_34_RelationalSide2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageye___-_imgi_34_RelationalSide2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">What can go wrong early on?<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Relationships are complicated and challenges and ruptures are bound to occur. What makes a difference is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of repair. The issues we deal with in our adult relationships are usually rooted in our earlier relationships. They played a fundamental role in shaping who we became, in defining our personality, and how we relate to others.\n\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba0c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ba0c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Did you grew up in an environment that respected your boundaries? Were you allowed to have your own feelings and express them even if they were uncomfortable for the adults around you? Did you consistently receive the help you needed to make sense of your own thoughts and emotions? Did you feel seen, heard, accepted, and understood by the people you depended on? Did you feel safe? What did you learn about love, intimacy, and relationships, from what you saw and experienced at home?<\/p><p class=\"\">For many people, their upbringing experienced was marked by different degrees of neglect or enmeshment, with caregivers who were physically or emotionally absent,\u00a0or had poor boundaries. These experiences can sometimes be traumatic, especially when they included abuse or neglect. As a result, we may developed an insecure attachment to others, in which we feel either anxious about the stability of our relationships, or dismissive of their importance and of our own feelings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac938eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac938eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What can go wrong later on?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09d890a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09d890a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Traumatic relationships are not reserved to what happened during our childhood. As adults, experiencing betrayal, disappointment, or heartbreak can also have a deep impact on ourselves and our relationships. Those experiences can make it almost impossible to trust someone else again.<\/p><p class=\"\">The foundation for our ability to deal with situations in adulthood, is usually developed during our first several years of life. The main challenge we face as adults occurs when we don\u2019t allow ourselves to acknowledge, feel, and process losses, longings, wounds, fears, sadness, and other feelings we may carry deep inside.<\/p><p class=\"\">We tend to repeat the experiences we haven&#8217;t really processed or worked through, whether that means mourning a loss, recognizing a wish or a longing, or connecting with feelings of anger or pain. The less aware we are of how our past still lives with us, the more likely we are to repeat patterns and to project those internalized images onto others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5c3727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e5c3727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How we relate to ourselves matters<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73cc679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73cc679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">Traumatic relationships are not reserved to what happened during our childhood. As adults, experiencing betrayal, disappointment, or heartbreak can also have a deep impact on ourselves and our relationships. Those experiences can make it almost impossible to trust someone else again.<\/p><p class=\"\">The foundation for our ability to deal with situations in adulthood, is usually developed during our first several years of life. The main challenge we face as adults occurs when we don\u2019t allow ourselves to acknowledge, feel, and process losses, longings, wounds, fears, sadness, and other feelings we may carry deep inside.<\/p><p class=\"\">We tend to repeat the experiences we haven&#8217;t really processed or worked through, whether that means mourning a loss, recognizing a wish or a longing, or connecting with feelings of anger or pain. The less aware we are of how our past still lives with us, the more likely we are to repeat patterns and to project those internalized images onto others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-342bc36 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"342bc36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageye___-_imgi_41_RelationalSide3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-229\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageye___-_imgi_41_RelationalSide3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kgoldtherapy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/imageye___-_imgi_41_RelationalSide3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">How can our Chicago relationship therapists help you<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The first step in relational therapy involves understanding the nature of your difficulties. Human relationships are always complex. Issues in relationships are rarely the doing of just one person, but understanding our contribution is central. To make things more challenging, we all bring our experience in past relationships to our current ones, sometimes unconsciously.\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3351c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3351c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1667392987718_63606\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii=\"{&quot;topLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;topRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0}}\" data-sqsp-block=\"text\"><div class=\"sqs-block-content\"><div class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"><p class=\"\">The relational therapists at Fermata Psychotherapy can help you develop increased awareness and understanding of the meaning of the challenges you experience in relationships, the ways in which old patterns might be present in current relationships, and the expectations, needs, wishes, fears, and conflicts that might interfere with openness and vulnerability.<\/p><p class=\"\">You might discover ways of communicating needs and expressing emotions that honor who you are. You don\u2019t need to become someone else in order to improve your relationships. This can be a challenging process, that can allow you to have more fulfilling, meaningful, and authentic relationships. Our relationship therapists in Chicago can support you through this journey in person or via telehealth.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58cea14 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58cea14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b64ce3 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2b64ce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">schedule an appointment<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba11094 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ba11094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">questions?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f380082 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f380082\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1666640983440_7090\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\" data-border-radii=\"{&quot;topLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;topRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomLeft&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0},&quot;bottomRight&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;value&quot;:0.0}}\" data-sqsp-block=\"text\"><div class=\"sqs-block-content\"><div class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\"><p class=\"\"><em>Banner photo credit: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@bandeirati?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Tiago Bandeira<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb85c95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb85c95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6100a 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Expectations\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-842e8dd elementor-grid-1 elementor-posts--align-center elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"842e8dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" 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