January 4
New Year, New Relationships
The New Year is always a time of reflection and fresh starts. While the holidays are meant to be times of family and togetherness, relationships that are struggling are often pushed to their limits during the holiday season. The New Year offers the opportunity to start anew.
Based on preconceived notions and possible stigmas associated with therapy, couples may shy away from initiating therapy thinking their problems are private and should be dealt with privately. Albert Einstein said, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Therapy provides a safe, objective and contemplative space for couples to change their relationships by learning a new way of thinking about them.
Our intimate relationships are complex and multi-layered. The individuals within the couple relationship have years and years of experiences, emotions and thought patterns each brings to the relationship. In order to hear one another honestly, objectively and lovingly, each person must be willing to consider the sum of their experiences and evaluate how these experiences may be influencing and molding the current relationship and expectations from the relationship. Therapy provides the opportunity to do just that in a guided and objective format. Therapy is not about taking sides and finding blame, but rather about owning behaviors, assuming accountability and committing to exploring more productive methods of communicating and processing information.
Therapy requires courage. I invite you to explore the possibilities that lie within your current relationship this year. Give yourself the gift this year of a new relationship with your partner. Imagine the possibilities.
Schedule an appointment with Dr. Humphrey today! 972-239-2490
CREDENTIALS
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology: Fielding Graduate University
- Master of Music in Piano Performance: University of Notre Dame
- Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance: Southern Methodist University
- License No. and State: 32345 Texas
- Board of Trustees, Dallas Foundation for Psychoanalysis
- Chair, Arts Committee for the Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
- Member, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
