More Than One Feeling

Therapy for Relationship Patterns

Relationships can be central to wellbeing and also a place where old patterns repeat. Therapy can offer space to explore withdrawal, people-pleasing, conflict, boundaries, reassurance, and the experiences that may sit underneath these dynamics.

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You might recognise

Experiences that may bring people to therapy

  • You notice repeating patterns in relationships and want to understand why.
  • Conflict, withdrawal, reassurance-seeking, or people-pleasing feel hard to shift.
  • Boundaries feel confusing, frightening, or difficult to hold.
  • Past relationships or early experiences seem to affect current connections.
  • You want to relate to yourself and others with more clarity and compassion.

How therapy can help you explore this

Therapy can help make visible the expectations, fears, and protective strategies that shape relationships. Some patterns began as ways to stay connected or safe, even if they now feel limiting.

By reflecting on these dynamics in a steady therapeutic relationship, it can become possible to understand them with more nuance and choice.

How I work

Suzy draws strongly on psychodynamic psychotherapy, which pays attention to how past and present relationships shape one another. CBT and somatic awareness can also support practical reflection on thoughts, feelings, body responses, and boundaries.

The work is collaborative and led by what feels most important for you to discuss.

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Practical next step

Therapy for relationship patterns is available in Hove and online.

If this feels familiar, you are welcome to request a free 15-minute introductory call.

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