Are you looking for help in your open relationship? Looking to get present and improve your communication around family values? Do you have multiple partners and need a therapist educated in polyamorous? As a team of poly friendly therapists, we work with couples, individuals, co-parents, young adults, and poly quads.
How does poly friendly couples therapy start?
First, your therapist helps you step out of fear and negative coping patterns. Then, we help you get real with your feelings and share your needs in a healthy, kind way with your partners. Next, we help you get honest and create genuine, loving, meaningful relationships. Let’s start by going over some key terms about LGBTQ therapy in Southeastern Connecticut. First, you may wonder what LGBTQ stands for. Well, LGBTQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer. Now, the abbreviation is LGBTQIA+. Also, I stands for intersex and A stands for androgynous or asexual.
Next, gender-fluid is a word that people use to describe themselves with multiple genders. So, this means that a person who does not identify with a single, fixed gender. Furthermore, a term that will be in the article below is polyamory. Overall, in Niantic, our team of therapists welcome polyamory, polyamorous couples. And, we are a team of poly friendly therapists. No matter what type of romantic relationship you are in, we are happy to support your goals. Overall, when a person is in a polyamorous relationship, they are intimate with more than one partner, consent of all partners. To note, if you have not told you partner up front that you are planning on being in a polyamorous relationship, this is not being poly. Instead, this would be called having an affair.
What happens when a person in a polyamorous relationship works with a monogamous-focused therapist, or non poly friendly therapist?
First, most people who are poly will look outright for a poly friendly therapist. Too often, I hear unfortunate stories of therapists judging clients for being in polyamorous relationships. Now, this is because many couples therapists come from a monogamous mindset. Also, the American culture is publicly monogamous. And, if you are happy being poly, the last thing you want your therapist to do is tell you what type of relationship you should be in.
What happens if I goto a therapist who doesn’t think being poly is okay?
Also, if your therapist isn’t comfortable with polyamorous relationships, that limiting view may get in the way of your therapist being able to help you. So, as as a group of poly friendly therapists along the shoreline of Connecticut, we help you tackle your communication goals. We don’t judge you. Instead, we accept you, your love life, and welcome your partners in for couples therapy. From working with a poly friendly therapist, you can step away from fear. Rather, you can understand your emotions from anger to jealously. Then, you can have a clear, honest conversation about your desires and needs for happiness. At Wisdom Within Counseling, Katie Ziskind and her team of holistic therapists support your chosen relationship style.
What is a poly friendly therapist in Southeastern Connecticut?
First, a therapist who is poly friendly loves working with people who are in open relationships and non monogamous relationships, Further, poly friendly therapy can help you get clear on your needs and values. And, from poly friendly therapy in Niantic, Connecticut, you can create intimacy and nourish a healthy relationship. Further, you can learn skills and techniques to move through negative emotions, understand what they mean, and let it go. Lastly, poly friendly therapy can only be provided by a therapist who is educated extensively in LGBTQ relationships, open relationships, and non-monogamy, Looking for a resource? Likewise, True Colors in Connecticut also works to create a world in which youth and adults of all orientations and genders are valued and affirmed.
How does a polyamory friendly couples therapist differ from a traditional therapist?
Of course, a poly friendly couples therapist focuses on embracing love, sex, and open relationships. However, as a poly friendly couples therapist, I also also work with monogamous couples in therapy. Couples therapy is all about creating healthy love, so you feel good. However, what is differs is that there is no judgment about relationship status. No, having multiple partners is not wrong. And, neither is only having one partner. At Wisdom Within Counseling, we are a team of creative therapists who advocate for healthy relationships, no matter the label.
How can working with a poly friendly therapist help you feel understanding?
So, if you are in a polyamorous or in an open relationship, thats awesome. Or, if you are monogamous and needing help with anger, we can help too. Further, as a team of poly friendly therapists in Southeastern Connecticut, we help you communicate respectfully. And, we teach you how to ask for your needs to be met. Overall, in poly friendly couples therapy, you can rediscover what makes you happy in your relationship!
Call to begin with a phone consultation for better communication through therapy that is holistic and poly friendly 860-451-9364.
About the author, Katie Ziskind
Katie Ziskind, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, trauma specialist has a holistic family therapy practice in Niantic, CT. Further, Katie Ziskind and her team of therapists offer a highly effective, holistic approach to counseling and therapy. Katie Ziskind is a poly friendly therapist along the shoreline of Connecticut. By interweaving art, yoga, music, and animal therapy along with talking, Katie specializes helping adolescents, teens, and young adults love themselves. As well, Katie Ziskind and her team at Wisdom Within Counseling in East Lyme, Connecticut help parent, couples, and divorcing parents in therapy.
Katie Ziskind’s expertise is different from any other counseling service in this area. Furthermore, animal therapy groups teach life skills such as self-regulation, trust, and social emotional learning. Call Wisdom Within Counseling in Southeastern Connecticut for a consultation to talk (860) 451-9364 or book online. Access free literature, free positive coping skill videos, and schedule online at WisdomWithinCt.com.
