Friendship Therapy in Baltimore
Stronger friendships lead to better emotional well-being.
Thousands of clients helped
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Even good friends get into fights sometimes.
It’s frustrating. Troubling. Painful.
You really don’t want to be in a fight with your best friend, but you don’t know how to resolve it. You can’t simply give in every time there’s a disagreement.
Perhaps that’s something you’ve been doing for too long already. But you’re afraid if you bring it up you’re just going to spark another round of conflict.
You want this relationship, but at this point it’s just not quite working. Something needs to change.
Is Friendship Therapy Even a Thing?
Yes!
You don't have to be married or dating to go to counseling together. There is such a thing as friendship therapy in Baltimore!
Professional guidance can be helpful in navigating friendship situations too - so you can have peace again in a relationship that's important to you.
Common Friendship Problems We Can Help With
Friendships can be just as complicated as any other relationship, and the kinds of problems people encounter in these relationships are as varied as the individuals in them.
Friendship counseling gives you a place to talk about these issues and concerns and work towards resolution and a balanced, meaningful relationship.
Here are some common issues people have with friends that we can help sort out:
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A breach of trust – such as gossip, or the sharing of private information.
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Feeling that you put more effort into the friendship than your friend does.
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Difficulty setting boundaries or saying no.
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Repeated arguments that never seem to get resolved.
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Jealousy or feeling excluded when other friendships develop.
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Growing apart after marriage, parenthood, a move, or another life change.
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Different expectations about how often to communicate or spend time together.
What do you do in friendship therapy?
Well, here’s what we don’t do:
We don’t judge you. We don’t minimize the importance of what you bring to the table. We also don’t weigh in on who’s right and who’s wrong.
Instead, we’ll provide a nonjudgmental, open forum to discuss what has happened and where the relationship is, and we’ll give you the tools you need to resolve the problems yourselves.
What good is it if a professional can fix a problem for you if you can’t then take that and do it yourself at home?
We’ll help you develop new skills, new perspectives, and new ways of handling the issues that keep coming up.
(Caution: these new understandings may help you in other relationships in your life as well, whether social, romantic, professional, familial, or other.)
We’ll spend time helping you open up to each other about the things that are hurting you in this friendship
(and also about the things you love about this friendship).
You’ll learn how to talk to each other in a way that promotes connectedness instead of conflict. And you’ll leave feeling closer than ever before, and confident that you can maintain and even strengthen this relationship successfully, for the long term.
Setting Boundaries Without Losing Your Friendship
Can you say no to your friend without feeling guilty?
Can you ask for space without worrying that the friendship will end?
Boundaries can be difficult when you care about someone and don’t want to hurt their feelings.
In friendship therapy, you can work on communicating your needs clearly and hearing your friend’s needs without feeling guilt or rejection.
We can address expectations around things like texting, favors, money, privacy, or time together. The goal is to find ways of staying connected that work for both of you.
Is friendship therapy right for us?
If you miss and want your friend back, friendship therapy is right for you.
If you keep getting into painful fights and don’t know how to make a change, friendship therapy is right for you.
If you feel wronged and are seeking resolution, friendship therapy is right for you.
But the best way to answer this question is to come and find out for yourself.
Send your friend this page. Ask them if they’d be willing to give it a shot. Extend an olive branch and say, hey, maybe this is worth trying. Nobody has to admit they were wrong yet. Nobody has to eat humble pie. You just both need to want this friendship. And if that’s there, we can take this to great places.
Friendship Therapy In Action
Livia and Allie were best friends, but they hadn’t spoken in two weeks. Livia was furious at Allie for what she saw as a major betrayal.
Allie was exasperated with Livia for being hypersensitive. They were at an impasse, but couldn’t imagine losing each other as friends.
They weren’t sure how to get help until Google turned up friendship therapy at the Baltimore Therapy Center and they decided to give it a try.
Wendy and Donte were on-again-off-again friends. They loved spending time together, but the back and forth was wearing on both of them.
They came to the Baltimore Therapy Center to work out their friendship, decide on appropriate boundaries, and make a plan to uphold them.
They left with greater clarity about the future of their relationship.
Jen and Liza reached out for help shoring up their friendship, which both had long felt was imbalanced.
Their therapist helped them look at their own contributions to where the relationship was and gave them actionable tools to make a lasting change in the quality of their friendship.
Friendship Counseling in Baltimore and Pikesville (or online)
We offer in-person friendship therapy sessions at our Pikesville office, but can also work with you online from wherever you are (including friends in different locations).
Scheduling options are flexible to accommodate busy lives!
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