Polyamory and ethical non-monogamy counselling and therapy
Your relationships,taken seriously.
You can talk about polyamory, open relationships and other forms of ethical non-monogamy in your own language. I start with what is happening in your life and what you want help with, not with my own view of how your relationships should work.
What might bring you here
Sometimes you can point to what changed. Opening a relationship has become a real decision, and you are not sure what you want or what happens if you disagree. An agreement was broken, or turned out not to mean the same thing to everyone. A new relationship changed the time and attention available elsewhere.
There may not be one clear event. Jealousy has caught you off guard. Hinging is taking more time and emotional energy than you expected. You may be questioning an arrangement you once wanted.
You and a partner may want different relationship structures: monogamy for one of you and polyamory for the other. A difference that seemed manageable earlier can become harder to live with as the relationship deepens.
How much of this is about non-monogamy?
Your relationships do not have to become the focus of counselling just because they are non-monogamous. Non-monogamy may matter when decisions about family or disclosure affect more than one relationship. Or you may be coming to talk about anxiety, burnout, shame or grief. Your relationships may still need to be part of the conversation so you can talk about what is happening without filtering out part of your life.