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Relationships, Attachment & Life Transitions

Relationships and life changes can bring up old patterns, questions, and emotional challenges — even when nothing is “wrong.”

Therapy offers a space to reflect, understand relational dynamics, and navigate transitions with greater clarity, self-compassion, and support.
Understanding Patterns, Strengthening Connection, and Navigating Change
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Relationships are central to our wellbeing — and they can also be a source of deep confusion, pain, or self-doubt. Many adults seek therapy not because something is “wrong” with them, but because patterns in relationships keep repeating, or because a life transition has unsettled their sense of self or stability.
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At Therapy Bee, we offer relational, attachment-informed psychotherapy for adults navigating relationship challenges and significant life transitions. Therapy provides a space to slow down, reflect, and understand how past experiences may be shaping present-day connections — with others and with yourself.
Enjoying the View

“We don’t heal in isolation, but in relationship.”
— Esther Perel

When Relationships Feel Hard or Unsettled

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Clients often seek support for experiences such as:

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  • Repeating patterns in romantic relationships

  • Difficulty with boundaries, closeness, or trust

  • Fear of abandonment or feeling emotionally guarded

  • Relationship anxiety or conflict avoidance

  • Family-of-origin dynamics that continue to impact adult life

  • Changes in identity or roles due to life transitions

  • Adjusting to separation, divorce, caregiving roles, or empty nesting

 

These experiences are deeply human. They often reflect attachment strategies developed earlier in life to maintain connection or safety.

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Attachment-Informed Therapy

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Attachment patterns influence how we relate, cope, and seek support — especially during stress or change. Therapy offers an opportunity to bring awareness and compassion to these patterns, rather than judging or trying to force change.

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Our work may explore:

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  • How early relational experiences shaped expectations of closeness

  • How protection strategies show up in adult relationships

  • Ways to build emotional safety and flexibility

  • Strengthening self-trust and relational confidence

 

This work is collaborative, reflective, and paced to support safety and insight.

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Navigating Life Transitions

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Life transitions — even expected ones — can challenge identity, relationships, and emotional equilibrium.

 

Therapy can be supportive during periods such as:

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  • Becoming a caregiver or experiencing role changes

  • Relationship beginnings, endings, or redefining commitments

  • Career shifts, burnout, or retirement transitions

  • Adjusting to health changes or late-life diagnoses

  • Moving through periods of uncertainty or reorientation

 

Transitions can surface grief, anxiety, or old relational patterns. Therapy offers a place to make meaning and find steadiness during change.

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Our Approach

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We work from a relational, trauma-informed, and attachment-based perspective, integrating approaches such as:

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  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Attachment-based and relational psychotherapy

 

Interventions are tailored to your goals, history, and pace. Therapy is not about assigning blame, but about understanding patterns and expanding choice.

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Who This Work May Support

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This service may be a good fit if you are:

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  • Feeling stuck in relational patterns you want to understand

  • Navigating relationship stress or transitions

  • Exploring attachment dynamics or emotional needs

  • Seeking greater clarity, boundaries, or connection

  • Moving through a period of personal or relational change

 

You do not need to be in crisis to benefit from relational therapy.

Taking the Next Step
Reaching out for grief support can feel vulnerable, especially if you’re used to carrying things on your own. You don’t need to have the right words or know exactly what you need to begin.
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Relationships — including the one you have with yourself — are shaped over time. Support can help you approach them with greater understanding and care.
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All therapy is offered virtually across Ontario.
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