Relationship Therapy in NYC
Build Healthier, More Fulfilling Relationships
Whether you’re navigating conflict with a partner, feeling disconnected from friends, or trying to repair family relationships, attachment patterns often play a role. Relationship therapy helps you unpack these triggers, understand where they come from, and move toward relationships that feel safe, steady, and secure.
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LEL Therapy is a virtual therapy practice that primarily serves clients in NY, with one of our therapists also licensed in FL, MA, NJ, and CT. To receive care through LEL Therapy, you must reside in one of these states. Although we’re an out-of-network provider, we make the process easy by issuing superbills you can send to your insurance for reimbursement.
It’s completely understandable to feel lost or discouraged when relationship challenges keep repeating. I’ll guide you in learning tools that strengthen communication, soothe emotional triggers, and support a more stable and fulfilling bond with others.
Lauren Larkin, LMHC
Do you find yourself repeating the same relational dynamics, even when you want things to change?
Relationship challenges can affect your thoughts, emotions, and daily interactions. They are often shaped by past experiences, attachment wounds, or the pressure to appear strong and in control. You may show up for everyone else, yet still feel disconnected, misunderstood, or unsure how to break old patterns.
In Relationship Therapists support individuals in New York City who want healthier, more fulfilling relationships with others and with themselves. You do not need to be in a relationship to seek help. If you struggle with people-pleasing, anxiety around connection, fear of abandonment, shutting down during conflict, or feeling too much or not enough, therapy can help.
You might be navigating dating, long-term relationships, friendships, family dynamics, or healing from past relationship wounds. Whether you are exploring attachment patterns or wanting more secure, grounded connections, we can help.
We create a warm and supportive space where you feel safe, understood, and validated. Together, we will strengthen communication, clarify emotional needs, and help you build relationships that feel steady, connected, and secure.
We primarily work with women but welcome people of all genders, identities, and cultural backgrounds, including LGBTQ+ individuals. Our approach is culturally competent, body-inclusive, and sex-positive.
Do You Identify With These?
I fear rejection, abandonment, or losing the people I care about.
I have difficulty communicating my needs or setting boundaries.
I people-please, over-function, or slip into codependent patterns.
I experience relationship anxiety or constantly overthink interactions.
I avoid conflict or shut down emotionally.
I feel unsafe, unseen, or like I am too much in relationships.
I am drawn to emotionally unavailable or inconsistent partners.
I take care of others while neglecting my own needs.
I struggle to trust, attach, or stay connected.
I have been hurt by friendship ruptures, breakups, or betrayal.
You don’t have to experience all of these to benefit from therapy. Your experience is valid even if it doesn’t look like someone else’s.
We provide virtual therapy for clients across New York. Contact us today to schedule your first session and begin your path toward feeling calm, supported, and confident in yourself.
Therapy Rooted in Connection, Understanding, and Authenticity
At LEL Therapy, we are relational therapists, meaning we care deeply about the ways you connect with yourself, others, and the world. Instead of just focusing on behavior, we explore the roots of your relationship patterns, including attachment styles, childhood experiences, trauma, societal expectations, and cultural narratives.
You won’t get a “blank-slate therapist” here. We bring our authentic selves into the room and build a therapeutic relationship with you as a model for secure connection, boundaries, and communication.
Types of Relationship Therapy We Offer
Familial Relationships Therapy
Friendship and Platonic Relationship Therapy
Romantic Relationship Therapy and Couples Therapy
If you think you might need support, you likely do. You’re deserving of support!
We approach relationship work through:
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We explore how early relationships — parents, caregivers, friendships — shaped your sense of safety, trust, and self-worth. Together, we unpack anxious, avoidant, or disorganized attachment patterns and help you move toward secure connection.
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Many of your current beliefs may have roots in past hurt: “I’m too much,” “People always leave,” “Love has to be earned.” We help you identify, challenge, and rewrite these narratives so they no longer control your relationships.
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We don’t believe relationships thrive through perfection; they thrive through clarity. We help you identify what you value in relationships, practice communicating needs, and set boundaries that protect your emotional safety.
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You don’t need to fully love yourself to be in a healthy relationship. But learning to speak to yourself with compassion makes connection feel safer. We support you in building inner trust, so relationships don’t feel like a constant threat to your worth.
Do I Have to Love Myself to Be in a Healthy Relationship?
Not at all. Loving yourself is a lifelong practice, not a requirement to deserve love. Self-compassion, however, can make relationships feel more secure. You can work on healthy connection with others and self-acceptance at the same time — one doesn’t have to come before the other. We’re here to support you through both.
What to Expect During Virtual Relationship Therapy:
In sessions, we move between your past and present. We help you understand how early experiences shaped your relationship patterns and how to create new ones that feel safe, aligned, and fulfilling.
We’ll support you with grounding tools, emotional regulation strategies, conflict communication skills, boundary-setting, and deeper healing work tailored to where you are in your journey.
What Is the Difference Between Relationship Therapy and Couples Therapy?
While we do offer couples therapy, our Relationship Therapy is focused on working with individuals. This might look like:
Healing after a breakup or friendship loss
Navigating dating burnout or relationship anxiety
Working through family tension or boundary-setting
Healing codependency or fear of abandonment
Understanding attraction patterns and emotional triggers
You don’t need to attend therapy with another person to improve your relationships. You are allowed to do this work for you.
Why Choose LEL Therapy?
At LEL Therapy, our therapists don’t just understand relationship struggles, we've lived them too. We bring warmth, humor, compassion, and authenticity to our work. You’ll never be met with judgment or cold professionalism.
We believe therapy should feel human. You’ll be supported by therapists who show up as real people. We are kind, deeply empathetic, and genuinely invested in your healing.
Experience relationship therapy with someone who truly gets it and is dedicated to helping you thrive.
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