Michelle Cantrell Counseling is now the Center for Growth and Connection. Please visit our new website at CenterforGrowthandConnection.com.
Michelle Cantrell supports couples in Los Angeles, Virginia and D.C.
who are stuck and looking for help to find a way forward.
You’re looking for purpose and belonging. You want “connection” … with yourself and your partner.
You really are best friends.
It had always been easy for you to count on each other.
You remember the way your partner looked at you and made you feel.
Your heart would skip a beat when your partner would walk through the door.
You’ve always had your own little inside jokes to keep you smiling all day.
Sometimes it feels really hard to identify what’s wrong or what’s missing.
Raising kids, running businesses, you’ve done it all and are doing it all together. But when your spouse asks what’s wrong you just get frustrated and feel misunderstood.
If you were being honest you might say - yeah I don’t even know. When things feel really hopeless it feels easier to just imagine yourself in a different life. Why is it so hard to really communicate with each other?
Don’t ignore your feelings!
Feeling despair in your marriage is not going to go away.
It’s truly a painful place. It’s so much easier to focus on work, or the kids, or spending time with friends, or just binge watching your favorite show on Netflix.
Yet you know where things could end up if you keep going in this direction …
->Maybe you quietly drift apart
->Or you push each other away
->Maybe there’s an affair
You might already be fantasizing about one or all of these things. Avoiding how you are feeling is not going to make any of this better. Running away to a tropical island is not going to repair your relationship.
You Need Real Tools Right Now
You try to connect, but somehow you can’t get through. You’re left feeling like you don’t matter. You’re not a priority. Nothing you do is ever good enough. You may even wonder “does my partner still love me?”
There is a gap in knowing how to be in your relationship right now. You need new tools to repair and remodel your relationship. Time apart or fantasies are not going to fix the situation.
Evidence Backed Tools and
A Framework that Works!
I hear stories like yours every day from the couples I help. My couples love each other and it is not a question of whether they want to be together. They just want to get back to that place of loving each other intensely.
Get the Support and Tools You Need!
I’m a romantic at heart and I love helping couples not only find what they feel like they have lost, but often experience an even greater connection than what they’ve known in the past.
As a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist and Supervisor, but most importantly as someone who has been married for over 25 years, I’ve worked on relationships!
I’ve helped countless couples:
—> Rekindle their love
—> Repair old wounds
—> Deepen their bond
I used to say that I love love. Now I love to see what love can do.
“Emotion is the messenger of love; it is the vehicle that carries every signal from one brimming heart to another. For human beings, feeling deeply is synonymous with being alive.” – A General Theory of Love
Ready to get started?
1) Book A Consult
— Have a chance to share what is happening for you
2) On the Call
— Michelle shares how she can help you move from relationship distress to feeling more connection
3) Create a game plan for success
— We work together to get you unstuck and help you experience connection with yourself and your partner