Relational therapy explores how our relationships shape who we are, how we connect, and the patterns we carry. Learn how a collaborative, inclusive approach to therapy can support healing, authenticity, and more meaningful relationships.

Can we really have it all in modern dating? As our opportunities and expectations expand, so do the tensions that come with choosing a partner. A reflection on tradeoffs, compatibility, and what truly matters in relationships.

Modern dating often tells us we can have it all, but every meaningful choice comes with tradeoffs. In this essay, I explore why choosing a partner isn't about settling, but about deciding what matters most, accepting the opportunities we leave behind, and embracing the reality that love, like every worthwhile pursuit, asks something of us.

Many conversations about dating focus on what men should do differently. But what if we also got curious about what many men are experiencing? This article explores loneliness, vulnerability, shifting expectations, and why empathy may be one of the most overlooked ingredients in modern relationships.

There’s a particular kind of safety many women are taught to want—one that looks like love and stability from the outside, but slowly requires us to shrink on the inside. From generational inheritances to the grief of unchosen paths, let's look closely at what happens when safety becomes constricting, and how to gently ask ourselves: Are we still choosing the lives we've built?

As the Dodgers battle through a record-breaking World Series marathon, millions of tired fans are still watching, texting, and hoping together. In a world that feels increasingly disconnected, this long, strange, beautiful game reminds us what it means to stay — with each other, with love, with community — even through the extra innings.

Our therapists come to Kindman & Co. because they want to work in an unsevered space. They seek a culture where authenticity, vulnerability, community, and connection aren’t just buzzwords—they’re practiced daily.

They understand that healing doesn’t stop at the therapy door—it’s shaped by the systems we work within, the relationships we hold, and the spaces we co-create. At Kindman & Co., we believe that when therapists are supported in being fully human, they’re better able to show up in powerful, connected ways for the people they serve.

You can have hard conversations whenever you want because you can create the conditions for it to go well...In this blog, we aim to provide some insights around co-regulation and how to use different tools of awareness and embodiment cues to help you have a more effective conversation...in understanding attachment more, we can identify how we are in a relationship and how our partners are in a relationship. What we and they tend to do to cope is helpful when getting into activating conversations.

It's hard to ignore the thematic resonance between the conversations I’m having [in session,] and then see that many of you are passing through this very same waiting room week after week. And it’s not just my clients! The people who come to Kindman & Co. are a self-selecting bunch. You all care about growing and learning, you’re curious, you hold your values deeply. I swear some of you would be great neighbors, friends, confidants, maybe even great loves...What if you thought it was possible to meet someone in the therapy waiting room who could be an important person in your life? What might you do differently? Just something to muse on while you’re waiting.

Have you ever felt isolated while endlessly scrolling through social media? In a world where we're more "connected" than ever, genuine human connection often feels elusive. Yet, meaningful human connection is within your reach beyond the number of friends or followers. What truly matters is the quality of your conversations.

The capacity to have meaningful discussions will transform your social life, from meeting new people to deepening current relationships to just feeling more connected to the world around you. Now, let's explore how you can start with significant conversations.

Therapy for therapists is an essential support for continued evolution and as an act of self-care. As you likely know, being a therapist is really challenging and emotionally taxing work! Attending therapy as a therapist can be an outlet for discharging some of what we take on throughout our week and recognizing when something touches on our own personal wounds or history. Read on for more information on why therapy for therapists is an important practice for mental health workers to engage in and a few, different reasons why it’s so necessary.

Many therapy clients come to us never having been in therapy before. These new clients are usually excited to begin but also feel intimidated, uncertain, and unknowing of what to expect. Understandably, starting therapy can bring up a complex mixture of emotions! One question we frequently get from clients new to therapy is “What should I talk about in therapy?”