Welcome to The Center For Relational Health, LLC,

I’m Shea Dunham, a North Carolina-based relationship consultant.  I have been working with couples and relationship issues for over 15 years. I have seen people desire to establish and maintain relationships -sometimes when they are not enhancing their lives but instead resulting in chaos.  We are designed to connect, and most of us seek to connect in a way that provides peace, harmony, a place to be vulnerable, and build sustainable trusting relationships.

When individuals and couples find that their relationships are more harmful than harmonious, this is where I come into the picture. As your relationship consultant, I don’t give advice (no counselor or therapist should); I, instead, assist you in your journey utilizing Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, an empirically validated therapy based on attachment theory.  Our goal is to help you get beyond just coping and getting by in your relationship to reconnect with your partner or in any relationship and create a safe place.

I’m committed to the old saying, “When you know better, you love better.” At The Center For Relational Health, you will learn more than practical tools to reconnect—you will have life-changing experiences that will help you discover and keep the connection and intimacy you long for.

Our goal is that – when we are done working together. You will have learned to recognize issues that get in the way of you having the relationship you desire and learn through your experiences in therapy how to resolve conflict and improve your relationships overall. Throughout our journey together you will grow and heal old wounds (past and present), and learn how to address attachment issues in a safe environment without reverting to old negative patterns of interacting.

If your desire is to:

• Gain intimacy that will change your relationship for the better

• Improve the quality of your relationship with your partner, a family member, or even a best friend

• Get focused on the strengths you and your significant other bring into the relationship rather than focusing on the conflict.

• Experience a new “dance” with your partner, family, or friends by stopping negative patterns of interacting and instead creating new ways of connecting that bring others close to you instead of pushing them away.

• Learn how your attachment style impacts you and your relationships with others.

Then I’m the therapist for you. Contact me when you’re ready to experience more rewarding relationships.