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Polyamory Therapy

You love differently. That doesn't mean relationships are always easy.
We work with individuals, couples, partners, and thruples navigating the real-life complexities of polyamory — from jealousy and changing needs to communication, intimacy, boundaries, and trust.
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Loving differently doesn't mean it's always easy.
You can believe deeply in polyamory and still feel jealous when someone you love connects with someone else. You can value freedom and autonomy while also wanting reassurance that you matter.
Maybe you're having the same argument again and again — someone needs more time, attention, intimacy, or reassurance. An agreement has been broken, or what once worked no longer does.
Sex and intimacy can become complicated too. New relationship energy can leave another partner feeling overlooked. Jealousy and comparison can show up even when you genuinely want your people to have other meaningful relationships.
Knowing polyamory works for you doesn't mean you're supposed to know how to navigate every hard moment it brings.
Sometimes nothing's even wrong — you simply want a therapist who understands polyamory, so you're not spending half the session explaining or defending it.
When you keep hoping it will work itself out
It's easy to tell yourself you just need more time. That the jealousy will settle. That you'll talk about the broken agreement later.
Sometimes it does. But when the same hurt keeps getting activated and the underlying issue never gets addressed, the relationship starts adapting around the problem instead of resolving it.
Jealousy can become resentment. Hurt can become emotional distance. And the same unresolved conflict can begin affecting not just one relationship, but the others around it.
You don't have to figure this out on your own.
At Laike Rising Therapy, we understand polyamory, sex, intimacy, attachment, and relationships that don't follow a traditional script.
Your relationship structure isn't the problem to solve. What matters is creating relationships that work for you and the people you love.
How We Approach Polyamory
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Build Stronger Connections
Using Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), we help you understand what's happening underneath the conflict — not just what you're arguing about. You can learn to communicate from a more vulnerable place, understand each other differently, and build greater security and connection.
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Navigate Polyamory
We help you work through the parts of polyamory that can get complicated — jealousy, boundaries, agreements, trust, sex, intimacy, time, changing needs, and navigating multiple relationships — without treating polyamory itself as the problem.
3
Explore Opening Your Relationship
If you're considering polyamory, you don't have to figure it out by trial and error. Couples therapy can help you talk honestly about what each of you wants, explore fears and expectations, and decide together what opening your relationship could look like.
Ready for something to change?
You don't have to wait until things get worse, and you don't need to know exactly how to fix them before reaching out. That's where we can start together.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know if I actually need therapy, or if this is just a normal part of polyamory?
If the same conflict keeps resurfacing -- the same jealousy, the same broken agreement, the same argument about time or attention -- that's usually a sign it's worth bringing in outside support, not a sign you're doing polyamory wrong.
What if my partner doesn't want to come to therapy, or we're not even sure we're "in crisis"?
You don't have to be in crisis to start, and you don't need every partner on board from day one. We can work with individuals, couples, or your full polycule, depending on what's actually useful right now.
Do you actually understand polyamory, or will I have to explain the basics first?
We work specifically with polyamorous individuals, couples, partners, and thruples -- you won't spend your session explaining or defending your relationship structure. That's the point.
Can you help with jealousy specifically?
Yes. We don't treat jealousy as something to eliminate -- we treat it as information. Using approaches like IFS, we help you understand what's underneath it, so it stops running the relationship from the back seat.
What if agreements keep breaking, or don't work the way we thought they would?
That's extremely common. We help you build agreements that actually fit your specific relationships, not a template borrowed from someone else's, and revisit them as things change.
Is this different from couples therapy?
It can overlap. If you're considering opening a relationship for the first time, that conversation often starts in couples therapy, we can help you explore that before anything changes. If you're already polyamorous, our work focuses on the real complexities of living it day to day.
Do you work with more than two people at once?
Yes — we work with individuals, couples, partners, and thruples, and can adapt to whatever configuration your relationships actually take.
What happens in the first session?
We'll talk through what's bringing you in, hear where each of you actually stands, and start identifying what kind of support would help most; no pressure to have it all figured out beforehand.
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