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Shira Hearn
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Missouri #2022045023
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RADICALLY DIFFERENT THERAPY · KANSAS
Couples counseling for Galena, KS.
You ask for reassurance. Your partner hears another demand.
You want to know that you matter, so you ask again. Your partner feels pressed and becomes harder to reach. Now you have less reassurance than when you started. We can work on the ways both of you try to manage that moment and the hurt it leaves behind.
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90 minutes · $250 · In person in Webb City, near Joplin · Both partners
Shira Hearn, LMFT
Couples are my whole practice.
100–110 minutes
Time for both of you
$180 per session
Self-pay · No insurance billed
In person
At the Joplin–Webb City border
WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?
What are you hoping the answer will tell you?
A question about a message, a plan, or a change in tone may carry a bigger worry: are we okay? If your partner hears suspicion or criticism, they may answer defensively and miss the reassurance you were looking for.
The person pulling back has an experience we need to understand, too. They may feel overwhelmed or certain that another answer will be wrong. We can make room for that experience while looking honestly at the effect of withdrawing.
No fluff, no BS therapy for relationships that need radical help.
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Work with the repeated reaching and retreating that leave you feeling further apart.
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Explore reassurance when a known betrayal has changed what feels trustworthy.
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Talk about the pursuit and withdrawal that can develop around sexual connection.
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Understand how you seek support and respond to one another before marriage.
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THE WORK IN THE ROOM
We make the need easier to hear.
With Emotionally Focused Therapy, I help you slow the exchange and identify what each response means. The question you intend as a reach for closeness may land very differently. We can work with that gap directly.
I also help the withdrawing partner put their experience into words instead of disappearing from the conversation. Both of you need a way to be present that does not keep intensifying the same reaction.
In the room, we practice expressing the vulnerable part and staying with the response. The work includes clearer requests, responsibility for your behavior, and attention to whether your partner can actually feel your effort.
The wish for connection can get lost in the way you ask for it.
THE OFFICE
Coming from Kansas? We meet in Missouri.
If you live in Galena, your appointment is at my office in Webb City,Missouri, near Joplin. Both partners attend in person at the office near Joplin and Webb City
This page describes attending at that Missouri office. The directions link below goes to the actual appointment address.
Radical Relationship Transformation
Near Joplin & Webb City, Missouri
THE PRACTICAL PART
All the fine print.
$180
100–110 minutes, together.
Both partners attend. Married, engaged, or in a committed relationship.
Self-pay. I do not bill insurance.
In person at my Webb City office, near Joplin.
Choose a time online, or contact me for help with scheduling.
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BEFORE YOU SCHEDULE
Questions about getting started.
Where do we meet if we live in Galena, KS?
Your appointment is at my office in Webb City, Missouri, near Joplin. Both partners attend in person at this location.
Does this page describe online sessions from Kansas?
No. The service described here is an in-person couples appointment at my Webb City, Missouri, office. Both partners come to that location.
What if my partner needs space during difficult conversations?
We can talk about what that space is for and what the other person experiences when it happens. The work includes understanding how you return to the conversation and remain responsive to each other.
Do we have to stop arguing before we come?
No. The conflict can be what brings you here. I help you work with the exchange in the session, including stepping in when it needs to slow down.
FOR COUPLES IN GALENA, KS
Bring the question underneath the question.
If you keep reaching and missing each other, we can start there. Choose a time for both of you to meet with me at the Webb City office.
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