You’ve been strong long enough. Let this be a place to rest, heal, and reclaim yourself.

You’re tired. You’ve always been the one who could “do it all,” but it’s catching up with you.
You love your work, your people, and your many roles — but under the surface, something feels off.

Maybe you’re exhausted, overextended, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve you.
Maybe you miss feeling like yourself. Or maybe you’re not even sure who yourself is anymore.

You’ve done what you’re “supposed to do” — meditated, exercised, read all the right books. You’re self-aware. Insightful. But still something’s missing: connection, clarity, peace.

This is the moment where many women come to therapy — not because they’re broken, but because they’re done surviving. And they want to start living in a way that feels true.

Struggling in Your Relationship? Women’s Counseling Can Help

Lately, you and your partner feel distant. You’ve taken on the role of “ring leader” at home — trying to keep everything functioning — but it’s being misunderstood as control, and it’s straining your connection.

You can’t just “let it go” like your partner suggests — because if you don’t hold it all together, who will?
But you’re tired of holding so much. You want to feel supported, seen, and safe in your relationship again. You miss the ease, the fun, the warmth.

Trying to Be Everything, Losing Yourself in the Process

You love your kids. You love your career. You want a full life — and you’ve worked hard to build it.
But managing all of it leaves little room for you.

You want to be present and emotionally available for your children…
You want to keep growing professionally…
You want closeness with your partner…
And somewhere in the mix, you want to feel joy. Freedom. Peace.

Beneath the exhaustion: A Deeper Calling

Sometimes what we call anxiety, burnout, or overwhelm…
…is really a call to reconnect with your inner wisdom.

Women are incredibly intuitive, creative, and emotionally intelligent. But life often teaches us to override those gifts — to become the helper, the achiever, the caretaker.

Therapy is a space where you get to pause that performance. To notice what’s really happening inside. To heal old wounds, understand your emotional patterns, and reclaim the parts of yourself that got buried under all the pressure to hold it together.

A Healing Approach Rooted in Compassion & Emotional Truth

I offer more than coping strategies — I offer a place to go deep.

Pulling on concepts from Emotionally Focused Therapy, AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy), and life experience, I help women reconnect with their emotional core and begin healing from the inside out.

In session, we slow things down, listen closely to what your body and heart are saying, and work together to process old pain in a way that transforms it.

My clients say I offer a gentle, intuitive presence — someone who sees beneath the surface and helps them name the things they’ve been carrying alone for far too long.

Women’s Counseling for More Peace, Balance, and Fulfillment

If you’re ready to look inward and rediscover the strongest, most authentic version of yourself, I’m here to help.

Together, we will:
✅ Understand and shift relationship patterns that leave you resentful or invisible
✅ Explore how childhood roles (the good girl, the strong one, the fixer) still shape your identity
✅ Learn to listen to your needs without guilt or shame
✅ Move through grief, anxiety, burnout, or emotional numbness
✅ Build a more trusting, loving relationship with yourself
✅ Reconnect with your purpose, passion, and voice

The result? More peace, more balance, and deeper connections with the people who matter most.

You’re Not Broken—You’re Emerging

Therapy isn’t about fixing you. It’s about helping you remember who you are beneath the roles, the perfectionism, and the exhaustion.

Together, we can create a space where you feel safe enough to soften — and strong enough to change.

Schedule a Free Consultation with a Women’s Counselor in Lake Oswego

You don’t have to keep pushing through exhaustion alone. Let’s create a path that feels spacious, whole, and true—on your terms.

📞 Call me at 503-327-6971 or click here to schedule your free consultation.

I offer individual women’s counseling and couples therapy for those navigating life, family, and career challenges. Serving Lake Oswego, Portland, Tigard, West Linn, Tualatin, Beaverton, and Sherwood.

Susan Gulka, LPC
(503) 327-6971
14523 Westlake Drive
Lake Oswego, OR 97035

Click here to schedule your free 20-minute phone consultation today.