Ylva Kroke

Have you and your partner tried everything and nothing changes? Do you feel like your partner just doesn’t get you, or you find yourselves fighting more often, more intensely, feeling stuck in the same patterns over and over again? Maybe you find yourselves wondering if this is still working or worth it. The good news is: you are not alone and you don’t have to figure it out by yourselves!
Therapy can help you understand your cycles and stuckpoints in relationships and within yourself; help you learn to communicate with more ease and avoid getting caught in a trigger ping-pong that no one can win. In my work with couples I use Emotion Focused Therapy to help you find a way forward where you both feel connected, understood, and empowered.

Whether you’re coming to therapy as an individual or a couple, I believe your behaviors and patterns make sense when we look at them closely and without any judgment.
The individuals I work with often deal with trauma in their life whether from childhood or more recent. Or struggle with low self-esteem, life’s transitions, isolation, or strong emotions. You are not broken, you are coping. You are doing the best you can under the circumstances you are in (and everything that has led to them!). Your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors make sense. Together we can discover where you are, how you got there, and where you want to go next.

As a Registered Psychotherapist (qualifying) with a Master’s degree from Naropa University in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a specialization in Wilderness Therapy, I’m passionate about supporting you in gaining deep self-awareness and the tools and insights to create the lasting change you desire and deserve. With care, curiosity, and compassion, I wish to help you find your way back to yourself, unleash your full potential, and deepen into connection.

While I draw from different modalities, my work is always informed by a relational and strengths-based approach. Emotion Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems and more, all inform my work. With curiosity and humility, I aim to meet you where you are at, and together with you create new experiences for you within the safe container of therapy.

Coming to therapy is not easy. It takes courage and it often means that you have been suffering for a long time without finding the solutions that help or the help that you need. Therapy can help you find clarity where there is confusion, light where there is dark, and connection where there was isolation before. Thank you for being here. I would be honored to join you for this part of your journey.