Agreements & Boundaries
Clarify expectations, consent, privacy, and what each person needs to feel respected.
Affirming Relationship Support
Non-Monogamous & Open Relationship Counseling
Judgment-free therapy for individuals, partners, and relationship systems exploring or practicing consensual non-monogamy and open relationships.
Understanding the Service
Your Relationship Structure Is Not the Problem
Consensual non-monogamy can be meaningful, connected, and healthy. It can also bring complex conversations about agreements, jealousy, time, communication, identity, and changing needs. Therapy offers a place to explore those experiences without assuming monogamy is the goal.
Support is tailored to the people involved, the structure they choose, and the values they want their relationships to reflect. The focus is informed consent, honest communication, emotional well-being, and sustainable agreements.
Ways We Can Help
Support for What You’re Experiencing
Therapy is shaped around your circumstances, strengths, relationships, and goals.
Jealousy & Security
Understand jealousy without shame and respond with care, curiosity, and useful action.
Opening a Relationship
Prepare thoughtfully for changes in structure, communication, and emotional impact.
Time & Energy
Navigate scheduling, attention, caregiving, and competing relationship needs.
Communication & Repair
Address ruptures, unmet agreements, misunderstandings, and rebuilding trust.
Identity & Community
Explore relationship orientation, belonging, disclosure, and social pressure.
A Thoughtful Approach
Affirming Care Without Assumptions
You should not have to educate your therapist about the legitimacy of your relationships before receiving support. Sessions center your stated values, agreements, identities, and goals.
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What to Expect
Your therapist will collaborate with you and adjust the work as your needs evolve.
Map the Relationship System
Understand who is involved, how relationships connect, and what brings you to therapy.
Clarify Needs & Agreements
Explore consent, expectations, boundaries, communication, and sources of strain.
Build Sustainable Practices
Develop tools for repair, emotional regulation, scheduling, and ongoing check-ins.
Our ApproachCOLLABORATIVE PRACTICAL INFORMED
Therapy Built Around You
There is no single approach that works for everyone. Your therapist can draw from evidence-based and person-centered methods based on your goals, needs, and lived experience.
Person-Centered Care
A respectful environment centered on your experiences, values, strengths, and goals.
Skills & Strategies
Build useful tools for emotions, communication, relationships, and daily challenges.
Thoughtful Treatment
Use approaches selected for your needs, preferences, development, and circumstances.
Flexible OptionsAt Our Office From Home
Support That Fits Your Life
In-Person Therapy
Meet in a welcoming, private setting at the Total Life Wellness office in Columbia, Illinois.
Online Therapy
Secure virtual care may be available in Illinois, Missouri, and Colorado based on therapist licensure, clinical fit, and availability.
Why Total Life Wellness
A Space Where You Can Be Yourself
Therapy should feel like a place where you can speak openly, feel respected, and receive care shaped around you.
Welcoming & Inclusive
Personalized Therapy
Judgment-Free Conversations
Evidence-Informed Approaches
In-Person & Virtual Options
Support for Diverse Experiences
Common Questions
Non-Monogamous & Open Relationship Counseling FAQs
Do you work with polyamorous relationships?
Yes. Support may include polyamory, open relationships, relationship anarchy, swinging, and other consensually non-monogamous structures.
Do all partners need to attend?
Not always. Therapy may involve an individual, a couple, or multiple partners depending on goals, consent, and therapist fit.
Will therapy push us toward monogamy?
Affirming counseling does not assume monogamy is the preferred outcome. The focus is on consent, well-being, communication, and your goals.
Can therapy help us decide whether to open our relationship?
Yes. Therapy can create space to explore motivations, concerns, boundaries, and readiness before making changes.
Local & Virtual Care
Non-Monogamous & Open Relationship Counseling
Total Life Wellness offers compassionate support from its Columbia office, with secure virtual options based on therapist licensure, location, clinical fit, and availability.
Total Life Wellness PLLC
207 N Main St
Basement Unit 1
Columbia, IL 62236
207 N Main St
Basement Unit 1
Columbia, IL 62236
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Ready to Talk With Someone?
You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out. We’re here to help you find the next step that feels right.