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How To Ask For What You Need In Relationships
With Stacey Bennington | Psychotherapist & CoachMost of us were never taught how to ask for what we need. Some of us learned that needs were a burden. Others learned to ask indirectly, hoping someone would notice. And some of us stopped feeling our needs altogether, because it was safer that way. In this course, you will explore where that pattern started, why it keeps showing up in your relationships, and what it actually looks like to begin honoring your needs without apology. Each lesson builds on the last, taking you from understanding why needs feel dangerous all the way to practicing what a needs-honoring relationship looks and feels like in real life.
Learn why your needs feel dangerous, and how to start asking for them without guilt or fear.
About this course
Most of us were never taught how to ask for what we need. Some of us learned that needs were a burden. Others learned to ask indirectly, hoping someone would notice. And some of us stopped feeling our needs altogether, because it was safer that way. In this course, you will explore where that pattern started, why it keeps showing up in your relationships, and what it actually looks like to begin honoring your needs without apology. Each lesson builds on the last, taking you from understanding why needs feel dangerous all the way to practicing what a needs-honoring relationship looks and feels like in real life.
Meet your Teacher
Stacey Bennington is a registered psychotherapist in Colorado and a nationally certified school psychologist with an Ed.S. in School Psychology. She is also a board-certified medical support hypnotherapist, a certified integrative nutrition health coach, and a certified integrative attachment theory coach. With a multidisciplinary background, her work integrates attachment theory, nervous system regulation, and practical, body-based approaches to emotional well-being. She specializes in helping individuals and couples understand how early attachment patterns shape their relationships, communication, and emotional responses, including the anxiety that underlies so many relationship patterns, and how to build more secure, connected ways of relating. Stacey's approach blends science-based insight with accessible, everyday practices, supporting people in reducing relationship anxiety, reconnecting with their bodies, building awareness, and creating meaningful, lasting change.