Couples Counselling
Couples counselling can be an effective way for you to form stronger bonds and build better relationships. I have completed my training in Emotional-Focused Therapy (EFT). Research has found that EFT can improve interactions between partners and reduce the amount of stress that people experience in their relationships. It can help benefit couples who are struggling with conflict, distress, and poor communication. In session I focus on unwinding automatic, counter-productive reactions that may be threatening your relationship.
I have also completed training through the Gottman Institute on the Gottman Method Couples Therapy which focuses on disarming conflicting verbal communications. This is done by increasing intimacy, respect and affection; working towards removing barriers that create a feeling of dormant or stand still feeling and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding of one another within the context of the relationship.
I currently have availability for couples. Please inquire below if you have any further questions regarding couples therapy or if you’re looking to book a session.
Our Focus
All relationships, even the most successful ones, have conflict. It is unavoidable. Fortunately, it’s not the appearance of conflict, but rather how it’s managed that predicts the success or failure of a relationship. It is helpful to accept there are problems that will be unsolvable due to natural personality differences between you and your partner, but if you can learn to manage those problems in a healthy way, then your relationship will succeed.
The first step in effectively managing conflict is to identify the Four Horsemen and counteract when they arrive in your conflict discussions. This first step is focused in session. Understanding, accepting, recognizing, and working through the conflict will help in creating a successful healthy and happy relationship.
Benefits to Couples Counselling
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Better emotional functioning
Couples counselling helps to create a language for healthy dependency between you and your partner. The primary goal of counselling is to expand and re-organize the emotional responses of you as a couple.
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Stronger bonds
In therapy I focus on Emotion Focused Therapy which suggests that attachments between you and your partner typically provide a safe haven—a retreat from the world and a way to obtain comfort, security, and a buffer against stress. Therapy will help to recreate these bonds.
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Improved interpersonal Awareness
Couples counselling will help you become more aware of your partner's needs. Because of this awareness, you also begin to listen and discuss problems from a place of empathy instead of a place of defensiveness or anger.
Pricing
Couples Counselling$200 HST INCL.
Couples counselling provides a safe environment for you to identify problems in your relationship and work together to create positive change. I am currently booking new clients. Please contact for more information or to book a session.
