Couple Therapy
Life is all about relationship! However, when we are unhappy in our marriage or other significant relationships, it negatively impacts our health, well-being and quality of life.
Thankfully, there are things couples can do to build a thriving relationship in which they both feel known and loved. A marriage where they manage conflicts effectively, and make their life dreams come true.
I use a combined approach from the most effective, research-based evidence driven couples therapy modalities- Gottman Method Couple Therapy and Emotional Focused Therapy. These modalities have been proven to help couples achieve greater understanding, communication, connection, and intimacy.
Few reasons couples may consider Couples Counselling includes:
- Addiction/Partner Addiction Support
- Balance (Work/Life/Family)
- Feeling disconnected from your spouse or partner
- Infidelity/Cheating but still wants to stay in the marriage
- Poor communications
- Chronic Illness
- Divorce
- Working on a second marriage or blended families
- Extended Family/You don’t get along with each other’s families
- Mental Illness
- Pornography
- Emotionally distanced couples having difficulty connecting
- Difficulty co-parenting & mismatched parenting styles
- Pre-marital counseling to set marriage up for success
A sample of possible goals and outcomes for couples counselling includes:
- Improving how you handle and manage conflict
- Deepening intimacy and feeling more connected to your partner
- Improving your friendship with your spouse or partner
- Feeling like a team and partnership
- Making each other’s life dreams and goals come true
- Supporting one another in managing other life stress and parenting
Healthy Marriages can Benefit from Couples Counselling too!
Think of your marriage as a house. Even the nicest houses need maintenance. They need to be cleaned, repaired, manicured and managed. In the same way your relationship needs maintenance.
An ideal couple counselling is preventative not a last resort in crisis. One of the biggest mistakes couples make is waiting too long before seeking help. As a result, they don’t address issues as they arise until things get really bad.
It is important to constantly find ways to connect and reconnect with your spouse, work on communication, conflict resolution, deeper understanding and on building the home of your dreams.
Couples counselling provides the opportunity for you to make your good relationship even better!
Are you having some marital issues? It is never too early or a bad idea to discuss them with a professional who specializes in couples’ therapy.
I believe it is possible to find a way to work through most marital challenges to a place of deeper love, trust and commitment to one another.
Please note that there are grounds and situations under which I will not be able to do couples counselling with you and/or your spouse. Feel free to give me a call and we can chat about your specific situation.