Couples Counselling Services

We work with all types of people pairings to help establish healthy relationships.

Couples counselling is a process through which a couple (who may be engaged, dating, married, partnered—or sometimes even parent and child or other pairings) works with a counsellor to identify specific areas of conflict and/or aspects of their relationship they would like to change or improve.  Working with a counsellor in a safe and confidential setting, couples are able to explore how their individual backgrounds, beliefs, thoughts, and behaviours may be impacting their relationship in both positive and negative ways. The counsellor may assist the couple in addressing any immediate and pressing problems, as well as developing strategies for protecting and enhancing the long-term health and happiness of their relationship.

Relationship Triggers

  • Coping with infidelity
  • Financial issues and unemployment
  • Dissatisfaction in the relationship
  • Challenges with children and differing parenting styles
  • Issues with in-laws

Relationship Triggers

  • Coping with infidelity
  • Financial issues and unemployment
  • Dissatisfaction in the relationship
  • Challenges with children and differing parenting styles
  • Issues with in-laws

Signs that you could benefit from couples counselling:

  • It seems like you are continually having the same argument.

  • You don’t trust each other.

  • There is a breakdown in communication with each other.

  • You don’t feel like your partner is listening to you.

  • You don’t remember the last time that you were intimate toward each other.

  • It seems like you are more housemates rather than lovers.

  • You treat others better than you treat your partner.

  • You criticize your partner continually for the things they do or don’t do.

  • You are contemplating breaking up, separation or divorce.

Moving toward a healthy relationship. How will you and your partner benefit from couples counselling?

  • Improved communication and techniques for handling conflict in a healthy way.
  • A safe and open space to engage in open dialogue with your partner.
  • Develop a new foundation and reengagement in the relationship.
  • Improved connection and intimacy.
  • Increased trust and mutual respect for each other.
  • Process and work through unresolved issues from the past and/or present that you may have been avoiding.
  • Develop a better understanding of your partner’s needs, wants, strengths and weaknesses.

What if my partner won’t participate in counselling?

It is not always necessary for your significant other to participate in counselling. If you want to improve your relationship, working on yourself (even without your partner can be an incredibly powerful first step). If your partner is not willing to attend counselling, you might feel betrayed or that your partner does not care about the relationship.

However, pushing your partner into counselling against his or her will can be just as damaging as the problems that led you to counselling in the first place.  As changes begin to take place, your partner’s behaviour may also change. In time, your partner might be so curious about what happens in therapy that he or she feels compelled to go with you. Even if your partner never goes to therapy, going on your own can help you deal with the stress of marital problems and help you to figure out your next steps.

How can we support your wellness?

How can we support your wellness?

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