Couples Counselling

All couples fight and go through rough patches. The ebb and flow of connection and disconnection is part of life together.

Sometimes, though, couples end up in dynamics that are painful and repetitive. Disagreements may escalate and become more commonplace, or in contrast, the relationship may become silent, with each partner retreating into their own world.

Couples counselling provides a safe environment for the couple to identify their patterns, learn to work as a team and make sustainable changes in their relationship.

Signs Couples Counselling Might be for You:

You believe everything will be okay if your partner “just changes.”
You barely talk with your partner or avoid conflict
Things seem okay on the surface, but you feel disconnected and lonely
When you talk, you and your partner bicker and don’t resolve issues
You feel there are some things you can’t talk to your partner about
You are currently having, or are contemplating having an affair
You withhold information from your partner because you don’t want to start a fight
You and your partner engage in ineffective behaviours that are not getting your needs met (i.e., blame, criticism, withdrawal, withholding, stonewalling, contempt)
Your needs for intimacy and affection are not being met in the relationship
You want to make the relationship work

Couples Counselling Can Help You:

Communicate with each other more effectively without “acting out” your pain in the relationship
Identify ways you are showing up that are not serving you or the relationship
Learn how to resolve conflict and "fight fair"
Rebuild friendship, intimacy, and trust in your relationship
Recover from betrayal
Find a way to forgive after betrayal and hurt
Explore the values, hopes and dreams that shape your expectations of your relationship
Find clarity and hope for your future together