Couple therapy

We see couples  for a variety of issues including:
  • Problems communicating
  • When interactions chronically  result in intense emotions such as anger, anxiety, sadness
  • Infidelity, affairs, and loss of trust
  • Conflicts and stress around intimacy and sex
  • Parenting challenges and conflicts
  • Disagreements around financial decisions
  • When major life transitions affect a relationship  (e.g, new baby, new job, moving, retirement)
  • Premarital counselling
  • Relationship enhancement

​Couple therapy is tailored to your needs.  Sessions are 60 minutes long.  We work together to determine the optimal frequency and course of therapy.  We may include some "individual" sessions as part of the couple therapy.  This gives me an opportunity to get each partner's unique perspective on the relationship. 
​
Our approach draws on: 
  • Gottman  Method - evidence based approach focused on increasing mutual understanding, awareness, empathy, and connectedness
  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) - focused on the importance of emotional awareness and emotional regulation as it applies to interactional patterns
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) -  focused  on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns

​​