***We currently have two therapists in our office who practice couples therapy, using the Gottman Method ***

Relationships are hard work and don’t come with an instruction manual.  When our relationships aren’t going well, we hurt inside. You may be wondering how you got to this point. You are probably frustrated because you don’t know how things between you and your partner fell apart. You are using sarcastic one liners and passive aggressive language to convey how you are feeling, but aren’t using the words to express how you are truly feeling.  This increases the distance between you and your partner.

What if you could take a step back, slow down the conversation and speak the truths that are underneath your comments and comebacks? What if you could have a deeper understanding, an awareness of how your relationship actually functions, so you could make the necessary changes. We offer a neutral, non-judgmental environment encouraging couples to openly communicate feelings and thoughts and understand the other’s perspective. We will work together to explore and improve your relationship.

Some issues addressed in Couples Counselling may be:

• Communication Skills

• Intimacy Issues

• Conflict Resolution

• Extramarital Affairs

• Boundaries

• Trust Issues

• Parenting

Sometimes as hard as we try, we can’t make it work as a couple and we have to go down a path we never thought we’d go down; separation and/or divorce.  There are many thoughts, feelings and emotions involved in this process and when children are involved, it adds to our worry. We have a desire to function as we did before, however, we aren’t who we were before. Thoughts, feelings and behaviours may interfere.  You may be experiencing feelings of sadness, guilt, helplessness, anger, hopelessness and questioning if you will ever be able to love again, enter another relationship and how that would be possible.  You may carry a great deal of worry for your children and their emotional well-being and this may at times exacerbate your anger towards your former spouse.

We will work with the separating couple on increasing communication skills, and help them move past the hurt of the breakup and towards strategies to create and maintain a healthy co-parenting relationship.