Great Couples Counselling in Altona, MB. Therapy to heal relationships.

Couple counseling is a type of psychotherapy for a married couple or established partners that tries to resolve problems in the relationship. I am trained in psychotherapy and family systems theory.One of my focuses in couple counseling is to gain an understanding of my clients' symptoms and their perspectives on the relationship. I respectfully explore with clients their relationship patterns and interactions. One area of focus is to help clients understand how their interactions are contributing to problems in their relationship. New patterns of relating can then can be developed.

It's normal for couples to face conflict in their relationship. In fact, the Gottman's (experts in the field of couple's relationships) assert conflict offers the opportunity for greater closeness in relationship! However, when we don't have the communication and conflict resolution strategies needed for successful repair and resolution, conflict tends to be experienced as quite disconnecting. I can help you grow these skills, as well as work through past issues that might be bogging you down. It is never too early to reach out for support through couple's therapy, and as long as there is openness to try, neither is it too late to gain help.

Are you and your partner stuck in unsolvable arguments? Does one of you tend to ‘demand’ more while the other shuts down and withdraws? Are you feeling less connected and actually adding stress to each other’s lives instead of reducing it? While frustrating, these are perfectly normal patterns of partnership and there is hope. I would be glad to help you untangle the knots, learning to team up together instead of entering battles over who is right. In doing so, we will unpack past traumas and patterns of behaviour, learning to better communicate and to be safely vulnerable in a way that stands your relationship on solid ground.