Great Couples Counselling in Picture Butte, AB. Therapy to heal relationships.

Couples therapy is generally for anyone who is in a relationship and struggling to build or maintain connection, having communication difficulties, intimacy difficulties or any wide variety of difficulties within the complexity of relations. Couples therapy is a specialty and therefore you should look for a therapist who has specialized training and expertise in this area. Initial sessions are often longer in length and provide participants with a good understanding of "how and why we do what we do (including biological/neurological), a "road map" of where we have come from and where we are heading, and a treatment plan should therapy continue.

Using the training I have in the Gottman Method, I can help couples learn to improve their communication, increase intimacy, respect and affection, and teach them how to make small, positive changes that will grow their relationship. The goals of the Gottman Method include "increasing closeness and friendship behaviours, addressing conflict productively, and building a life of shared meaning together".

As an inclusive couple therapist, I strive to help couples find the roadmap to repair and heal problems that may typically arise in a relationship or marriage. I am a trained Gottman couples therapist that focuses on re-building trust, infidelity, communication, and mutual understanding. Together as a team we can work on what the relationship needs in order to flourish.

Being in a relationship can be difficult, particularly in a culture that has become increasingly individualistic. We fall into unhelpful relational patterns that leave us feeling angry, indifferent, or ashamed. We inflict emotional pain on our partners and we don't even understand why we are doing it. But it doesn't have to be this way. Using aspects of relational life therapy, internal family systems and more, we will go through a process of healing, designed to shift the relationship toward greater understanding, love, and connection.

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What are the most common couples' issues? If you are thinking "communication, conflict, sex, money, child rearing" you are correct. However, most therapists will go after the symptom on each side of the couple fence thinking that the way to effective change is by getting each party to "work" on their respective "issue". Many times the parties don’t agree but comply. Imagine if you could align the unconscious brains of a couple and stop the "working on your issues" part that has become so popular in therapy settings? Contact kevin@kevinflemingphd.com to learn how! Or call 877-606-6161. DR. FLEMING'S NEW RELATIONSHIP/COUPLES INTENSIVES. www.kevinflemingphd.com/marriage-couples-retreats.php

We utilize the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy, taking a “research-based approach to creating stronger relationships” in both couples therapy and marriage counselling. We develop concrete strategies to help couples effectively work through their relationship issues. To assist, in our first session we complete a thorough assessment to pinpoint exactly what issues the couple needs to work on, and together come up with goals and an action plan.

Today's couples take many forms, from pre-marriage relationship to co-habitation to marriage in its different stages. There are gay and lesbian couples as well as second marriages with blended families. My approach with couples is to observe their communication patterns and patterns of stuckness. With insight and experience, I help them identify ways for better communication and how earlier childhood and relationship patterns or unresolved issues are impeding present relationship. Working with a balanced alliance with both partners lays the foundation of trust in couple counselling.

Couples counselling is an opportunity to help people see their relationship from a different perspective. I often say that perspective change equals emotional change. I want to help couples remember the strengths they bring to the relationship. I also provide education on understanding communication and conflict resolution. I encourage believe that a healthy relationship is when both partners are deliberately and frequently looking for ways to contribute to the well-being of their partner.

Creating stronger relationships through the research- based Gottman approach. Couples who wish to develop a deeper awareness and connection in their relationships will benefit in using E- Counselling to enhance communication and bonding. Often when we are in a face to face conversation we are thinking of our next response rather than allowing the other person to be understood. Using a secure and completely confidential web based Gottman trained counsellor will help break down the barriers of communication and improve relationship dynamics. Couples can expect more understanding, respect and intimacy in their relationship. LGBT relationships are welcome.