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

Relationships begin with so much hope and promise for the future: passion, love, intimacy, acceptance, belonging, and security. Then familiarity follows along with responsibility. The downfall starts with complacency and perhaps even resentment for the failure to live up to the promise of what could have/ should have been. Sound familiar? The above scenario is a common, and likely simplistic, description of a relationship in decline. Other factors can also disrupt plans such as a breach of trust or a traumatic experience. In counselling, we will help to re-connect you with your values and beliefs while improving communication and re-defining what it means to be in a relationship.

Positive relationships have a remarkable impact on our lives. A sense of well-being and emotional health can be impacted heavily by relationships. Sometimes, when relationships are no longer positive, it can be distressing, leaving individuals feeling betrayed, upset, cut off and even angry. Working with couples in a supportive, caring way, together, we will explore your issues to improve communication and to discover a rekindling of your relationship.

Relationships can be the best of times, but also require copious amounts of effort. There are no "master-couples" who got where they are without putting in the time and hard work. We've all entered relationships with dreams and idealism, and then discover flaws that can be daunting. Although some divorces are inevitable, we believe that the rate of successful reconciliation can be much higher. Regardless of what your need is, to enhance an already good relationship, to mend problems, or to find a different path, we are able to help.

Navigating today's world with constant demands can place extra stress on any marriage or relationship. We often feel invisible, and may struggle to communicate what we need or even why we need it. The longer we feel our needs are not met, the more frustrated and angry we may become. This in turn, may trigger defensiveness in our partner, and lead to more frustration on both ends. We use The Gottman Method in couples counseling to help you reconnect and communicate in a way that is safe, compassionate, and allows you to feel heard. Every now and then even the strongest relationships need a bit of maintenance and a tune-up can help get you back on track!

Happily married but want a deeper connection? Or, tired of arguing and not being understood? There are many underlying issues that affect a relationship. Childhood experiences often impact how each partner communicates or copes with conflict, stress, emotions, etc. Life events and transitions can also stir up overwhelming emotions and tax resources affecting the quality of a relationship. Through therapy, you will discover how past and present life experiences are affecting you, your partner, and your relationship and identify harmful patterns that are hindering the intimacy you long for. Through effective communication techniques you will gain the tools to understand one another better.

I'm excited about helping couples build their relationship upon a solid foundation. We enter into marriage with our unique personalities and histories. We come with our own needs and expectations - often unrecognized. Problems develop in every relationship - that's normal. I will help you ... - restore the romance and renew your love for one another - learn new ways to communicate effectively - learn to consider one another's feelings & perspectives - creatively solve problems together - name and realize your dreams for your life together - resolve conflicts in constructive ways - build on the spiritual dimension of your relationship

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.