Great Couples Counselling in Athens, ON. Therapy to heal relationships.

There are many benefits to couple counselling including improved communication, enhanced ability to resolve conflict effectively, increased emotional and sexual intimacy, improved ability to problem solve and increased confidence in co-parenting. Sarah can assist you and your partner in these areas and in other challenging areas of your relationship so that you can experience a reduction in relationship stress and a renewed closeness with your partner. Feel free to call Sarah to discuss how she can assist you in resolving the issues in your relationship.

Couples counseling at Pro Q Therapy helps partners move beyond conflict and disconnection to rediscover trust, understanding, and emotional safety. Whether you’re struggling with communication, resentment, or distance, therapy provides a structured space to rebuild your bond with respect and compassion. Our therapists use evidence-based approaches such as CBT, DBT, and attachment-focused methods to help each partner feel heard, reduce defensiveness, and learn healthier ways to connect. Together, you’ll gain insight into each other’s needs, repair emotional wounds, and create a relationship that feels more supportive, balanced, and secure.

When communication breaks down in relationships it can often lead to a disconnection from our partners which can seem irreparable. This can lead to a lack of intimacy, resentment, or mistrust towards each other. When a couple agrees to reach out for help, it shows a commitment to each other and an openness to change. When doing couples work it is a priority for me that each partner’s concerns and feelings are heard and addressed. This involves ensuring equal time for each person to talk about their concerns and needs as well as their goals for our work together. I have experience in working with heterosexual as well as same sex couples. Book a free consultation today.

We all long for connection. Many of us feel great in the times when a relationship is new and the connection is just developing. The problems come when we have to repair distance/rifts in that connection, or when we need to sustain and deepen our connection to our partners. Maybe we never learned how. Maybe we carry scars and trauma from past relationships. Maybe we have patterns in our histories that we never really dealt with. Maybe all of the above. Our work together will take all of that into account and in a non-judgmental environment, we will hold space for you both to learn how to repair, strengthen and maintain your most important relationships.

Over the course of your relationship, you are going to face its ups and downs. Learning how to meet all that life may throw at you, together as a couple and grow stronger in each experience are just some of the many benefits of couples counselling I provide. I help you develop the tools you need for when your relationship goes through a tough time. You'll learn how trust and open to your partner and feel safe, how to respond to your partner's needs during the good and the bad times, keep moving forward and blooming as the time goes by.

Taking time with your loved one can be a beautiful and fulfilling experience. However, it can feel challenging when you and your partner are stuck in previous patterns of behaviour, communication, and interaction. As a couple therapist, I will support you in better understanding yourself, your loved one, and your relationship to navigate challenges (e.g., communication, attachment, trust, etc.). I seek to enable you and your partner to work as a team in navigating whatever struggles come your way and developing your own unique toolkit. Speak with me today for a free consultation to begin your journey.

I love seeing couples move from a place of conflict and disharmony to a place of deep intimacy and respect for one another. With training in emotionally focused therapy, I approach couple therapy from an attachment perspective, exploring the nature of partner conflict (Identifying their negative cycle of communication), identifying the emotions that drive the negative cycle, and working with the couple to help them re-express those emotions needs in healthier ways.