Great Couples Counselling in North York, ON. Therapy to heal relationships.

Whether you and your partner have just begun your relationship, or if you've been with them for some time, couples counselling can provide a safe place for both of you to explore each other's personalities, examine areas of growth, and strengthen your relationship for the better. I have experience with various partnerships including straight couples, LGBT partnerships, open relationship arrangements, polyamorous relationships, or however you define your particular relationship. Be rest assured that Nancy will welcome, respect, and be genuinely welcoming to help you address concerns you may have together.

Our most intimate relationships are where we are often challenged the most to grow. Much of my work with couples is helping each person feel entitled to their feelings and feel able to advocate for their needs within the relationship. So often we have expectations of how our partner or spouse is supposed to be, how we are supposed to be with them and there are unspoken expectations to navigate between us. These assumptions can easily lead to very destructive patterns that we act out with the person we want to feel the closest to. Our work is to strengthen ourselves from the inside out so that we can meet our partner "full of ourselves" and then find ways to be together that are a win win!

At Chanderbhan Counselling we understand that like all individuals, that relationships too are unique. Keeping that in mind, we work with both persons to create common goals for counselling or therapy. The counsellor is an impartial advocate for both parties and can help negotiate and improve communication, and help achieve resolution for your shared goals. Some examples of issues where counselling can help couples include: Communication & Openness, Anger & Assertiveness, Intimacy, Gender Roles, Issues of Infidelity, Pre-marital Counselling, Financial Issues, Moving In Together, Parenting, Ending a Relationship, Post Relationship Work: Working Towards a Friendship.

In 2015, I began studying the PACT (Psychobiological) Model for Couples Therapy. Using this model, I am passionate about working with couples. Based on "secure-functioning", you discover exactly, what you wanted but didn't know how to get there. Increasing your awareness on many levels gives you many more options. Discover how you and your partner can feel the way you long to feel and experience a warm safe loving relationship. Rediscover the promise held within the love and attraction that brought you together.

The goal of couples counselling is to help you communicate more effectively with your partner so that you understand each other's point of view. Ultimately, you will learn mutual respect & establish a more meaningful, harmonious & closer relationship. Communication skills are much easier to learn in a safe therapeutic environment as it gives each partner an opportunity to express their feelings & concerns. Active listening is important; the therapist can point out to you problem areas in a non-critical, helpful & safe environment. This is important because a partner often feels overwhelmed by criticism from their significant other & therefore tends to avoid future encounters.

I work with couples from an Emotionally-Focused framework to help them identify the negative patterns that are causing problems in the relationship. Much of the time, problems can stem all the way back to early family/past relationships. I help clients understand what thoughts or fears are contributing to the issues, and work with them to develop more healthy, loving patterns.

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

Winnie provides non-judgemental and compassionate couple therapy. In dealing with Couples counselling she primarily draws from her training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). EFT is the most progressive and well researched therapeutic interventions used in Couples Therapy. By using this practical and effective method, the goal is to help couples to identify their cycle, how they are connecting in their distressing patterns, and how they can be helped to reconnect again in a new pattern. Winnie has also attended the Intensive Sex Therapy course at University of Guelph.

Couples can expect to make great gains working with me . My training with Dr. Stan Tatkin in the PACT method (see my bio for link to more on this) enables me to empower couples to turn together toward the coupleship and what is best for the relationship without abandoning the needs of the self. Couples will determine and discover how to create a couple bubble that is strong, flexible, honest, intimate and repairable! All decisions the couple makes will be good for each individual and good for the couple thus establishing an equal ground of intimacy.

This therapy specializes in couples counseling. We will specifically address your issues, and help you both grow in your relationship, and as individuals. It is an amazing step to reach out for help, and we will work together to let go of the contention, and confrontation. Your lives will transform into mutual understanding and growth. I offer a free consultation, as finding the right therapist is really important. I look forward to helping you move past this difficult time. www.kenwalton.org ken@kenwalton.org 416-659-1617

I support one individual in a relationship and do not communicate directly with the other individual unless I receive permission to do so. This approach to couples counselling is especially helpful in situations where one person is thinking of leaving the relationship or in cases where emotional, verbal or more obvious forms of abuse may be happening. I can support you to take a step back, get clear on what you would like for yourself and the relationship, and take action to get where you want to be.

You can have an even better relationship! I work with you to identify what your issues are. We learn what your communication issues are, what is working and what is not in your relationship and implement practical action plans to improve this. Further, we identify your negative patterns of relating to each other and how this is a habit that hurts the relationship, and we learn how to get out of that pattern, shift behaviors, and relate in the most respectful, loving, kind manner which ultimately often improves your sex life, your happiness, and your fulfillment.

Relationship therapy offers an opportunity for individuals in many different kinds of relationships (wife/husband, life partners, parent/child, siblings, friends, etc.) to deal with the way in which past experience negatively affects current situations. Therapy process helps separate what is appropriate to the present from what is erupting from the past. In couples therapy, the relationship is the focus, although each partner should also expect to gain insights into their own struggles. The healing process encompasses the individuals and all their relationships. In six sessions you will gain tools and insights to feel empowered and competent in the areas of your relationships.