Great Couples Counselling in Saugeen Shores, ON. Therapy to heal relationships.

Couples therapy can be one of the hardest therapies to experience. When clients wait until one person is ready to leave the relationship, reconciliation feels doomed. With hard work and both partners willing to re-connect, learn different communication strategies, and how to handle conflict constructively, most couples can stay together. Couples therapy can be one of the most rewarding therapies to experience. When couples come to therapy as a preventive measure, couples can take their relationship to new levels of intimacy, connection, communication and joy. Couples therapy can be healing for couples who have decided they can no longer be together but want to end amicably.

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.

As with family therapy, strategies involving communication are key. Helping clients deal with stress effectively can have positive effects for the relationship. Working through practical issues such as finances, division of housework, etc can also lead to greater relationship satisfaction. Helping couples gain insight about attachment and expression of affection can also be very helpful

When it comes to couples, the total is greater than the sum of its parts. Therefore, in couple therapy, the focus is not on the two sides of the equation. Rather, the object of inquiry and therapy is the relationship between those two sides. The therapy examines the interpersonal relationship and treats it as a third space. Therefore, the goal is not to change the individuals but to change the way they communicate, understand, and accept each other. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to see if we are a good fit.

Unlock the secrets to lasting marital happiness with our unique couple therapy approach. Using the renowned Gottman method, we delve deep into the dynamics of your relationship to uncover strengths and areas for growth. With evidence-based techniques tailored to your specific needs, we guide you toward improved communication, conflict resolution, and intimacy. Invest in your relationship today and pave the way for a lifetime of love and happiness.

I offer Gottman Method Couples Therapy which is an evidence-based practice derived from decades of collected data with effective tools for couples to address areas of weakness and strengths within the relationship. This will entail a rigorous assessment process to determine treatment plan. I will be guiding the couples throughout the session and will be supporting couples coping tools during sessions.

Everyone wants to feel heard and understood, that's why arguments are hardly ever about chores or childcare. Sessions will help you and your partner cut through the resentment and find a shared language that will help you see each other for your true selves. Communication will focus on expressing your needs in a safe environment and learning how to be able to meet your partner's needs with gentleness and validation.

Relationships can be hard but they do not have to be. Our couple's therapists work with the couples to identify problem areas, debunk, assumptions, and learn how to effectively communicate. Your therapist will help you to express your feelings in a respectively way, discuss issues, and resolve conflicts that are occurring. Couple's therapy aims to increase respect, affection, understanding, and intimacy between you and your partner. Our therapists stay neutral and focus on the couple as a unit rather than individually someone being "right" and someone being "wrong".

Divorce & Remarriage Our 40years of experience working with the dynamics of divorce and remarriage has shown us that unless an individual having gone through the divorce process, will inevitably be attracted to a similar personality type of the divorced spouse, commit themselves to re-marriage and find out within a few short months that they have re-married their ex-spouse even though the individual they married is a totally different personality. The resulting relationship becomes a repeat of marital history and marital discord, the very reason individuals sought divorce from their original spouse. The trauma of this process can be avoided if the individual having been divorced seeks person