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

I help clients understand the negative interactional cycles that they find themselves in. After and during this movement towards understanding, we get at the underlying emotions and attachment needs that are so critical to having a safe-haven relationship with one's partner. The goal is to be safe, secure, understood and compassionately held in a love relationship.

Do opposites really attract? For some of us this is so true! And if we are so different, how do we be a couple and not let those differences drive us crazy? Being in relationship is always with its challenges. If you begin with (or learn how) to communicate in a productive, respectful and loving way, your differences can become opportunities to grow both personally and in the relationship. Effective communication that cares for your partner and gives you both positive and helpful outcomes is a learned skill. Relationships come in all forms and shapes! Sometimes we choose them, other times we are born into them! Either way, learning to be a skilled communicator is the key to success.

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

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.

I have worked with couples for over 7 years. Very often we are attracted to our partner because they have the qualities we don't possess. And we LOVE those things about them! For a while anyway. After a period time, those qualities become the very things that drives us the most crazy. "Why can't you be more like me!", we think to ourselves (or say out loud!). When I work with couples, I explore how our partner holds the very thing we need in ourselves. I help couples find a better way to communicate, as they explore "the elephant in the room" in a safe environment. I provide feedback on what I notice, so they can find new awarenesses and new ways of being with the other.

All relationships hit rough patches from time to time. However couples who have the skills to identify and talk in a mature and calm manner are able to manage these rough patches before they become mighty marriage mountains to scale. When couples struggle to communicate, be active and present participants in their relationship, take responsibility for their part of the problem and the solution we end up with a breakdown of the relationship. It is possible to learn the skills that will improve your relationship. Working on improving communication skills, conflict resolutions and negotiating skills, stress and self management skills and much more will help grow your relationship.

Find yourself in a rut? Having the same arguments over and over again? Relationships are inherently challenging. While intimate connection feeds some of our deepest human needs, it also confronts our deepest insecurities. From conflict and poor communication to emotional distance and infidelity, the core of many relational issues are often rooted in our own attachment patterns. By assisting couples in moving past the content of their disagreements to the issues that underly them, I help clients to not only address their present concerns, but to transform their way of being in relationship in general.

Are you unhappy in your relationship? Would you like to learn how to treasure each other again? There are many ways to improve things between you and restore caring, IF you are both committed to the outcome. I believe in the work of Harville Hendrix and also in the value of agreeing to disagree sometimes, and to work around it. Forgiveness is a gift to ourselves as well as to our loved ones. Let's get started -- the sooner the better for the health of your relationship.

In the downtown Toronto area, people come to see me for help with marital and couples-related conflicts. I am very comfortable helping couples who are in straight, gay, or lesbian relationships. Conflicts often come up between partners in relation to difficulties with intimacy, conflicts surrounding extended family members, and disagreements around family goals and priorities.

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.

I work with couples in the framework of the gold standard of couples work, Emotionally Focused Couples therapy. Empirically validated, it is the most contemporary method to bring relief to distressed relationships, and a loss of connection. Clients benefit from having their patterns of behaviour brought out into the open so they can have relief that "it takes two" and that we are not alone in our couples relationships.

I offer couples the opportunity to explore the root causes of their relationship concerns within a safe, supportive environment. As an objective third party, I am able to facilitate enhanced communication between the couple to help them develop greater objectivity, learn to hear and meet one another’s needs more effectively, and overcome automatic defenses that may be hindering their connection to strengthen and restore their partnership.

When a couple is in trouble, the act of seeking out a counsellor has to be motivated by the desire to stay together through hard work. Therapy is not for those who need it but for those who want it. This is even more true when it comes to working with couples. The journey is one of finding once more what brought them together in the first place. We work with forgiveness and building trust. We find ways for the couple to once again feel a sense of warmth and compassion as we break down the walls of resentment. We look at what is triggering the couple to fight. We go through the anatomy of a common and repetitive fight. i also teach the couple some body centered techniques.