Couples Counselling

Reignite your relationship

You're ready for clarity, direction and renewed hope. Let's work together to restore connection, understanding, resilience, and fulfillment in your relationship.

Couples Counselling is for you if:

Every interaction with your partner is charged.

Miscommunication happens frequently.

You’re tired of feeling like you are walking on eggshells; and you’re tired of being critical or feeling criticized.

You stick to surface-level dialogue to keep the peace.

You’re losing sight of your relationship.

You’re starting to feel hopeless.

It’s not like there’s something identifiably wrong, but you feel like you’re living with a roommate rather than a lover.

You don’t know how you got to this place in your relationship and you’re not sure how to create change. You miss feeling loved, valued and respected.

You are starting to resent your partner.

You feel lonely and disconnected from your partner

You feel like you have the same argument over and over again with no change in sight.

Maybe you have implemented date nights, read self-help books, worked on conflict resolution, even seen a therapist, but you still feel distant from your partner.

Using research-based strategies we work together to...

find a way to move forward together so you can stop feeling like you’re letting each other down and start building the relationship you have always wanted.

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Approach to Therapy

I am a couples counsellor based out of Cranbrook, BC.

Initial sessions will be a thorough assessment of the couples’ relationship to determine the course of therapy. I employ research-based interventions aimed at strengthening the relationship, reducing conflict, and repairing unresolved hurts.

I am a straightforward communicator, with a solutions-focused and strengths-based practice. I believe therapy is a collaborative process and that change is possible. Greatest success happens when couples put time and effort into applying the practical techniques learned in sessions into their daily life.

I am a registered counsellor with BCACC, and have completed Level 2 training in Gottman Method Couples therapy.

Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

What to Expect & Rates

Free Consultation

We connect over the phone for a free 15 minute consultation to discuss the following:

My approach to therapy.
Any questions you may have before commitment.

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Intervention

Intervention timeline will depend on the couple’s goals; counselling will occur weekly and move to bi-weekly appointments.

Therapeutic goals will likely include strengthening the couple’s connection (intimacy, respect, affection), improving verbal communication, eliminating determinantal behaviors, and creating greater empathy and understanding for one another.

Treatment concludes when one or both parties choose to initiate termination. Ideally at this stage the couple has built an overall stronger relationship and learned healthier ways to cope.

Assessment

Assessment includes four sessions:

Initial session with both partners (approx. 1 hour).
Individuals sessions with each partner (45 min session each). Prior to individual sessions, each partner completes their own questionnaire.
Summary session to discuss assessment and formulate intervention plan.

The purpose of assessment is to inform and guide the therapeutic process. The benefit of a thorough assessment is an improved understanding of the couple’s relationship including strengths and problem areas, targeted interventions, and positive outcomes for the couple.