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In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining a healthy and fulfilling romantic relationship can often feel overwhelming. With competing demands from work, family, and personal responsibilities, couples can struggle to maintain connection and harmony. At Love This Therapy, we offer specialized Couples Counselling to help guide partners through these challenges and foster an authentic, secure connection.
Couples counselling is designed to support partners as they navigate relationship dynamics, address conflicts, and work toward building a healthier, more fulfilling bond. Couples may seek counselling at any stage of their relationship, whether they are experiencing specific challenges or simply want to strengthen their partnership. At Love This Therapy, our registered clinical counsellors work with you to create a safe space for open communication, emotional healing, and relational growth.
At Love This Therapy, we understand that each couple is unique. Our counsellors tailor their approach to your specific relationship dynamics, using evidence-based techniques such as Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), and the Gottman Method. These methods are designed to enhance communication, resolve conflicts, and promote emotional intimacy. Key areas of focus include:
We help partners develop the skills to express their needs, emotions, and concerns effectively while practicing active listening to deepen understanding of each other’s perspectives.
Emotional intimacy is a cornerstone of any relationship. Our approaches foster reconnection through honest dialogue, trust– building, and creating a secure emotional attachment between partners.
Disagreements are natural in any relationship, but it’s how couples navigate these conflicts that can make or break a relationship. Our counsellors provide tools for resolving conflicts with empathy and compassion, allowing couples to move forward without resentment.
By identifying and addressing underlying issues that may contribute to recurring conflict, we help couples build a solid relational foundation based on trust, respect, and mutual understanding.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based approach to couples counselling that focuses on helping partners build a stronger emotional bond by addressing attachment style and emotion as key components of the relationship. EFT helps couples identify patterns of emotional disconnection and develop new ways of interacting that foster trust, closeness, and intimacy. At Love This Therapy, our registered clinical counsellor Gary Hayre specializes in EFT as a couple’s counsellor, guiding partners through this transformative process to create a more secure and fulfilling relationship.
The Gottman Method is another highly regarded approach to couples therapy, developed through decades of research on what makes relationships succeed or fail. This method helps couples improve communication, deepen intimacy, and manage conflict effectively by focusing on building a foundation of friendship, shared meaning, and emotional support. At Love This Therapy, our registered clinical counsellor Simon Funnell uses The Gottman Method in his couples counselling practice. Simon works with couples to help them strengthen their relationship through evidence-based strategies, allowing them to better navigate challenges and build a lasting partnership.
Investing in couples counselling offers numerous benefits:
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Our couples counselling services provide support in various areas:
Whether it’s moving in together, getting married, having children, or facing job changes, transitions can test a relationship. Our counsellors help couples navigate these changes with tools for stress management and adaptation.
Over time, passion and intimacy can wane, especially for long-term couples. Our counsellors work with you to identify barriers to intimacy and develop strategies to reignite your emotional and physical connection.
Finding a balance between work, family, and relationship demands can be challenging. We help couples create a more authentic life by establishing boundaries, practicing self-care, and improving communication.
Trust is the foundation of a healthy relationship. If trust has been broken, whether through infidelity or other issues, our counsellors guide couples through the process of rebuilding trust, making amends, repairing ruptures, and strengthening their relationship.
Mental health issues can impact a relationship significantly. Our counsellors provide support and understanding to help couples navigate these challenges with empathy and compassion.
When considering couples counseling, it’s natural to have questions about its effectiveness, timeline, and how it can fit into your already busy life. Below, we’ve addressed some common concerns to help you better understand what to expect from couples counselling at Love This Therapy.
Couples counselling has been extensively researched and shown to be effective in improving relationship satisfaction, communication, and emotional intimacy. Evidence-based approaches like Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and The Gottman Method have been consistently shown to help couples reconnect and resolve conflict in a healthier, more constructive way. However, it’s important to remember that the earlier couples seek help, the better the outcome tends to be. Waiting until the relationship is on the verge of breaking down can make it more difficult to address deep-rooted issues, as negative patterns and behaviors may have become entrenched over time. Early intervention allows couples to address concerns before they escalate, leading to more positive and lasting change.
That said, even if you’re already facing significant challenges, it’s never too late to seek support. With the right approach, dedication, and professional guidance, couples can rebuild trust, reestablish emotional intimacy, and move forward together in a healthier, more connected way.
The length of couples counselling varies from couple to couple, depending on the complexity of the issues at hand and how each partner engages with the process. Some couples may see meaningful progress after just a few sessions, particularly if the issues are more focused and communication is relatively strong. Others may require longer-term counselling, especially if there are deeper issues such as trauma, longstanding communication difficulties, or trust breaches that need to be worked through.
At Love This Therapy, our counsellors collaborate with each couple to set realistic goals and determine a timeline that works for them. Whether you’re looking for short-term solutions or more extensive therapy, we tailor our approach to your needs, ensuring that each session is productive and aligned with your relationship goals. The counselling process is flexible and evolves based on your progress, with regular check-ins to assess where you are and where you want to be.
It’s essential to remember that progress in counselling isn’t always linear. Some couples may experience rapid breakthroughs, while others may need more time to work through complex emotions and patterns. Our counsellors are here to support you at every stage, guiding you toward the long-term health and happiness of your relationship.
We understand that in today’s fast-paced world, time is often one of the biggest hurdles to seeking therapy. Between work, family, and personal commitments, it can feel like there’s no room to focus on your relationship. That’s why at Love This Therapy, we offer flexible appointment options designed to accommodate even the busiest of schedules. We provide evening and weekend sessions to ensure that couples have access to counselling when it’s most convenient for them.
Whether you’re juggling a demanding job, childcare, or other responsibilities, our goal is to make counselling accessible without adding unnecessary stress to your routine. Our team is committed to working with you to find appointment times that fit your life, ensuring that your relationship remains a priority amidst your other obligations. By offering this flexibility, we aim to remove any barriers that might prevent you from taking that important first step toward healing and growth.
At Love This Therapy, our specialized Couples Counselling services are dedicated to helping couples navigate the complexities of their relationships, no matter what stage they are in. We recognize that every relationship faces its unique set of challenges, from communication breakdowns to trust issues, and our approach is tailored to meet the specific needs of each couple. Our goal is to empower partners to understand and support one another more deeply, enabling them to create a relationship that is not only stronger but also more authentic and fulfilling.
Investing in your relationship through counselling can result in profound benefits, from rekindling the emotional closeness that may have been lost, to preventing future issues from escalating. Our counsellors are here to create a safe, non-judgmental environment where both partners feel heard, respected, and understood. Together, we’ll work toward building a more harmonious, resilient partnership that stands the test of time.
In our daily acts of living, loving, working, healing, learning & playing, we would like to acknowledge with gratitude that we are on the traditional & unceded territory of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo and other Coast Salish Peoples. Huy ch q’u.
