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OUR SERVICES

Couples Counselling Vancouver

Rebuild Connection. Understand Each Other. Transform Your Relationship.

Relationships are where we seek comfort, safety, and connection—but they can also be the place where we feel most hurt, misunderstood, or alone. At our practice, we specialize in helping couples move from distress and disconnection toward healing, understanding, and deeper intimacy.

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Whether you're navigating long-standing conflict, recent ruptures, or simply want to strengthen your bond, we’re here to guide you with compassion, clarity, and expertise.

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Our Approach: Emotionally Focused & Trauma-Informed

We are trained in several evidence-based models of couples therapy, including:

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  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)

  • The Gottman Method

  • The Bader-Pearson Developmental Model (The Couples Institute)

  • Imago Relationship Therapy

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At the core of our work is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)—a deeply researched, attachment-based model that understands romantic love as a powerful survival system. We help you identify the emotional patterns that keep you stuck and guide you in building secure, responsive bonds.

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We are also trauma-informed, meaning we are attuned to how past trauma—individual or relational—can shape present dynamics. We work to ensure emotional safety in every session, helping both partners regulate emotions and shift out of distressing cycles into connection and growth.

Repair & Recovery

Trauma-Informed

Sexual Intimacy

Communication

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What to Expect in Couples Counselling

Compassionate Guidance Rooted in Attachment Science

 

Our work is based on the understanding that emotional accessibility and responsiveness are essential to secure, lasting relationships.

 

We help couples:

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  • Understand and break out of negative interaction cycles

  • Rebuild emotional safety and trust

  • Develop more vulnerable and meaningful communication

  • Learn how to regulate emotional intensity during conflict

  • Restore a sense of partnership, playfulness, and mutual support​

Conflict Resolution

Emotional Safety

Couple as a Team

Compassionate Guidance

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Why Relationships Get Stuck (and How We Help)

Relationship distress often stems from disconnection—not dysfunction. Using an attachment lens, we help reframe the conflict you’re experiencing as a natural protest against emotional disconnection, not a personal failure. We help you recognize these patterns, understand the emotions underneath them, and respond to each other in more supportive ways.

 

In therapy, we support you in:

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  • Dialing down reactivity to reduce fighting, withdrawal, or shutdown

  • Dialing up emotional expression to foster closeness and safety

  • Making sense of each partner’s attachment needs

  • Creating new, corrective emotional experiences that rewire the relationship from the inside out

Deepening Safety

Process-Oriented

Repairing Trust

Psychoeducational

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Who We Work With

We provide inclusive, affirming therapy for couples of all kinds, including:

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  • All gender orientations including LGBTQIA2S+ couples

  • Intercultural and interfaith relationships

  • Couples navigating parenting, blended families, or life transitions

  • Relationships impacted by trauma, anxiety, depression, or PTSD

  • Conflict-avoidant or high-conflict couples

  • Open, polyamorous, or non-traditional relationships

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No matter where you’re starting from, we believe that growth is possible. You don’t have to stay stuck in painful cycles.

Inclusive & Welcoming

Trauma Sensitive

Anti-Oppressive

Cultural Humility

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The Science Behind What We Do

Grounded in decades of research, our work is built on these key truths:

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  • We are wired for connection: Attachment is a core survival need.

  • Love is logical: Romantic love is a powerful emotional bond that affects our mental and physical health.

  • All behaviour makes sense: Even painful patterns are attempts to maintain connection or protest its loss.

  • Change is possible: With new emotional experiences, our internal models of self and others can transform.

Science-backed Therapy

Instilling Hope

Repairing Bonds

Transformational Change

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Is Couples Therapy Right for You?

You might be asking yourself: "Am I still invested enough to explore how we can be better together?"

 

If the answer is even a cautious “yes,” we can help. Whether you're fighting often, barely talking, or simply feeling like roommates, couples counselling can give you the tools, insight, and emotional reconnection you need to move forward—together.

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If you’re curious, struggling, or just want to strengthen your relationship, we invite you to reach out. Each therapist at our practice brings deep training, compassion, and presence to this work.

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