Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Airdrie, Alberta AB, Canada CA
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Claire Benade
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Relationships take work but working through communication, conflicts and other issues can bring you closer. I will work with you and your partner to ensure the best support for you during these difficult times. I will help support you as we work through the thoughts and feelings you are both having individually and as a couple. Focusing on therapeutic relationship and building trust allows me to help support you while using a solution-focused lens.
4 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Brandi Rosgen
Licensed Professional Counsellor, B.Ed, MACP, MPCC
I specialize in helping individuals and couples create a second version of their relationship in these four areas of Relationship Transformation
Therapy is focused on helping couples find healing in creating a new version of their relationship.
Deciding to stay or go.
If you feel stuck in a miserable relationship, there is no need to exist there; life is too short. You may be struggling with the decision of whether to separate or not. I help each person uncover what is needed from themselves, and their partner, for the second version of the relationship to be a success. There is a focus on identifying patterns— both individually and as a couple— and being intentional in creating what it is each person desires and needs.
Deciding on how to separate
Perhaps the second version of your relationship is figuring out what peace and happiness look like during or after separation. People can accidentally find themselves engulfed in a battle after separation, sending their lives in a direction they never intended or wanted to go. Separation can be peaceful. Even in high conflict separation or divorce situations, peace is possible. Often when people skip separation or divorce counselling, the emotional aspects are ignored. I help people create a second version of their relationship, during or after separation or divorce. There is a focus on being intentional with what each person wants the relationship to look like in the future. Also focused on are specifics on how to create, sustain and maintain the second version of the relationship.
Please note these sessions can be done separately.
Also note if separation is decided, with the well-being of the future relationship in mind, topics such as custody and finances can be discussed. There is a focus on what is fair (not necessarily equal), and reasonable. Custody and financial documents can be drawn up to be used within mediation, or given to lawyers for a place to begin (saving time, money, and mental and emotional energy).
Reconciliation after betrayal
The second version of your relationship may be reconciling after one, or both, have stepped out of the marriage either physically, mentally, or emotionally. Perhaps one or both of you have checked out of the marriage, but now someone is considering a better way. There is. If you are wondering if reconciliation is a good idea, or how to move past betrayal, know that healing is possible. You will move on. You might as well move on intentionally with a focus on peace and happiness. I help people create a second, better version of their relationship after betrayal. There is a focus on identifying the patterns— both individually and as a couple— that got the relationship to where it is, and how to get it to where you want.
Deciding How to Co-parent
Every parent wants their children to be happy. Unfortunately, and often accidentally, people can put their children’s happiness to the side during separation and divorce, causing short-term and long-term damage. People can get caught up in their emotional whirlwinds and forget to keep their children’s peace and happiness at the forefront. I help people create co-parent relationships that work for their children and adult individuals.
* Please note co-parent and/or custody arrangements can be discussed and decided on within therapy. The paperwork can be drawn to be used with mediation or lawyer(s), and used towards the divorce and child custody agreements. This therapeutic process helps to ensure the emotional components are factored in and utilized along with the final legal arrangements and agreements.
16 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Robert Hammel
Psychologist, Registered Psychologist
Using evidence based tools I can help you and your partner explore and find ways to have a more fulfilling and happier relationship.
14 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Shari Derksen
Psychologist, R. Psych.
Clarify what you want in relationships and intimacy. Identify and shift out of the behaviours and patterns that are contributing to frustration, exhaustion, and/or resentment. Learn how to communicate in a way that is more honest, direct, and compassionate and more likely to get needs and wants met. Learn ways to nurture emotional connection and find the balance of safety and vulnerability that will create the intimacy that you desire.
13 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Meera Duncan
Counsellor/Therapist, Author, Registered Counselling Therapist, Registered Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapist, & Addictions Counsellor
When our most intimate relationship is in trouble it can feel like our world is crumbling and may seem like we are at a complete impasse; but there is help. Meera works with couples to help them heal the emotional injuries and rebuild the trust, friendship, and the love you once had- the very foundation your relationship was built on. Meera uses the gold standard Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Dr. Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, & Morgan Johnson’s therapeutic approaches to rebuilding trust through proven guided therapeutic techniques & activities to give couples the tools they need to heal. Contact Meera today to begin your journey towards healing.
12 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Eric Fisher
Counsellor/Therapist, MS, CCC
I often will employ Gottman techniques and concepts with couples counselling and in working on relationship concerns. I find that each couple is unique with their own personality types, personal experiences, values, and goals. More than willing to help you both find cohesion in the relationship once more.
14 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Renee Lyon
Therapist, MACP, RSW, CEH
I love working with couples, seeing them transform their relationship before my eyes. It's a beautiful process.
30 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Trudi Jane Wyatt
Counsellor/Therapist, MA, RP, CT, CCC, CCTP
“Relationships” come in all shapes and sizes and they can be difficult to form and maintain and even end. There are relationships with partners, potential partners, ex-partners, other partners, colleagues, bosses, employees, friends, family, extended family, neighbours — even distant relationships such as with acquaintances, business associates, your barber, your condo manager or landlord, etc.
Individual counselling can often assist with many kinds of relationships even though the other party or parties are not present in the therapy, as often when one person makes a change, the nature of the relationship can change too.
Some ways in which this can happen include:
Working on communication skills.
Learning to better understand ad cope with someone else’s behaviour that you find confusing.
Learning to respond in ways that are aligned with who you want to be.
Learning how to manage conflict (most people I talk to hate conflict!)
Exploring how you feel and think about your relationships so as to bring you some clarity.
Learning how to be more emotionally close to your partner.
Becoming aware of how past relationships of various types might be impacting current relationships.
And other ways.
If any of the above seems like it might help you and your relationships and well-being, contact me today for a free consultation. I would be delighted to speak with you about how I might be able to assist.
15 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Josh Dempsey, Empowered Life Counselling
Counsellor/Therapist, RTC
It's the little things that make a relationship stable, and when they don't get taken care of, they become big things. I can explore with you the things that occur in relationship that can allow for deeper and more meaningful connection and love. I come from a place of compassion and non-judgement, and non biased.
2 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Diane McLeaghn
Counsellor/Therapist, BA, MA, RPC
Offering Imago Therapy (Harville & Helen Hendricks work)
Gottman Method (Drs John & Julie Gottman)
24 Years Experience