Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Islington-City Centre West, Ontario ON, Canada CA
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Kennedy McLean Counselling & Psychotherapy Services
Registered Psychotherapist
Relationships are complex. We all come with our own ideas, values, beliefs, and past wounds. Part of being in a relationship or marriage means learning to work together, compromise and communicate with your partner. Easier said than done. There are so many ways we can miscommunicate without even realizing it and end up hurting our partner or feeling hurt ourselves. Without understanding how to work through and move past these hurts they build into resentments, putting our relationship at risk. This is where many couples are when they come to therapy. There is underlying resentment or a major betrayal. We work together to move the relationship into a healthier place, where both partners are able to accept responsibility for themselves and their role in the relationship and learn healthier ways of being with one another.
14 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Life in Harmony Counselling Services
Counsellor/Therapist
Couples therapy can be beneficial at any point in your relationship journey. Whether you're experiencing relationship difficulties or seeking to enhance your relationship further, there are always opportunities to strengthen your bond. By learning to communicate effectively, fostering trust, and receiving healthy guidance, your relationship can flourish.
We encourage you to take a proactive approach to your relationship by investing in it before it encounters severe problems. Building a strong and lasting relationship requires conscious effort and a willingness to prioritize your relationship's growth.
21 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Ps. I Love You Psychotherapy Inc.
Registered Psychotherapist, HBEd, MA (Hons.), Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Remember that you fell in love for a reason, and that is reason enough to save your relationship. The Gottman Model is based on over 40 years of scientific research with a 92 percentile success rate. Fact is, that lack of communication can drive a spike between two people wider than any physical distance. This is a safe, empathetic and unbiased environment. The first step is choosing to come to therapy TOGETHER.
2 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Courtney Mann
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MACP
All relationships require effort. Therapy can be an effective tool to help you break painful patterns in your relationships. By finding new ways of connecting and practicing effective communication we can strengthen your relationship and make it more fulfilling.
6 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Mr. Len Choptiany
Counsellor/Therapist, M.A., Dip.GIT.
Every relationship has a reason and a meaning. Being together can make that meaning blossom. But if it's no longer meaningful, if the bloom has gone, it's time to change. Love can exist after separation.
21 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Ellis Nicolson
Registered Psychotherapist, M.Div.; RP; RMFT
We are pattern makers and repeaters. We will help you break the patterns of disconnection in your relationship, and you will learn how to take healthy risks with one another, and deepen your connection.
20 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
PACE Counselling
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
Even the strongest relationships have challenges. When these issues are not dealt with, resentment might build and longevity of the relationship falls into jeopardy. Find a way to communicate more effectively, repair any existing challenges, reclaim intimacy and reconnect on a deeper level.
12 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Tracy Nguyen Private Counseling Services
Registered Social Worker, Registered Social Worker
Do you believe that there must be more than what is going on right now in your life? Do you want more Love?!! More Connection?!! More Peace?!! It’s time to deal with what has been holding you back. Clarity is Power. Clarity helps you achieve what you want in life. When you know your WHY, you will figure out your HOW. When you know why you behave the way you are, you will figure out how to change it or improve it. In the moment you make your decision, your life changes. When you are aware of your inner conflicts, we can figure out ways to get rid of them. You are not broken to fix. You already have all the answer within yourself all along. There will still ups and downs in life, but no more inner conflict within yourself. Happiness is different for everyone. I will help you to define it in your own term and pursue it in your own pace.
14 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Centre of Healing Minds
Registered Psychotherapist
There is no better option than relationship counseling if you are looking to strengthen the emotional connection with your partner. Centre of Healing Minds offers affordable couples counselling and marriage counselling services for people in need of couples therapy in Mississauga.
Sometimes even the best of couples go through rough patches in their marriage, but professional help at the right time can help you through the difficult times. We offer affordable marriage counselling services which include marriage guidance counselling, marital therapy, and relationship therapy.
Our team of professional therapists are well-trained in the field of relationship psychology. Whether you need divorce counselling, family counselling or marriage counselling, Centre of Healing Minds provides it all. We provide a supportive place and healthy environment for couples to discuss relationship issues and their possible solutions.
7 Years Experience
Relationship and Marriage Counseling
Victoria Lorient-Faibish
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, RP, CCC, RPE
My second book Connecting: Rewire Your Relationship-Culture is devoted to all things "relationship". I find that couples become unhappy in their relationships often not because of the big things like infidelity... it is all about the accumulations of little things that over time simply destroy the relationship.
We tackle the "pre-marital" checklist to ensure that their relationship-culture remains healthy. I think this work is essential since, in my experience, so many couples end up in couples’ therapy because they did not do this kind of due diligence early on. Getting real about why you chose this person, what your inner motivations are and what your family-culture influences may be are so important to ensure a successful marriage and relationship-culture.
When one enters the realm of long-term relationships and marriage, it seems that despite good intentions to not be influenced by their family of origin’s dysfunction, the autopilot “marriage personality” seems to crop up.
We work with how to fight fairly, how to communicate when triggered, micro aggressions and the the Gottman "turning away versus turning towards" principles that left unchecked will deteriorate the foundation of the relationship.
We tackle Relationship Rescue 911 when the relationship is in crisis and unpack Gottman's four horseman of destruction of a relationship and the way out of those patterns. (Dr. Gottman named four negative behavior patterns that can predict divorce. He called these destructive patterns “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” ,
• Criticism: Passing judgments. Nitpicking. Constantly finding fault in the other person. Using “you” sentences; for example, “You need to go on a diet” or “You dress like a child.” Using the words “always” and “never” in sentences describing your partner; for example, “You always think only about yourself,” “You never do things the right way” or “You never do anything for me.”
• Contempt: Feeling that the other person is inferior to you. Feeling that you are superior to the other person. Having no respect for the other person. Feeling disgusted with the other person; for example, saying, “What’s wrong with you?” “You’re disgusting!” “I can’t believe I’m even with you.”
• Defensiveness: The communication is coming from a perceived feeling of an attack. Feeling like the victim in the dynamics. Feeling as though you have to constantly protect yourself. The communication comes off as angry, corrective, protective; for example, “It’s not my fault that we don’t communicate well.”
• Stonewalling: Completely shutting the other person out. No longer interacting with the other person. Emotionally amputating the other person. Ignoring them. Behaving as though the other person does not exist. Freezing the other person out as a punishment for not doing what you want them to do or behaving the way you want them to behave.
We tackle coping with Conflict and Anger in a Healthy Way through powerful communication techniques including "Initiate and Reflect".
32 Years Experience