Empowering You to Achieve Happiness

Sometimes in life we feel stuck, and talking to a skilled counsellor can be helpful. Whether it's about relationships, life changes, coming to terms with parts of yourself you find challenging or confusing, or your experiences growing up, counselling can help you connect the dots and move forward.

Our individual counselling services are designed to help you overcome personal challenges and achieve your goals. Our licensed counsellors provide a supportive and non-judgmental environment where you can explore your thoughts and feelings, gain insights into your behavior, and develop strategies for positive change.

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Family and Relationship Issues
• Trauma/ Abuse
• Grief and Loss
• Employment Issues
• Addiction
• Sexuality

Discover how to be a strong individual inside your relationship, whatever your relationship looks like. Intimate relationships can be one of our greatest sources of strength and comfort... and at times one of our greatest sources of stress and conflict. Often the same conflicts get rehashed over and over and emotional then physical, distance grows between us. We start to wonder if we are appreciated, let alone loved and respected.

Our relationship counselling services can help you and your partner improve communication, resolve conflicts, and build a stronger relationship. Whether you are facing challenges related to intimacy, trust, or other issues.

• Communication Challenges
• The value of conflict and how to negotiate it
• Impact of affairs and secrets
• Rebuilding trust
• Impacts of childhood trauma and neglect
• Impact of ADHD and other mental health issues
• Reconnecting after children leave the home
• Sexuality and sexual intimacy
• Alternative styles of relationship

For some, shifting problematic behaviors occres fairly easily. However, for about 10% of the population, it is a much tougher challenge. Addictions develop over time as a way of coping with painful underlying issues, and recovery involves developing other ways of coping.

Community based programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous support many people to achieve and maintain abstinence. Many seek the help of a skilled counsellor to go beyond abstinence to a deeper level of healing from these underlying issues, in an environment of safety, trust and respect.

Our counsellors use a variety of evidence-based techniques to help you develop coping skills, build a support network, and achieve lasting recovery. We also provide support for family members affected by addiction.

• How did this happen to me?
• Developing the motivation to change
• Relapse prevention planning
• Alternative ways of coping
• Anxiety and depression
• Self-esteem and confidence
• Work stressors
• Relationship stressors
• Family of origin stressors
• Impacts of past trauma and neglect
• History of abuse and bullying

  Have you tried couples counselling and found it didn’t help? Maybe you learned new skills but didn’t find the time to practice them because everyday life got in the way. Maybe you were meeting online and were distracted by the needs of children. What if you put aside a couple of days just for your relationship? What if you left home, got someone to care for your children and took a couple days for yourselves? A nice place, with a quiet night to yourselves and a chance to reconnect. During the day a skilled relationship coach to help you figure out what’s getting in the way and how to move through the challenges. No distractions, no other obligations, just time to focus on your relationship.

The biggest challenge for couples wanting to make change is that brief sessions don’t allow much time to practice what they’re learning, and in between sessions life gets in the way. Without practice our brains resort automatically to old habits, some of which are interfering with the strong and trusting relationship we desire. 

Couples that attend Relationship Intensives report faster, steadier progress, because they have a chance to practice the new skills they learn. Practice builds new neuropathways in the brain that reinforce more effective ways of handling relationship challenges. With enough practice, couples are more likely to remember and use the new skills when they return home.  Many also appreciate having the night away from home, creating a special date night for themselves.

Call today to discuss how a Relationship Intensive might give your relationship the boost it needs.