Online couples & relationships therapy

Couples and relationships

Identifying couples & relationships: Are you…

  • Struggling with intimacy, vulnerability, or expressing your feelings to your partner? 
  • Wishing you could develop a deeper connection with your partner or those you are dating? 
  • Wanting to develop a meaningful intimate connection with someone? 
  • Fearful or being rejected by your partner or ther person you are dating?

About couples & relationships

  • Relationships are complex and can bring joy, but also challenges
  • Difficulties can crop up whether you are navigating the uncertainties of dating, struggling with communication breakdowns, or feeling stuck in repetitive patterns with your long-term partner
  • These difficulties are applicable regardless of gender or sexual orientation
  • Experiencing rejection and occasional let downs are a part of the dating process 

Treatment for couples & relationships

  • Many individuals come to therapy seeking help with building healthier connections, managing conflicts, healing from past hurts, building their self-esteem, or understanding their own relational patterns better
  • Therapy can be vital in assisting you with developing effective communication skills such that you can express your feelings to your partner, as well as become an active listener 
  • Therapy can be helpful in assisting you with identifying your own relationship needs, such that you can make conscious and intentional choices to address your needs
  • Therapy can address underlying issues or past traumas that are impeding your ability to connect with your partner 
  • Therapy helps you to define how you and your partner want to experience intimacy and closeness as well as your own boundaries 
  • Couples therapy involves a third neutral party to support you and your partner with conflict resolution 

Types of treatment for issue

Couples Therapy (EFT, Gottman, Solution-Focused)

Individual Therapy (CBT, Mindfulness, IPT, Psychodynamic, Attachment-based, solution focused)

Resources on couples & relationships

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    Why Do I Keep Repeating the Same Patterns? Understanding the Cycles We Struggle to Break

    • Anxiety
    • Couples & Relationships
    • Depression & Mood
    • Self-Esteem & Confidence

    Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “How did I end up here again?” The short version: Repeating the same relationship, emotional, or behavioural patterns doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. It usually means your brain is following a well-practised path that once helped you cope, stay safe, or feel accepted. Those paths can feel…

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    Am I Too Broken for Therapy? Why You May Be More Capable of Healing Than You Think

    • ADHD
    • Anger
    • Anxiety
    • Couples & Relationships
    • Depression & Mood
    • Fertility, Pregnancy & Parenting
    • Grief
    • Hoarding
    • Immigrant & Cross-Cultural Challenges
    • Life Transitions
    • Self-Esteem & Confidence
    • Sleep & Insomnia
    • Stress & Burnout
    • Trauma & PTSD

    Am I Too Broken for Therapy? Why You May Be More Capable of Healing Than You Think One of the hardest things about struggling with your mental health isn’t always the anxiety, depression, trauma, or grief itself. It’s what you begin to believe about yourself because of it. The short version: Feeling too broken for…

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    NIHB-Covered Virtual Counselling in Alberta

    • ADHD
    • Anger
    • Anxiety
    • Couples & Relationships
    • Depression & Mood
    • Fertility, Pregnancy & Parenting
    • Grief
    • Hoarding
    • Immigrant & Cross-Cultural Challenges
    • Life Transitions
    • Self-Esteem & Confidence
    • Sleep & Insomnia
    • Stress & Burnout
    • Trauma & PTSD

    NIHB-Covered Virtual Counselling in Alberta If you’re a registered First Nations or Inuit individual in Alberta, you may be able to access virtual counselling through the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program at no cost to you, and without needing a physician referral. Through TherapEase Counselling, eligible clients can work with Hayley Lynch-Brown, Registered Clinical Social…