At Counsel Me Vancouver, we offer Clinical and Professional Counselling options for Couples and Individuals. Therapy can take place in our offices, virtually, or by phone. Please note that our hours of operation are PST. Finding the right service for you is important to us and we will always make sure your needs are being properly met by your therapist and counselling treatment.
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Vancouver Couples Counselling / Marriage Therapy
Romantic relationships provide the deepest connection, attachment, intimacy, and feelings of love. However, all relationships ebb and flow, which can make a happy, satisfying relationship become an unstable, painful partnership. During these difficult times, it is helpful to seek professional help from a Vancouver Couples Counsellor to learn successful tools to support your relationship so that you both can get back to a place of happiness and connection.
GOTTMAN THERAPY METHOD Our work with couples is carefully structured and well-founded using the Gottman Couples Therapy Method based on the findings from the world-renowned researchers and therapists, John and Julie Gottman. This therapy is heavily research based and has been extensively developed by the Gottmans to ensure its effectiveness in helping couples overcome their struggles and significantly improve their relationships.
For more information about Gottman Couples Counselling, please visit the Gottman Institute website.
Vancouver Counselling for Individuals
Are you looking for a change in your life? Tired of feeling stuck? Ready to stop suffering?
Whatever it is that you’re struggling with, most often, our Individual Vancouver Counsellors can help. In session, you’ll be given a safe space to talk about your struggle to an unbiased, compassionate therapist who has the tools to help you get resolution. Therapy is much different from talking to a friend or family member. Those who know us best can be supportive and give direction but they are often limited in their ability to fully help. Moreover, people who are struggling don’t always want to share every intimate detail with their friends and family and worry about burdening them or over-relying on them for comfort. A therapist can fill the gaps that friends and family can’t. Counselling can help you delve into your personal struggle more fully and deeply so that greater understanding and awareness develop to direct change.
Marathon Couples Therapy
Marathon Couples Therapy is a condensed version of couples therapy that involves meeting for 6 hour sessions (with breaks) to get a lot done right away. It’s like taking 4 couples therapy sessions and putting them all together rather than spreading them out over the course of 4-8 weeks. This way, couples are able to talk in depth about the struggles and challenges they face in their relationship without the interruption of time limits. There is time to thoroughly process ongoing issues in the relationship, past injuries to the relationship, and possible future pending concerns. There is time to then learn, use, and practice communication tools designed to create more productive conversations. There’s also time to heal and package things up after in depth conversations have been had.
Relationship Therapy
Quite often, we get clients coming into the office wanting to work on their relationship troubles alone. This happens for a variety of reasons such as not being ready for couples therapy, wanting to sort out personal issues that are affecting the relationship, being unsure about whether or not to continue a relationship, or struggling to maintain a long-distance relationship.
Whatever the case, coming in for individual relationship therapy can help both you and your partner. In our work with individuals, we employ many of the same concepts that we use with couples; the Gottman Couples Therapy approach.
Main Areas of Practice
Sadness, Loneliness & Depression
Drug & Alcohol Concerns
Eating & Weight Concerns
Sexual Orientation & Intimacy
Many Other Life Issues
During Your Session
Your confidentiality is of the utmost importance to us and therefore we will ensure your information is kept safe and secure. At no time will any of your private information be disclosed to others except in the circumstances laid out in the confidentiality agreement, which will be discussed prior to your first session, or when you give written consent for the disclosure of your information to specified others. Confidentiality is essential as it ensures your security as a client and fosters trust and respect within the counselling relationship.
Please contact us for more information regarding the type of therapy you should choose or anything else that’s on your mind.