“Our brain and nervous system are not isolated, but interconnected and social. At our core, we are social beings who regulate through connection with others.”

- Diane Poole Heller, The Power of Attachment

Your relationship with your partner can be the most wonderful, treasured part of your life, where you feel loved, valued, connected and safe. I take honour in supporting couples in creating this sort of relationship. 

Conflict in loving relationships is a natural and inevitable part of any relationship. Despite what we might think or have been made to believe due to external influences, conflict and fighting are relatively healthy to a certain degree. Understanding how to engage in conflict respectfully can ensure that arguments lead to repair and reconnection, fostering growth and understanding.

I acknowledge and respect that approaching a therapist to work on your relationship can be challenging. The more complex the relationship issues have been going on, the longer it can take to make lasting changes. 

During our sessions, you'll find a non-judgmental, supportive and safe space where intense, often painful emotions can be fully expressed and acknowledged. This environment is designed to help you, and your partner navigate your relationship challenges with understanding and compassion. 

I aim to work with you and your partner to help you identify and intervene your own conflict cycles and support you and your partner to create the conditions for a stronger, more open, and mutually fulfilling partnership to flourish.

I can support you and your partner with:

• Restoration of emotional connection and intimacy by rediscovering your relationship.

• Moving past developmental trauma to build the relationship that both partners desire but struggle to achieve.

• Ongoing supportive counselling:

  • during treatment for fertility challenges including IVF,

  • dealing with reproductive grief & loss, and

  • meeting life with involuntary childlessness

• Addressing communication issues and unresolved conflicts to enhance emotional safety

• Feelings of loneliness within the relationship

• Life transitions

• Managing relationships with partner’s family or extended family

• Fostering relationship intimacy through everyday, meaningful connection rituals

• Enhancing well-being through holistic health - sleep hygiene, nutrition, exercise, and social relationships.