Couples Counselling

Helping couples understand each other more deeply and create lasting change

When Love Gets Stuck in a Loop

You love each other—but lately, it might not feel like enough.

Maybe you keep having the same fight on repeat. Or the silence between you feels heavier than
words. Maybe one of you wants to reconnect, and the other isn’t sure it’s even possible.

Couples often seek counselling not because they’ve failed—but because something deeper is
asking to be seen. Behind the frustration, the shutting down, the criticism or distance, there’s
often a much older story—one shaped by vulnerability, longing, fear, and emotional history.

Repairing the Emotional Bond

These cycles are painful—but they’re also workable. Through therapy, we can begin to slow them down, understand what fuels them, and begin to respond to each other from a place of vulnerability rather than protection.

As a couples therapist influenced by Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and trained in attachment theory and psychodynamic psychotherapy, I help partners move from disconnection and reactivity toward deeper emotional attunement and secure connection.

EFT is not about communication tips or surface-level compromise—it’s about understanding the
underlying emotional patterns that keep you stuck:

One partner feels abandoned or unheard, and protests or pursues.

The other feels inadequate or overwhelmed, and shuts down.

Both feel alone.

How My Approach Is Different

My approach combines the structure of EFT, the insights of attachment theory, and the depth of psychodynamic work. In practice, that means:

We explore

Not just what you argue about, but why it matters so much.

We identify

How each partner’s emotional history shapes the relationship.

We focus

On rebuilding trust and deepening connection—not just changing behaviour.

Common Reasons Couples Seek Therapy

No matter what you’re navigating, couples therapy is a place to slow down, reconnect, and rebuild from the inside out.

What Sessions Look Like

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We meet together in a safe and neutral space.

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Early sessions focus on understanding your cycle—what triggers it, how it unfolds, and what each of you truly needs.

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Over time, we move toward creating new emotional experiences in session moments of vulnerability, responsiveness, and connection.

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You’ll also develop a shared language to talk about your patterns without blame or defensiveness.

This is relational work, but it’s also emotional and experiential—meaning the change doesn’t just happen in your head, it happens in your heart and body.

Holding the Couple as a Whole-Not Two Sides of a Story

In many couples, one partner is more verbal and emotionally expressive, quick to explain their side. The other may be quieter, more inward, or slower to process. Both ways of being need to be accepted and understood.

In my work, I treat the relationship as the client, not two individuals competing for understanding. My role isn’t to decide who’s right, but to help both partners feel seen, understood, and emotionally safe.

If one partner speaks more easily, I slow the pace so both voices can be heard.

It’s Never “Just a Relationship Issue”

Many couples don’t realize they’re reenacting old attachment wounds, until they find themselves in the middle of a shutdown or blow-up. Fears of being too much, not enough, abandoned, controlled, unseen, these are deeply rooted patterns that surface even in the healthiest of relationships.

With compassion and curiosity, couples therapy can become more than just symptom relief, it can become relational transformation.

Finding the Right Help

Whether you’re on the verge of a breakup or simply want to feel closer and more secure, I offer a calm, structured space to begin the work. We start with a brief phone call to see whether we’d be a good fit to work together.