Did you know? Approximately 70% of couples fail and only 30% succeed.
This statistic is one of the reasons why I am SO passionate about working with couples on the North Shore (including North and West Vancouver, Squamish, and the Lower Mainland) and online. With the right help at the right time, many of these struggling couples can really make an impact towards creating a successful and long-lasting relationship.
I use a method of therapy that is designed to help couples strengthen their relationship in the following ways:
- building the friendship
- managing conflict
- deepening the emotional connection
- increasing closeness, intimacy, respect and affection
- removing barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy
- creating a heightened sense of empathy and understanding of one another
- disarming conflicting verbal communication
- building shared meaning and goals together
My approach can be helpful for:
- communication challenges
- frequent conflict
- emotional disconnection
- living parallel lives
- feelings of loneliness
- lack of intimacy
- different parenting styles
- unresolved pasts hurts
- feeling misunderstood and not heard
- issues of betrayals and infidelity
Contact me to find out how we can work together to strengthen your relationship
What to expect when working with me
We begin the couples therapy process together by taking an in-depth look at your relationship strengths and areas that need improvement. We will discuss your current situation, areas of struggles, topics of concern and your history as a couple. My unique process, which is rooted in evidence-based research, will provide you with a combination of education and therapy that will give you a deeper understanding of yourself and your relationship. I will offer you powerful feedback and a map with tools, actionable strategies and education that you can integrate immediately to help you strengthen your connection so that you can thrive and maintain your relationship for the long run.
My goal is to help you see different so you can do different. Helping couples obtain sustainable change so they can thrive, not only as individuals, but also thrive to their fullest potential in their relationship is my truest passion.
This process is also powerful for couples who are happy and in a healthy relationship who want to be proactive and develop these important tools and strategies to maintain their relationship in a healthy, strong way.
Something unique about working with me
As a Certified Gottman Couples Therapist, I have developed a unique approach to working with couples. I incorporate aspects from other areas of my specializations such as Attachment Theory, Mental Health, Trauma, and Neuroscience. I’m also certified in Dr. Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT), focusing on de-escalating conflicts and reestablishing emotional connections.
By incorporating these aspects, I have gone on to create my own innovative framework when working with couples, that has set a new standard for couples therapy. My framework includes bringing the lens of vulnerability to the forefront of my work with couples. I help couples understand the critical nature and role that vulnerability plays in their relationships. My goal is to help couples create the emotional and psychological safety needed in their relationships to foster a deep, emotional connection, with an ability to access their feelings of vulnerability.
“As a Gottman Therapist, I can predict the success of a relationship with 94% accuracy.”
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Other ways couples can work with me
A culmination of years of passion and dedication as a psychotherapist and educator, specializing in couples, individuals (both kids and adults) and parenting consulting, I’ve identified a critical need to help and empower couples through a cutting-edge innovative approach called:
Become a Powerhouse Couple
Create a Loving Relationship and a Family that Thrives.
A one-of-a-kind 5-day Couples Intensive.
Personalized to help you and your family.
*For one couple at a time.
This groundbreaking five-day intensive program is solely designed for committed couples seeking to invest in their relationship and family like never before. For those in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Squamish, Lower Mainland, and across the world! The intensive is personalized for one couple at a time. It is a deep dive, focusing on every facet of the couple’s dynamics, their individual selves and their role as parents. It combines education and therapy from world renowned research in couples, attachment, mental health, trauma, parenting, and neuroscience. The merging of my extensive experience and expertise, acquired through many specialized trainings and higher education, has led me to the development of this five-day intensive that is the first of its kind.