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Couples Counselling Calgary
In-person & Online:
Your Relationship Matters. We're Here to Help.
Calgary Couples Counselling, a division of Assured Psychology, helps couples work towards a healthier, more connected relationship by helping resolve conflict, decrease distance, and build stronger connections. We offer in-person couples counselling in Calgary as well as online for residences of Alberta, the Yukon, Nova Scotia, and Nunavut.
Couples & Family Counselling
Relationships are one of the most rewarding yet difficult parts of life. Assured Psychology’s Couples & Family Counselling is here to help with that. Whether your connection has become distant, the conflict is unhealthy, or you simply want to improve on an already strong bond, our couples therapists are here to support. We strive to help couples and families understand and change the unhealthy relationship patterns to strengthen their bonds. We also support attachment injury repair when needed during the counselling process as well. Â
After years of clinical mental health experience Assured Psychology has come to truly appreciate the key importance of healthy relationships on people’s wellbeing. Due to the importance of relationships for wellbeing, Assured Psychology focuses much of its expertise on providing effective, engaging couples therapy as one of the pillars of our mental health clinic. We use evidence-based approaches, using primarily Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, complemented by the Gottman approach and others as needed.Â
The Calgary Couples Counselling Journey
Individual Attachment Interview:
After the initial session, each partner meets one-on-one with the therapists to discuss their own attachment history and current perspective on the relationship. These sessions typically take 75 mins. After these one-on-one sessions, you return to meeting as a couple for future sessions.Â
Ongoing Couples Sessions:
Regular, ongoing therapy working to address disconnect and conflict. After the initial conflict resolution, the counselling shifts focus toward creating deeper connections and healing or repairing emotional wounds. Regular, pre-scheduled weekly or bi-weekly sessions for 6-8 months are typically encouraged.
Individual Attachment Interview:
After the initial session, each partner meets one-on-one with the therapists to discuss their own attachment history and current perspective on the relationship. These sessions typically take 75 mins. After these one-on-one sessions, you return to meeting as a couple for future sessions.Â
Ongoing Couples Sessions:
Regular, ongoing therapy working to address disconnect and conflict. After the initial conflict resolution, the counselling shifts focus toward creating deeper connections and healing or repairing emotional wounds. Regular, pre-scheduled weekly or bi-weekly sessions for 6-8 months are typically encouraged.
Our Team of Couples Therapists
We offer a range of talented couple’s counsellors and therapists to help you best address your relationship needs.
All therapists offer in-person couples counselling in the Kensington district of Calgary, as well as online sessions across Alberta, the Yukon, Nunavut, and Nova Scotia. Additionally, some of our therapists may offer services in BC.
Please see below for our complete list of therapists including couples’ counsellors.
Why Calgary Couples Counselling with Assured Psychology
Assured Psychology's Couples Counselling services offer:
Expertise:
We focus on evidence-based couples counselling approaches such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman approach to help foster deep, lasting connections.
Safe Space:
Couples counselling isn’t about blame. It’s about understanding and change. We use a non-judgmental, empathic approach to help partners explore and express their underlying drivers for their behaviour.
Evidence-based:
We focus on evidence-based couples counselling approaches such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman approach to help foster deep, lasting connections.
Support for Diversity:
Everyone deserves to love and be loved. We welcome different types of relationships, acknowledging their unique challenges and strengths. If you have a more complicated relationship structure than the traditional two-person partnership please feel free to reach out to us ahead of time to ensure the best fit for the therapist.
Begin Couples Counselling
in Calgary or Online
To get started, simply click the link below and book an initial appointment for you and your partner.
If you think your relationship could use some help, we are here for you.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
African Proverb
Addressing Relationships in Crisis
Regardless of the state of your relationship, Calgary Couples Counselling can be helpful. However if you are in a state of crisis, particularly after an affair or when contemplating separation, committing to couples counselling can be a crucial next step. If you are in this difficult place and willing to put in the work to see if your relationship can be healed, we’re here to help. Provided both partners are willing to attend, regular weekly sessions for a set period of time, likely 6-8+ months, are strongly encouraged, particularly if your relationship is on the brink of ending. Your relationship likely didn’t get into this situation overnight so it typically takes some time and effort to get out of it, but is possible for many. After all, your relationship is one of the most important and influential parts of your life, it deserves a chance to be healthy and connected.Â
To connect with one of Assured Psychology’s couple’s therapists click below to book an appointment or call us at 403-910-7677.Â
Couples Counselling Resources
In addition to Couples & Family Counselling with Assured Psychology, below are other helpful resources:
Badger and Turtle Face the Storm
Badger and Turtle Face the Storm follows a pair of friends who learn to work together under stress. This book is meant for not only children to enjoy, but as a tool for families to better understand a common, hurtful pattern that can occur, particularly between parents. By better understanding this pattern, it allows someone to be able to change it more easily, resulting in a positive impact on the home environment.
Author: Daniel McMillan M.Ed., R.Psych, Clinic Owner
Author: Daniel McMillan M.Ed., R.Psych, Clinic Owner
Written by: Assured Psychology Owner and Clinic Director
Five Keys to a Happy Relationship
Relationships are crucial to our personal happiness and wellbeing. In fact Harvard released a study a few years ago demonstrating they are one of the most important elements that influence not only our wellbeing but our mortality.
3 Ways to Help Couples Build Sexual Safety after Trauma
Couples run into sexual issues for a vast array of reasons that include physical, emotional and psychological issues. Sexual trauma often complicates sex for couples.
See here for more helpful blog posts about relationships and mental health
Other Resources
Additional Resources including videos, book suggestions, podcasts and more available here
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