COUPLES THERAPY IN OTTAWA
There are few places where we learn as much about ourselves as in relationship.
Our relationships bring parts of us into view that can be difficult to see in isolation. How we reach for connection, how we protect ourselves, what happens when we feel misunderstood, and what we need from others when those needs collide.
Relationships aren't only where our difficulties show up. They're also where we love, play, belong, depend on each other, discover ourselves and build a life alongside another person.
My work is relational because I believe there is something deeply valuable in learning to see ourselves within someone else's world.
What Brings Couples Here
Couples come to therapy for many reasons. Some are trying to understand conflict or disconnection that has become difficult to move beyond. Others are navigating betrayal, changes in intimacy, grief, parenthood, neurodivergence, or a transition that has changed the relationship.
For others, there isn't a crisis at all. They want to understand each other more fully, prepare thoughtfully for marriage or another stage of life, or pay attention to their relationship before difficulties become entrenched.
Sometimes the work begins simply because the relationship matters.
More room for the relationship.
Couples work doesn't always fit neatly into an hour. Sometimes we need enough time to move beyond talking about what happened and actually work with what begins to happen between you in the room. I offer different ways of creating that space depending on what brings you to therapy and the depth of work you are looking for.
90-Minute Sessions
Enough time to settle into the conversation without feeling rushed. For many couples, 90 minutes gives us room to understand what is happening, work with the interaction as it unfolds, and leave enough time to bring the session to a thoughtful close.
2-Hour Sessions
More time to stay with what is emerging. Two-hour sessions allow us to work with greater depth, particularly when patterns are complex or when stopping just as something important becomes visible would interrupt the work.
Couples Intensives
A more immersive way of working together. Couples intensives offer extended, focused time away from the usual rhythm of weekly therapy. Over one or two days, we can look more closely at the relationship, the patterns you have built together, what each of you brings into them, and what you want to create moving forward. Intensives may be offered in the therapy office or, when available, as part of a private retreat setting.
My couples work draws primarily from PACT, Somatic Experiencing, attachment-based therapy and Narrative Therapy.
Sessions are available in person in Navan and virtually across Ontario.
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What would you like to understand differently about your relationship?
You don't need to have it all figured out before reaching out. We can begin with what is happening now.
I look forward to exploring it with you.