Dr. Karma Guindon, RSW & Associates
Couples Counselling for
Stronger, Healthier Relationships
We help couples heal from past hurts, improve communication, and strengthen connection. Through compassionate, trauma-informed counselling, you and your partner can address root causes of conflict and build a more resilient, fulfilling relationship.
Why Choose Couples Counselling?
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Relationships are the foundation of our lives, but even the strongest partnerships can face challenges. Whether you’re experiencing communication breakdowns, unresolved hurt or conflicts, or just feel distant from your partner, our therapists are here to help.
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Couples counselling isn’t about blaming or taking sides—it’s about understanding, connection, and creating lasting solutions.
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While every couple is unique, there are three fundamental things most couples want in their relationship:
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1. Connection
Couples seek emotional intimacy, trust, and a sense of being deeply understood by their partner. This connection helps them feel bonded and reassured that they are valued and prioritised.
2. Security
A healthy relationship provides a sense of safety and stability. Security means knowing their partner is dependable, loyal, and supportive through life's ups and downs.
3. Growth
Couples want to grow both individually and as a partnership. Whether it’s through shared experiences, achieving goals, or overcoming challenges, growth keeps the relationship strong and fulfilling.
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These desires often form the foundation of why couples pursue counselling—to strengthen these elements or repair them when they feel absent or strained.
How We Can Help
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Strengthen Communication: Learn to clearly express your needs while listening and responding to your partner in ways that build understanding and closeness.
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Heal Past Wounds: Relationship struggles often trace back to unhealed wounds from the past. Couples counselling helps you work through unresolved issues, past hurts, and betrayals to restore trust and create a stronger bond.
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Navigate Life Transitions: Gain support for major changes such as marriage, parenthood, career shifts, or retirement, and move through them with greater ease together.
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Reignite Connection: Rebuild emotional and physical intimacy, nurturing the closeness that allows your relationship to thrive.
Common issues addressed in couples counselling
Communication Issues
Couples counselling can be a great way to address communication issues in a safe and non-judgmental environment. Over time, unhealthy communication styles can develop, leading to difficulties in connecting and feeling intimate. With the help of a therapist, couples can learn effective communication skills to better express their thoughts, feelings, wants, and needs.
Premarital Counselling
Seeking counselling before couples marry or move in together can be a valuable tool for couples who want to build a strong foundation for their relationship. By addressing potentially difficult topics such as finances, parenting, faith, politics, scheduling, household duties, relationships with others, step-families, and work, couples can avoid future conflicts and work together to achieve their marital goals. Through counselling, couples can develop positive communication and problem-solving skills that will serve them throughout their relationship.
Physical Intimacy & Sexuality
Problems with physical intimacy are common in relationships, and couples counseling can help. With a gentle and integrative approach, the therapist can guide you to talk about sex in an accepting and non-judgmental manner. Physical intimacy is an important part of a healthy relationship and can be nurturing, but it can also trigger anxiety, anger, and embarrassment. Gain better knowledge about physical intimacy and sexuality and learn to listen to each other with the help of a therapist.
Infidelity and Unfaithfulness
Infidelity can be a devastating experience for couples, causing confusion, anxiety, and guilt. However, with the help of a therapist, couples can work through their issues and repair their relationship. It takes courage to face what happened and actively participate in the healing process. Remember, regaining trust and intimacy will take time, but it's possible. Couples sometimes find that their relationship is more satisfying than it was before the affair because problems that preceded the affair are addressed.
Managing Other Relationships
In any relationship, it's important to recognize that both partners have connections with other people, for example with parents, children from previous relationships, or friend groups. These connections can have an have more or less positive impacts on the relationship, which is why it's important to practice healthy communication, assertiveness, and boundaries. By doing so, couples can navigate these relationships and strengthen their bond with each other.
Trust
Lack of trust, which can result from broken promises and commitments, can be detrimental to any relationship. However, through therapy, couples can address and analyze trust issues in their relationship. By working together, couples can rebuild their relationship and re-establish trust.
Couples counselling is a powerful way to address the challenges that prevent partners from feeling safe, secure, and connected in their relationship. Delaying support can make repair more difficult, but the good news is that it’s almost never too late to rebuild and strengthen your bond.
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