Couple sessions focuses on assisting couples to expand and reorganize the emotional responses of each other.  All couples have their individual stories to share.  As a therapist my role is to reframe key issues, negative patterns and underlying emotions and fears and how they are related to detrimental interaction cycle.

The goal of the couple counselling will be how to explore each other’s feelings and how to come out of “argument gridlock”. You will learn to be aware how important it is to have solidarity in your relationship with your spouse.  During these sessions there will be focus on new learning for example, how to address attachment-related insecurities and learn how to interact with your partner differently. What makes your partner sad or happy or what your partner cares about.  

How to deal with cultural differences in a relationship

Today’s world is characterized by more people migrating to new countries and adapting to new situations for professional, educational, political, or just for adventures. Marriage between people of different nationalities is becoming increasingly common.  

When two people marry from different ethnicity or race, it is not only the differences in native language or religion, but also a host of cultural differences associated with such factors as values, beliefs and how to preserve one’s identity especially where personal boundaries and family members roles are defined very differently. Similarly, parenting in interracial couples with different ethnicity can present wonderful opportunities for children and parents as well as significant hurdles. Having been in an intercultural marriage myself, I can help couples step outside of their restrictive cultural identities to see one another with greater clarity, as individuals. By taking the time to listen to one another’s stories in an objective setting, a new level of understanding may be reached, obstacles can be overcome and a plan for moving forward can be basis for growth, self-reflection, and change.