If you are experiencing challenges such as listed above, counselling services may help you cope with the unchangeable aspects of your life challenges, and change those aspects of your life that can be, in order to heal and grow from said challenges. Whether the challenge is from within or without, help is available. Solution-focused and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) are the two main approaches to therapy provided, though relevant activities from other approaches (e.g., rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), prolonged exposure therapy (PET) and traumatic incident reduction therapy (TIR), etc.) may be integrated as approaches
Family Therapy / Parenting Guidance
Family relationships can also be improved through family therapy. Though child therapy (for elementary or junior high school age children) is best provided by a child therapist, family therapy can help families navigate some of life's challenges by improving communication, validating emotions, building friendship skills among members and learning how to have fun together. Even in instances where a preadolescent child is on a waitlist to get into child therapy or an adolescent child refuses to attend at all, parents can still attend on their own to learn how to change the atmosphere of their home to be more positive and encouraging for all therein.
Couples Relationship Therapy
Couples relationship therapy services allows couples the opportunity to improve their relationship in one or more of the following areas:
communicating effectively
managing conflict respectfully
fondness, friendship and admiration
blending life dreams and creating shared symbolic meaning
parenting challenges
affair recovery
re-marriage and stepparenting challenges
managing life transitions together (starting family, empty nest, retirement, etc.)
managing life challenges together (losses, illnesses, etc. of one or both partners)
This couples therapist integrates the Gottman Method of relationship assessment with both Solution-Focused and Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapies to address the issues identified in the assessment sessions