Couples Counselling

Relationships can be difficult and downright challenging, but they are often the most rewarding part of life. Edwin can help you strengthen your relationship and make it more successful. Using humour and a deliberate approach, Edwin can help you in your relationship.

Edwin also has knowledge and experience in working with intercultural / interracial couples.

In order to be as effective as possible, couples counselling sessions are usually 1.5-2 hours long. The first session will be 2-3 hours long and will let us get to know each other, explain consent, gather relationship history, and set goals for counselling.  Successive sessions will be 1-2hrs long and will get into the work of counselling.  Couples are asked to commit to each other for the duration of counselling.  This is intended to increase the benefits and success of counselling.

 Edwin draws his couple's counselling approach from researchers such as John and Julie Gottman, Esther Perel, Sue Johnson and others.   Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) has been shown to be very effective.*

*(Johnson, S., & Hunsley, J., & Greenberg, L., & Schindler, D. (1999). Emotionally focused couples therapy: status and challenges. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, V6 N1, 70-73.)

How Edwin has helped clients

 Here are some examples of benefits you may experience as a result of counselling
- learning to communicate more efficiently, especially learning how to listen better
- making your conflict more productive and feel less like going around in circles
- reconnecting with each other (the way you used to)
- recognizing the role your own unmet needs are playing in your conflict
​- understanding each other better
- finding ways to have fun together again

Not sure if this is for you?  Book a consultation with Edwin to decide if he would be a good fit for you.