Couples Counselling – Edmonton
Our Psychologists Provide Therapy for Couples
Located in South Edmonton, our small clinic offers personalized couples counselling. Our team of compassionate psychologists is dedicated to supporting couples through various stages of their relationships. We welcome all couples and family structures, offering a safe and inclusive environment to explore and strengthen your partnership.
Our couples counselling is designed to address a range of relationship challenges such as emotional distance, recurring conflicts, communication breakdowns, and specific issues like infidelity or parenting disagreements. We also provide premarital counselling for couples seeking to build a strong foundation before marriage. Using evidence-based approaches like the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we tailor our work to meet your unique needs.
Our therapists are trained in renowned methodologies to ensure you receive high-quality, research-backed care. We focus on rebuilding friendship and trust, enhancing emotional intimacy, and improving communication and conflict management skills. Whether you’re facing long-standing issues or navigating new challenges, we are here to help you strengthen your relationship.
Boost Psychology – South Edmonton
Couples Therapy
Registered Psychologists
South Edmonton Couples Counselling
780-628-5446
2307 – 90B Street SW Edmonton
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*just off of Ellerslie Road on 91 St. – Located in Summerside
Book an Appointment Online
How couples counselling works at Boost Psychology
Your journey begins with an intake session where both partners meet with a psychologist to discuss your relationship history, current struggles, and therapy goals. This conversation sets the tone for a collaborative, goal-oriented process.
Next, we conduct a comprehensive assessment using tools from the Gottman Method, identifying strengths and growth areas. This informs a customized plan focused on improving connection, understanding, and communication between partners.
Therapy sessions aim to strengthen the friendship at the heart of your relationship, rebuild emotional connection, and develop tools for managing conflict. We’ll work together on topics like trust, openness, shared meaning, and long-term goals. Between sessions, couples are encouraged to practice new strategies at home to reinforce progress.
Therapy is a dynamic and responsive process, evolving with your relationship. Progress is evaluated regularly, and the plan is adjusted as needed to ensure it continues to meet your needs. Some couples find meaningful change in a few sessions, while others benefit from a longer-term commitment.
When couples therapy may be helpful:
- Being emotionally distant from each other. You may feel more like roommates than partners.
- Frequent and unresolvable conflict.
- Poor or different communication styles.
- When you have a specific issue that is unresolvable. For example, finances, sexual difficulties, affairs/infidelity, or parenting.
- Premarital counselling – to have a chance to discuss the big issues before they become issues.
Couples counselling can be an emotional topic for relationships. It’s common for one party to want to attend while the other is unsure. People regularly start couples counselling after they have been unsuccessful in solving their issues and they have been present for some time. When people arrive, there is often a distance that has developed between them. This can be a painful place to be in, as well as detrimental to the relationship. In this state, its common for one partner to want to work on things and the other to be indifferent. This makes successful couples therapy quite difficult. Timing is important when you decide to work on couples issues. The earlier people come, the easier it is to resolve their issues before distance sets in and takes its toll. It’s valuable to attend couples counselling before you are considering separation. If separation is on the table, couples therapy may still be beneficial. Don’t wait until things are critical.
When is couples therapy not appropriate:
- When there is domestic violence.
- Where the issue is related specifically to an individual. For example, past trauma, abuse, or mental health concerns. In these cases, it’s best to work in individual therapy.
- When one person is being forced to attend couples therapy.
According to the Gottman Institute, there are four key communication patterns that strongly predict relationship breakdown if left unaddressed.
- Criticism – verbally attacking your partner’s character, personality, or traits.
- Contempt – attempting to insult or abuse your partner by attacking their sense of self.
- Defensiveness – trying to reverse the blame in a situation, by victimizing yourself and making the other person look bad.
- Stonewalling – withdrawing to avoid conflict and punish the other person through distance.
This video further explains the four key communication patterns according to the Gottman Method.
Boost Psychology – South Edmonton
Couples Therapy
Registered Psychologists
South Edmonton Couples Counselling
780-628-5446
2307 – 90B Street SW Edmonton
click for Directions
*just off of Ellerslie Road on 91 St. – Located in Summerside
Book an Appointment Online
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I know about attending?
When you arrive for your first session there will be a few forms to fill out. The first session is where each of you share your concerns and what brings you to therapy. Your psychologist will work with you to further understand the issue and work to create goals for the relationship. Your time in session is a great place to learn skills that you can practice in real life. The intention is that the therapy session is a safe place to discuss your concerns and reflect on the skill-building that you practiced during the week.
What will I learn in couples therapy?
There are many tools available to assist couples in developing better communication skills, improved understanding of each other, and ways to promote closeness. Your psychologist will tailor the interventions to where your relationship needs work and promote the areas that are already working great!
How long does couples counselling take?
This depends on the issue and how committed the couple is to practice the skills learned in therapy at home. Your psychologist will be able to provide an estimate when a treatment plan has been developed.
Relationships can be difficult, and when they aren’t working well can become tiresome. Luckily, there are evidence-based treatments out there to assist in creating a mutually fulfilling relationship. The first step of seeking help is often the most challenging for people. The thought of putting yourself in a new situation with someone you don’t know to talk about your relationship can be overwhelming. The benefit of attending therapy to share issues is that it keeps both members on track and removes them from the situation to take a critical look at what’s going on and what the meaning of it is. It’s important to choose someone who has advanced training and experience in couples’ therapy.
At Boost, we are a team of competent, ethical psychologists helping people heal. Contact us today to see how we can assist your relationship. Boost Psychology provides treatment for a variety of issues for individuals, couples, and families including depression, anxiety, grief, stress, life transitions, and relationship difficulties. Our therapists have training in various modalities and will work together with you to understand the problem and develop a treatment plan.
Boost Psychology – South Edmonton
Couples Therapy
Registered Psychologists
South Edmonton Couples Counselling
780-628-5446
2307 – 90B Street SW Edmonton
click for Directions
*just off of Ellerslie Road on 91 St. – Located in Summerside
Book an Appointment Online