Couples/Family Therapy

If you are thinking of investing in couple’s therapy or family counselling, here are some thoughts.

Couples / Family counselling is worth considering in many situations where we have no knowledge about what to do. When things aren’t straightforward in our lives. We are often expected to push through. Life doesn’t come with a manual and we can often struggle with emotionally difficult things like the loss of a parent, a life threatening diagnosis or other things that make us feel alone despite our relationships and loved ones. Whether it is about adjusting to a blended family, heal estranged relationships or resolve more complex challenges such as gender change, sexual orientation, extended family expectations, religious pressures, mental health, life changing diagnosis, divorce or abuse, talking to someone who understands can help us.

When life gives lemons, counselling can help enhance how to be aware of our choices and make conscious decisions rather than reacting to a situation.

Professional Experience & Training

As a multicultural counsellor, I can help navigate the challenges of managing family expectations, different communication styles and overcoming past family trauma.

Therapy frameworks that I work with include multicultural counselling, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Gottman.

Past Relationship Trauma

Abusive/toxic relationships can leave a lifelong imprint even after they end. Being able to move on from an abusive relationship or where addictions or illness were a factor can be hard. Sometimes the past hurt is unconsciously carried into current relationships.

Multicultural Family Values

Multicultural family systems and different cultural backgrounds can create challenges in healthy communication. Understanding each other’s world views can mean a world of difference in how safe partners feel with each other.

Childhood Trauma

Childhood trauma and conditioning has a profound effect on how we experience love and relationships. An intimate relationship can trigger buried trauma. Childhood and Intergenerational trauma also influences our attachment style. Cultural conditioning is a key factor in how we process and understand the impact of trauma.

Learn How To Let Go

Letting go of past hurts and disappointments in relationships isn’t easy, because the skill it takes to understand and accept another person’s reality aren’t available. A shift in perspective can mean letting go of years of anger and discontent.

Blended family challenges

Complicated child custody situations, where parents have separated or divorced, but need to share custody can be difficult to navigate without support.

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Our Services

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We offer family packages that members of a family can use for individual goals or to improve the family dynamic as a whole.

Write to us with your questions or request a 30 minute free consultation to see if you and your family can benefit from HHA offerings.

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