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Couples Therapy Sessions
Relationship Counselling for Couples
Strengthen your relationship with professional couples therapy delivered by experienced therapists who specialize in helping partners build resilience, improve communication, and deepen their connection. Our evidence-based approach helps couples navigate challenges and create lasting positive change together.
Couples Therapy Sessions
Our dedicated team of regulated mental health professionals provides specialized couples therapy adults of all ages. We understand that every relationship is unique, and we tailor our approach to meet your specific needs and goals.
All of our couples therapists are supervised by Michelle Sorensen, the supervising psychologist for Resiliency Clinic. As a team, our mission is to provide compassionate and professional care that helps couples build stronger, more resilient relationships.
At Resiliency Clinic, we help couples address:
- Communication difficulties and conflict resolution
- Relationship stress and recurring arguments
- Trust and intimacy concerns
- Life transitions and major changes together
- Blended family challenges
- Grief and loss as a couple
- Pregnancy losses such as miscarriage, stillbirths, and other medical trauma
- Postpartum challenges affecting the partnership
- Career changes and work-life balance issues
- Coping with chronic illness as a couple
- Rebuilding connection and emotional intimacy
- Pre-marital counselling and relationship preparation
Our Couples Therapy Approaches Include:
- EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy): Helping couples create secure emotional bonds
- Gottman Method: Research-based techniques for relationship success.
- CBT for Couples: Changing negative thought and behavior patterns together.
- Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Present-moment awareness and compassion practices.
- Supportive Counselling: Creating a safe space for open, honest communication.
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Our Approach:
Connecting the Dots Together
We don’t just listen—we help you and your partner connect the dots between past experiences and current relationship patterns. Our interactive approach helps couples understand how individual histories and triggers impact the relationship, creating opportunities for deeper understanding and lasting change.
Taking the first step toward couples therapy shows courage and commitment to your relationship. We make the process as comfortable and accessible as possible, offering both in-person and virtual sessions to fit your schedule and preferences.
Getting Started with Couples Therapy in Ottawa
Taking the first step toward couples therapy shows courage and commitment to your relationship. Our warm, professional team makes starting relationship counselling as comfortable as possible, offering both in-person and virtual sessions to fit your schedule and preferences. All therapists are supervised by our registered psychologist, ensuring professional standards and insurance coverage eligibility.
Michelle Sorensen, M. ED / Founder
Clinical Psychologist
Services are available in English. As the clinical supervisor, she is always available for questions, feedback and concerns from clients.
Celina Basto MSW, RSW
Social Worker, Psychotherapist
Services available in English, French, & Portuguese. Counselling offered through both in-person and secure virtual sessions.
Shirley Watchorn, MA
Registered Psychotherapist
Services provided in English via secure virtual sessions only. Friday afternoon and evening appointments available.
Annie Brebner MA
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Services provided in English via secure virtual sessions only with flexible hours.