Couples who seek counselling support will find that the therapeutic relationship is the foundation that enables them to address their immediate problems and clearly understand how to alleviate their current issues. Wade is well versed in couples-based treatment modalities, including the Gottman Couple Method, systemic, and strategic-based therapies. Wade has worked with many different types of couples, including those from interracial backgrounds, the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community, and those in polyamorous relationships.
Trusted Couples+ Counselling Services
Couples seek counselling for many reasons. Wade has worked with couples who are encountering major life changes, including premarital support or the desire to start a family, the loss of friendship and intimacy between the couple, ineffective communication, infidelity, addiction, mental-health challenges, money stressors, and support on their journey through separation and divorce. Regardless of the couple’s needs, Wade helps them to make the necessary improvement in their lives by changing maladaptive patterns and enhancing their resources and coping strategies. The duration of each treatment session is typically 50 minutes, but this time can vary depending upon the couple’s needs. Couples+ who are interested in Conjoint Couples+ EMDR or require additional support might wish to book a 90-minute appointment.
Conjoint EMDR Therapy for Couples+
Conjoint EMDR therapy for couples+ is based on grounded theory research and as a therapeutic approach combines Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with couples+ therapy, where all partners participate in the EMDR process together—typically in the same session. It’s designed to address individual trauma and how that trauma impacts the relationship dynamic.
Key Features of Conjoint EMDR for Couples+:
- Dual Focus:
- Each partner works on their own trauma using EMDR.
- The therapist also helps the partners explore how past trauma affects current relationship behaviors (e.g., attachment issues, emotional reactivity, communication patterns).
- Safe Witnessing:
- Partners are present as each other’s support while one partner processes trauma.
- The witnessing partner(s) learns to understand the other’s trauma history and emotional triggers in a deeper, more compassionate way.
- Joint Healing:
- Builds emotional attunement and empathy.
- Enhances bonding by fostering vulnerability and trust in a structured, therapist-guided environment.
- Trauma-Informed Relationship Repair:
- Helps couples+ identify and interrupt trauma-based cycles (like avoidance, anger, shutdowns).
- Strengthens secure attachment and emotional safety.
When It’s Used:
- Couples+ with histories of attachment trauma, abuse, betrayal (e.g., infidelity), or PTSD.
- When individual trauma is significantly interfering with relationship functioning.