Couples & Relationships Articles

The Gottman Method gives couples a structured, skills-based map of their conflict; Relational Life Therapy is more direct about the patterns each partner brings. Here is how they differ and how to tell which suits the two of you.

In Ontario, marriage counselling and couples therapy describe the same work, and you do not need to be married to start. What matters is the counsellor's registration, their couples training and when you begin.

At KDW Counselling in London, Ontario, couples counselling is $140 to $165 per hour depending on the therapist. Here is what shapes the cost, how extended health insurance and the medical expense tax credit can help, and what to ask before you book.

Mismatched desire is a concern many couples bring to sex therapy, and it rarely means one partner is broken. Often the two of you experience desire differently, and the pattern around sex has become the bigger problem.

Choosing a couples counsellor comes down to three checks: are they regulated, are they trained in couples work, and do both of you feel you could be honest with them. Here is what to look for in London, Ontario, what to ask on a free consultation, and the red flags worth taking seriously.

An emotional affair rarely starts as anything but a friendship. What moves it across the line is not how often you talk, but secrecy, intimacy that belongs to the relationship, and attraction nobody names.

Searching for help with a relationship turns up coaches and therapists side by side, at similar prices, making similar promises. In Ontario the difference is not a matter of style. It is a matter of regulation, and it determines what happens when something goes wrong.

Sex therapy is talk therapy. There is no physical examination, no nudity, and no contact of any kind — which is the first thing most people need to hear before they will consider booking.

Recurring arguments are rarely only about the topic that starts them. Learn how a relationship conflict cycle forms, why each partner’s protective reaction keeps it going, and what can create a different conversation.