Open 7 days a week - day, evening and weekend appointments available
Open 7 days a week - day, evening and weekend appointments available
Couples counselling is a type of therapy specifically focused on helping partners navigate and resolve conflicts, fostering stronger, healthier relationships. It’s a valuable service for those who have not yet learned the best tools to maintain a healthy relationship and are dealing with a strong disconnect with their partners. At One Life, we approach couples counselling in Calgary as a way to teach our clients the skills they need to have the best relationship possible. Our aim is to bridge gaps, facilitate understanding, and strengthen bonds, empowering each couple to achieve a fulfilling relationship.
When you attend couples counselling, it is meant to be a transformative experience for both you and your partner. Our process begins with a thorough assessment of each couple’s unique needs, allowing us to tailor our approach. We then introduce a structured framework of exercises, interventions, and communication tools, all carefully designed to address specific challenges. Our goal is to provide a transparent roadmap, giving each couple clarity on the journey ahead and instilling confidence in the tools they’ll gain for long-term relationship success.
Selecting a relationship counsellor in Calgary can be a challenging decision, especially as many couples opt to keep their own experiences with counselling private. When you choose One Life, we aim to help you both start on the right foot, whether you’re new to dating or have been together for many years. For those balancing hectic schedules, we also provide online sessions, ensuring access to care remains convenient.
When you begin couples therapy with One Life, we teach you that counselling is a major benefit to your overall well-being. That’s because we know that happy and successful relationships translate to great overall satisfaction in our lives.
Couples counselling is highly effective in enhancing communication skills between partners, which is often at the root of many relationship challenges. Through guided exercises and structured dialogue, our counselling sessions help partners articulate their thoughts and emotions clearly and respectfully, fostering understanding and empathy.
Conflict is a natural part of any relationship, but how couples handle it can make a significant difference. Our couples counselling sessions in Calgary provide tools and techniques to resolve conflicts constructively, empowering couples to handle conflicts in ways that reinforce rather than undermine their bond.
Trust is the foundation of any strong relationship, and when it’s damaged, rebuilding it can be a challenge. With targeted strategies for restoring trust, particularly following issues like infidelity, our counsellors ensure open and honest conversations to better understand gaps and where bridges to trust need to be built.
One Life counsellors provide a valuable space for partners to give and receive emotional support. With expert guidance, we help strengthen this essential facet of the relationship, allowing partners to feel heard, valued, and emotionally secure.
Couples sessions are $330 + GST and last for 90 minutes. We recommend these sessions for at least your first 4 to 6 appointments to get to the deep and meaningful needs of your relationship. We also offer maintenance sessions at $220 + GST for 60 minutes. For a full overview of fees for couples counselling in Calgary, please explore our rates and insurance page.
Couples counselling offers valuable support for a broad range of relationship challenges. Our sessions provide tools and guidance for enhancing communication, resolving conflicts, and rebuilding trust. Whether dealing with intimacy concerns, communication breakdowns, or trust issues, our counsellors can help you and your partner foster a stronger, more fulfilling connection.
There is no one answer to how long couples counselling can take. While we believe all our counsellors have the tools to help your situation, your relationship needs time to build trust and learn critical skills together. As a result, we recommend between 8-12 appointments for deeper and lasting change. Those numbers are not based on anything specific to your relationship, as each couple is unique. We notice that couples who spend more time initially investing in marriage guidance counselling in Calgary have better results. However, over time, we continue to see progress for those who come for monthly maintenance sessions and skill leveling up.
Yes, couples counselling has been shown to significantly enhance communication, deepen connection, and reinforce the bond between partners. It provides a structured approach to understanding and addressing underlying issues that can otherwise hinder a relationship’s growth.
Your journey with One Life begins by contacting our intake coordinator, who will help you select a counsellor suited to your needs.
The counselling process starts with an initial session, after which each partner may have a one-on-one meeting with the counsellor before continuing together. This approach helps couples set relationship goals, develop healthy habits, and improve communication in a supportive, neutral environment.
All of our marriage counsellors and psychologists have specific training for effective couples therapy. We draw on the most well-researched and proven techniques of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and the Gottman Method.
Yes, for your convenience, we offer virtual counselling sessions via video conferencing, enabling you to connect from home or wherever you feel most comfortable. We understand the demands of a busy schedule, and our online sessions make counselling accessible and adaptable to your lifestyle.
Please note that couples must be located in Alberta to take part in online sessions, as this is the reach of our team’s registration.
Yes, we have counsellors who are specifically trained in affair recovery in relationships. Addressing infidelity requires a thoughtful, structured approach to rebuild trust. Our specialists welcome individuals, whether the partner who committed the betrayal or the partner who is hurt from the betrayal, and couples through the complex process of healing. Throughout this journey, we provide compassionate support to work through the trauma and begin the journey of reconnection.
This completely depends on your preferences. Upon intake, we discuss whether you would like or want to have homework as part of your sessions and what that looks like. We recommend you connect with your therapist to better understand if this option would be best for your situation.
If you choose homework, know that it is fully personalized. Our counsellors may assign readings, exercises, and meaningful rituals for couples to explore together.
Yes. Communication is foundational to relationship repair and growth. Our counsellors provide tools to enhance open, constructive dialogue, supporting couples in integrating these skills to foster understanding and emotional closeness.
Rebuilding trust is a core goal for many couples in counselling. Trust can be eroded through betrayal, dishonesty, or fractured communication patterns.
In counselling, we emphasize positive actions and behaviours that rebuild security and help partners work toward genuine, lasting trust.
Many couples find that one or both partners lose attraction over time, and this is certainly a reality that can be explored and improved in couples counselling. It is very common for couples to grow distant in their relationships at certain points, and loss of attraction and desire can sometimes be the result of that distance. The important piece is acknowledging this, taking steps, and applying effort to rejuvenate that attraction energy.
If you and your partner are committed to the couples counselling process, you can work on overcoming many stumbling blocks in your relationship, including roommate energy. Our counsellors offer a range of exercises to foster engagement and help couples replace avoidance with an active, intentional connection.
Infidelity is a complex issue with varied underlying causes, from unmet needs to the allure of new attention. Each relationship is unique, and our counselling sessions help couples explore the “why” behind infidelity, shedding light on the underlying dynamics and providing tools to address these challenges constructively.
If being able to use your insurance benefits is an important factor in your selection, our team would be happy to recommend one of our therapists who's services are covered by most insurance plans. Please be sure to confirm in advance if insurance coverage is preferred.
Our standard fees are aligned with the recommended fee schedule from the Psychologist’s Association of Alberta. However, we offer the added value of 60-minute sessions in contrast to the recommended 50-minute session for this fee.
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