With Valentine’s day coming up tomorrow, let’s talk about the benefits of couple’s counselling.

 There is a popular misconception that couple’s counselling/therapy is only for unhealthy or failing relationships. In reality, both unhealthy and healthy relationships can benefit from couple’s therapy/counselling. Some of the benefits of couple’s therapy may include:

• An opportunity to be more emotionally vulnerable with your partner

• Increased appreciation and understanding between partners

• Restored trust between couples

• Reduces the chance of future conflicts

• Improvements in communication between partners

• An opportunity to discuss each other’s values, needs, wants, and ideals

• An opportunity to get to know your partner better

• Better  mental health and physical health

• Better intimacy between partners

• Better well being of the overall family system (ie. Children, parents, and others)