Couples & Marriage Counselling

A space to strengthen understanding, deepen connection, and navigate challenges together.

What Couples Counselling Is

Couples counselling offers a neutral, supportive space for partners to explore their relationship with honesty, openness, and clarity. It helps you understand each other’s emotional needs, make sense of recurring patterns, and develop healthier ways of communicating and connecting.

The goal is not to assign blame.
It is to help both partners feel safe, heard, and understood, so the relationship can move toward repair, connection, and shared meaning.

Why Couples Seek Counselling

Couples come to therapy for many reasons — whether they’re facing a specific challenge, feeling stuck in old patterns, or wanting to build a stronger foundation for the future.

  
    Communication & Conflict
Repetitive and frequent arguments or escalating tensions
Communication breakdown or feeling unheard
Difficulty expressing emotions or needs

    Emotional Distance 
Growing apart or feeling disconnected
Loss of intimacy, affection, or closeness
Feeling more like “roommates” than partners

  
    Trust & Repair
Infidelity (emotional or physical), attachment injuries 
Breaches of trust, secrecy, or unresolved hurts 
Difficulty rebuilding safety after betrayal

    Life Transitions & Stressors 
Parenthood and shifting family dynamics
Relocation, career pressures, or lifestyle changes
Differences in expectations, values, or priorities

    Pre-Marital Counselling 
Deepening understanding before marriage or long-term commitment 
Exploring communication styles, values, and expectations 
Building emotional safety and alignment for a lifelong partnership

Whether you’re in crisis or simply want to strengthen your bond, couples counselling provides tools, insights, and support for a healthier, more connected relationship.

Couples & Marriage Counselling with Scarlette

My work with couples is strongly grounded in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT), using an attachment-informed lens to understand each partner’s emotional needs, fears, and patterns of connection. EFCT helps us look beneath conflict or distance to the underlying longings and vulnerabilities that shape a couple’s dynamic.

In this approach, we focus on rebuilding the foundations of a secure bond — emotional accessibility, responsiveness, and engagement — so both partners can feel safer, more attuned, and more connected with each other.

Alongside EFCT, I integrate supportive tools from:
• Gottman-informed communication and relational skills
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles
• Somatic awareness to support emotional regulation during conflict
• A non-judgmental, compassionate, culturally attuned stance

My therapeutic space is inclusive and affirming, welcoming couples from diverse backgrounds, identities, and relationship structures. My aim is to offer a grounded and respectful space where all partners can explore their relationship openly and with support.

What to Expect in a Session

• A neutral and supportive environment to speak openly
• Space for each partner to share their perspective
• Guidance in understanding conflict cycles and emotional triggers
• Tools to communicate more effectively and navigate tough moments
• Support in repairing hurts and rebuilding closeness
• A pace that honours both partners’ readiness and comfort

Reaching out for support is a meaningful step. Couples counselling can help you reconnect, repair, and build the kind of relationship you both long for.