Relationships
Our relationships play a huge role in our lives. They impact how we feel, how we show up, and also how we heal. Many factors can impact our ability to build and maintain healthy relationships; these include growing up in a dysfunctional household, a difficulty communicating wants and needs, feeling emotionally disconnected, previous trauma, low self-esteem, unrealistic expectations, and repeating unhealthy attachment patterns.
Everyone deserves to have healthy relationships in their life whether that be with family, friends, or romantic relationships. Kate works with individuals and couples to build stronger connections, explore family dynamics, childhood wounds, and unhealthy behavioral patterns. She provides individuals and couples with the practical skills necessary to foster healthy communication, resolve conflicts, and build stronger relationship bonds.
Couples Counselling
Every relationship faces challenges including communication struggles, trust issues, life transitions, or simply growing apart. Couples counselling offers a safe and confidential space where both partners can openly share their feelings and perspectives, and explore their relationship.
Kate meets couples where they’re at whether its in a new relationship, seeking support after a life transition or betrayal incident, or seeking support navigating a divorce or how to end the relationship. Kate brings a combination of empathy, deep listening, curiosity and skill-building tools to help clients identify patterns that create conflict, resolve disagreements constructively, explore each partner’s needs, and communicate in a kinder, healthier manner. The process focuses on building empathy, deepening understanding, and fostering emotional connection. Whether you’re facing a specific issue or looking to strengthen your relationship overall, couples counselling supports you in growing together with respect and compassion.
Conflict, Boundaries, & Relationship Patterns
Kate supports relationship challenges such as:
Communication & Emotional Connection
Communication difficulties
Emotional unavailability
Navigating intimacy or closeness
Fear of abandonment or rejection
Social isolation
Conflict resolution
Boundaries and assertiveness
Recurring relationship patterns
Family conflicts
Friendship changes or conflict
Trust, Betrayal, & Healing
Infidelity & betrayal
Healing from past relationships
Relationship endings (breakups/divorce)
Re-building self-trust
Attachment & Care Roles
Attachment styles
Childhood wounds
Caregiver struggles
Parenting support
Family dynamics and roles