Couples Therapy In Kelowna
What is Couples Therapy?
Couples therapy at Crossroads Collective in Kelowna offers a supportive path for you and your partner to foster a healthier, more fulfilling relationship. Regardless of the stage of your relationship or the challenges you face, this type of therapy provides a space to enhance communication, deepen emotional connections, and resolve conflicts effectively.
If your relationship is experiencing turbulence, couples therapy could be a turning point. It provides a platform for you and your partner to openly express feelings, discuss issues, and navigate conflicts under the guidance of a skilled therapist. By promoting understanding, respect, affection, and intimacy, it paves the way for a rejuvenated partnership.
Engaging in couples therapy in Kelowna provides a platform for you and your partner to express yourselves openly, discuss issues, and navigate conflicts with professional guidance. This form of therapy enhances understanding, respect, affection, and intimacy, leading to a stronger, happier relationship.
Strategies Used in Crossroads Collective Couples Therapy
Therapists at our Kelowna clinic utilize a blend of techniques to address specific relationship dynamics while adapting techniques based on individual couple needs:
- Building rapport: Creating a safe and understanding environment.
- Identifying and expressing emotions: Helping partners articulate their feelings.
- Exploring the past: Understanding backgrounds to resolve current conflicts.
- Solution-focused therapy: Concentrating on resolving issues and enhancing relationship dynamics.
- Skill development: Including training in anger management, conflict resolution, and problem-solving.
Diverse Therapeutic Approaches Available in Kelowna
Couples therapy encompasses various methods tailored to the unique needs of each couple:
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): This method enhances attachment and bonding by addressing emotional patterns that cause disconnection.
- Gottman Method: Focused on conflict resolution and skill-building, this approach aims to strengthen the friendship and intimacy in your relationship.
- Ellen Wachtel’s Approach: A strength-based strategy that encourages positive recognition and self-reflection.
- Psychodynamic Couple’s Therapy: This explores deeper emotional motivations and fears to foster better mutual understanding.
- Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (BCT/CBCT): These therapies aim to modify behavior through positive reinforcement and thought pattern transformation.
Starting Couples Therapy at Crossroads Collective
- To begin couples therapy at Crossroads Collective in Kelowna, discuss with your partner the potential benefits and agree to pursue therapy together. Choose a therapist who both partners feel comfortable with, ensuring the sessions fit your schedules and location preferences. Prepare to engage actively in the therapeutic process to maximize the benefits for your relationship.
DEMOGRAPHIC: Children, Youth, Adults, Couples, Group Therapy, Seniors
SPECIALTIES: Anxiety, Depression, Music Integrated Therapy, Play Therapy, Self Esteem, Life Transitions, Trauma, Mindfulness Based Techniques
Amanda Morazain, MA
MA Counselling Psychology, RCC, CCC, Clinical Counsellor
Languages: English
Many of us feel stuck in our daily lives, not knowing exactly how to get the progress that we want. Depression, anxiety, and trauma can hold us back from where we deserve to be and can negatively affect our well-being and relationships. No two people are the same and it is my goal to help you recognize your own unique strengths, integrating a case-specific approach to create your unique therapy plan. I am here to offer mental health support in a non-judgemental, friendly, and compassionate space.
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I am currently a student member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and have completed my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology through UBCO. As I complete my practicum for my Masters in Counselling Psychology I will be guided by an accredited supervisor.
One form of therapy that I offer is one that is music-integrated, using a brief singing lesson at the beginning of the session. This can be helpful with those who are seeking to modulate their autonomic nervous system, reduce anxiety, depression, and stress, while building skills that will encourage mindfulness, self-confidence, and competency.
Some Specific Types of Therapy I Offer:
-Music-integrated Therapy
-Child and Youth Counselling
-Play Therapy
-Couples Therapy
-Seniors Counselling
-Virtual as well as In-Person
Some of the areas I can support you with include:
-Trauma
-Anxiety
-Depression
-Building self-confidence, self-esteem, and sense of self
-Parenting
-Relationships
-Time management
-Stress management
-Goal setting
-Mindfulness-based techniques
-Health and wellness
-Personal development
-Life Transitions
-Burnout
DEMOGRAPHIC: Children, Youth, Adults, Couples, Group Therapy
SPECIALTIES: Self-Esteem, Depression, Anxiety, Thoughts of Suicide and Self-harm, Addictions, LGTBQ+, Trauma (recent, acute, or historic), Grief & Loss, Addiction, ADHD, Stress, Family Conflict, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Parenting, Relationship Issues, Sports Performance, Men’s Issues
Brent Hayter
Clinical Counsellor (RCC), (CCC) & Virtual Counsellor
Languages: English
We are all human beings, and we all have strengths and weaknesses. There are times in life when each one of us will encounter challenges or difficult situations. In those times, it takes courage to reach out and ask for help, but we are all in this together, and there is help here at Crossroads.
I am a passionate professional who continues to strive to improve my skillset while bringing passion to working with both youth and adults in hopes of providing them further opportunities to thrive and grow as they overcome the challenges of life. My culturally informed style of counselling is a blend of humanistic and client-centered theoretical approaches in which I apply a variety of different techniques based on the needs of each individual client. Being of service to another human being and finding a way to help is a privilege I am grateful for whenever it is presented to me. My goal is to do just that, to help my clients find a way to work through the challenges of life in a way that best suits who they are in a safe, non-judgmental and collaborative approach. You already have everything you need to be happy and overcome the obstacles life has put in your way. My job is to help you discover and develop those strengths.
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I have been blessed with a vast range of experiences in my professional career as a teacher, program director, athlete, coach, father of 3 adult children, and a small business owner. As a result of these opportunities and experiences, I feel I have a balanced perspective and a wide range of skills, interests, and abilities that make me very adaptable to any new challenge set before me. I also feel that this well-rounded skill set, coupled with having overcome challenges in my own life, will serve me well as I continue to seek new opportunities to connect with and help people as a counsellor.
DEMOGRAPHIC: Toddler, Child, Youth, Adult, Adults 65+ Individual and Groups
SPECIALTIES: Grief & Loss, Anxiety, Depression, Suicidal Ideation, Low self-worth,Confidence Relationship and couples/Physical and Mental abuse
Gurdeep Patara, RPC-C
Diploma of Applied Psychology and Counselling,
Counselor Candidate
Languages: English and Punjabi
It’s my goal and passion in life to help people heal, grow, and navigate through periods of transitions in their lives.
Whether you’re dealing with pain from the loss of a loved one. Or a recent job loss or career change. When the family dynamics that change and can be a surprise. The feelings that can come from being lonely or afraid. The crippling anxiety that can come from something new and strange happening in your life. The times that you’re too depressed to get out of bed and start your day. When the daily stresses can turn into physical pain.
My passion is to help people maneuver through all the obstacles with compassion and empathy in an open and calm setting.
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There are many different challenges that can come up in life, and it is my goal to help you through it by working together in a collaborative approach that gives you the skills and confidence to navigate life and all it has to offer.
As an Indo-Canadian I have experience with being brought up in two wildly different cultures. That knowledge has helped me to gain an understanding of cultural differences and how we are all raised with different beliefs and that one belief does not trump another. Gaining perspective of how multi-culturalism has helped shaped who we are today. Which allows me to help all types of people in whatever situation they can be in. I believe that with my education and personal experience it has allowed me to hone my skills to help others and gave me the tools I need to help people get the necessary confidence to create change for themselves in a way that aligns with their culture and beliefs.
The following list below are my areas of specialization:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder in children and Adults
- ADHD in Children and Adults
- Individual Counselling
- Personal development
- Assertiveness / Boundaries
- Depression, anxiety & panic disorders
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Crisis Intervention
- Past or recent trauma
- Mental and or Physical abuse
- Low self-worth/ Confidence / Self esteem
- Relationship and couples counselling
- Drug and Alcohol Addictions
- Gender dysphoria and transitions & other issues
- 2SLGBTQIA+ Support
- Communication building
- Grief/ Loss counselling
- Career planning
DEMOGRAPHIC: Adults, Children, Teens, Families, Couples, Groups
SPECIALTIES: Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Self-esteem, Personal development, Grief and loss, Relationship issues, Parenting, Career counselling
Lea Ivanitz, B.Ed.
Intern Counsellor
Languages: English
During times of stress and uncertainty, reaching out for help can feel difficult, but vulnerability is the catalyst to growth and sometimes we need a helping hand during life’s inevitable challenges. As someone who has navigated many life complexities and experienced the benefits of professional mental health care, I know how powerful this work can be. Creating a safe space for judgement-free exploration to work through your past and present struggles is very important to me as well as working collaboratively to reach your goals.
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While teaching high school for twenty years, I developed my passion for empowering youth in discovering their unique abilities, individual worth, and potential. My experiences as a teacher and mother of two have provided me with many skills and insights that I feel will complement my abilities as a counsellor.
There is no “one size fits all” in therapy, so I use a holistic, culturally sensitive, multi-lens approach that includes a variety of techniques and strategies to help understand and work through your specific concerns. With over 400 hours of yoga teacher training, I also bring an understanding of the mind-body connection along with the power of movement, breath, and meditation to my counselling practice.
Overall, my goal as a counsellor is to help others pave a path towards their best life.
For individual or couples, I can provide support with:
- Self-esteem, confidence, and personal development
- Anxiety and depression
- Career exploration with youth
- Parenting
- Life transitions
- Burnout
- Helping parents and children with strategies to deal with ADHD and ADD
- Assertiveness / Boundaries
- Trauma and Post-traumatic stress
- Communication building
- Health and wellness coaching
- Grief and loss
- Career planning
- Access to assessments and diagnosis
- Referral to local psychologists for assessments and testing
- Referral to local behavioural consultants and creating a behavioural intervention team
- Mediation with school districts and IEP planning
Types of therapies and techniques I offer include:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Mindfulness and breathing techniques
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our couples therapy services or wish to learn more about Crossroads Collective in Kelowna, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our dedicated team is here to assist and support you through challenging times in your relationship.
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