“Is there hope for me/us”, is what clients are really wanting to know when they ask “will I be okay?”, “do other couples likes us make it?”, “does it get any better?”. Counselling is often the last straw of hope that clients grasp when their marriage is on the rocks or when their hole of hopelessness has become too dark and scary to exist in alone. It didn’t take me long to realise that I am in the business of giving hope. I am very intentional about my use of hope based stra

Contrary to popular belief, I believe a good time to start therapy may be when your life is going relatively well! Therapy is often associated with crisis, on the brink, neurosis, and the final straw (and therapy is certainly important when you’re in that place), but therapy shouldn’t just be the cure... when it’s capable of possibly preventing the breakdown in the first place and maintaining your happy place. Seeing a Counsellor early on in your marriage, or better yet befor