Understanding What the Relationship Is Carrying
Making space for the hopes, fears, histories, and needs that shape how you meet one another
“In couples therapy, I hold space for two histories meeting in the present — two inner worlds navigating closeness, individuality, longing, and protection. My role is not to correct communication, but to deepen understanding, soften defensive patterns, and support a more honest, grounded way of relating.”
Edita Lorinczova,
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Why Couples Seek Therapy
Couples often seek therapy when familiar interactions begin to feel painful, entrenched, or difficult to move beyond. Conversations may unfold in predictable cycles—conflict, withdrawal, pursuit, or silence—leaving partners feeling unseen, misunderstood, or emotionally alone. Over time, these patterns can erode closeness, as emotional distance grows and intimacy becomes harder to access.
What appears on the surface as recurring disagreement or disconnection is often shaped by deeper emotional processes. Defensiveness, withdrawal, or heightened reactivity may emerge as ways of protecting against vulnerability, disappointment, or feared loss of connection. Life transitions, accumulated stress, or earlier relational ruptures can further intensify these dynamics, pulling partners into familiar roles that once offered stability but now contribute to strain.
These repetitions often signal deeper emotional patterns trying to be worked through — places where unmet needs, fears, and old injuries still shape how each partner reaches for connection.
How Therapy Can Help
Change in this work is often subtle at first — felt in brief moments of recognition or softening before it becomes something more stable. Over time, couples begin to notice shifts like:
A softening in tone or reactivity, with greater ability to stay present during difficult moments
Moments of recognition, where partners feel more seen—and more able to see each other clearly
Staying connected longer before slipping into familiar patterns of withdrawal, defensiveness, or control
Conflicts resolving more quickly, with a growing capacity for repair and less emotional fallout
Trust slowly rebuilding as safety feels earned through experience, rather than forced or negotiated
“Every couple arrives with their own rhythm and readiness. Growth unfolds at the pace your relationship can genuinely hold. In our work, we explore not only what happens between you, but why — and how each of you arrived with the histories, fears, hopes, and longings that shape your connection.”
A Therapeutic Space for Diverse Relationships
Relationships take many forms, and this work honours that complexity with openness and care. I welcome couples who are married or unmarried, long-term or newly formed, those seeking repair, and those thoughtfully exploring separation.
I also work with partners in LGBTQ+ relationships, intercultural relationships, and those navigating open or consensually non-monogamous structures. Many couples arrive carrying different histories, languages, cultural expectations, or ways of understanding closeness — all of which shape how intimacy and conflict unfold.
What matters here is not the structure of your relationship but the sincerity of your wish to understand one another more deeply. Therapy becomes a space where both partners can bring their whole selves — with their longings, fears, and histories — and explore what your connection is asking for at this moment in your lives.
How We Work Together
1. Initial Consultation
There is no right way to begin — we can start wherever you are
A brief 20-minute conversation to understand what brings you both here and to sense whether this space feels right. It is not an assessment, but an opportunity to meet, ask questions, and begin orienting toward the work you hope to explore together.
2. Regular Sessions
We slow down moments that may feel rushed at home, noticing shifts in tone, expression, and emotional response. The therapeutic relationship becomes part of the work: a steady, reflective space where reactions can unfold safely and familiar patterns can be explored as they emerge. Over time, this supports greater emotional insight, trust, and new ways of responding to one another, held within the consistency of a reliable third.
3. Completion and Beyond
Supportive conversations offered at a pace that reflects the stability and clarity they’ve developed. This is not ongoing weekly therapy, but a way to stay rooted in your growth while navigating life with more autonomy, depth, and intention.
Your willingness to show up — together — is enough
Practical Information
Learn MoreSession Options & Fees
Couples Psychotherapy
50 minutes
$220 CAD
Insurance & Reimbursement
Many extended health-care plans in British Columbia reimburse sessions with Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCCs). Because coverage differs between providers, I recommend checking with your insurance company in advance. Receipts are always issued for reimbursement purposes.
Cancellation Policy
To protect the therapeutic container and ensure availability for those waiting, a 48-hour cancellation policy applies.Sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours’ notice are billed at the full rate.