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Couples Counselling: Navigating Parenting Together

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Parenting is one of life’s most rewarding—but also most challenging—journeys. It can bring immense joy, but it can also place significant strain on a relationship. Whether you’re new parents adjusting to the demands of a growing family, raising teenagers with differing values, blending families, or navigating the emotional load of parenting a child with additional needs, couples counselling can help you reconnect and parent more effectively as a team.

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Disagreements about parenting are common and can range from differing views on discipline and structure to emotional support, boundaries, and long-term values. One partner may feel unsupported, while the other may feel criticised or shut out. Over time, these tensions can build up, leading to resentment, disconnection, or even conflict—affecting both your relationship and your children.

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In therapy, we work together to:

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  • Explore your parenting styles and how they’ve been shaped by your own experiences

  • Improve communication and decision-making around parenting choices

  • Strengthen your connection as co-parents, whether together or separated

  • Rebalance the emotional and practical load so both partners feel seen and supported

  • Create shared strategies for navigating the everyday and long-term demands of raising children

 

This space is inclusive and affirming of all parenting experiences and identities. I work with:

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  • LGBTQ+ parents navigating family roles, external pressures, or challenges in visibility and support

  • Adoptive and fostering families, where attachment, identity, and transitions may feel especially complex

  • Parents of neurodivergent children, who may be dealing with burnout, advocacy stress, or differing approaches to care

  • Co-parents after separation or divorce, who are adjusting to new dynamics and want to parent collaboratively while maintaining boundaries

 

Couples counselling offers a safe, non-judgemental space to explore not only how you're parenting—but how you're communicating, supporting each other, and maintaining your connection. Often, parenting challenges reflect deeper relational patterns, unspoken fears, or unmet emotional needs.

 

Therapy provides a calm, structured environment to help you reconnect, repair, and move forward with greater clarity and compassion.

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No matter your family structure or parenting journey, you deserve support—and the opportunity to grow both as parents and as partners.

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