Couples Counselling
Couples counselling (also called relationship therapy) is a type of therapy designed to help two people improve their relationship—whether they’re dating, married, or long-term partners. It focuses on how you interact, communicate, and handle conflict.
Rebecca MacDonald
Book NowCouples Counselling helps with:
Understanding relationship patterns
From an outside perspective, I can look at how you interact as a system:
- Repeating arguments
- Communication breakdowns
- Emotional distance or tension
Improving communication
You’ll learn how to:
- Express feelings without blame
- Listen without becoming defensive
- Slow down heated conversations
Managing conflict differently
The goal isn’t to eliminate conflict (that’s unrealistic), but to:
- Reduce escalation
- Stay respectful during disagreements
- Solve problems collaboratively
Don’t let ADHD hold you back from living the life you want. With the right tools, strategies and support you can regain focus and control over your life and find joy in your relationship.
Rebuilding Emotional connection
Couples often come in feeling disconnected. Therapy helps:
- Rebuild trust
- Increase intimacy (emotional and sometimes physical)
- Strengthen attachment and security
Addressing Specific Issues
Couples counselling can help with:
- Infidelity or trust issues
- Life transitions (moving, kids, stress)
- Sexual concerns
- Parenting disagreements
- Financial stress
- Understanding a neurodivergent partner
Work in collaboration with your partner and your therapist
Explore the many challenges you are facing with ADHD
Together, we can devise a plan of action, identify unique barriers, address scheduling challenges, learn communication tools, increase intimacy, and gain a new perspective on each other. By taking time to work on your relationship, it opens the door to the opportunity to strengthen your foundation as a couple and offer a more satisfying experience.
Some ADHD relationship questions
We may discuss strategies to support both of you when making decisions so that we can work to curb the challenging moments of impulsivity.
We can discuss budgeting challenges and find ways for both of you to become comfortable with the amount of money being spent.
We may talk about each partner’s needs and identify any barriers that may be present for allowing intimacy to take place.
We can talk about sharing the burden and finding ways to come to a compromise that will invite participation from each partner.
Communication skills are an essential foundation for any relationship, and counselling can help both members to work on increasing communication.
We may address how schedules are being managed and what might be necessary in terms of reminders, to help both partners know what is expected of them.
Counselling can help to address time blindness and help to increase awareness of time, as well as help to develop reminders to keep the brain on track.
Adaptive Mindset: ADHD Counselling Services
366 Main St,Kentville, NS
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