Services
In-office sessions in Milton, Ontario, and virtual therapy available across Ontario.
Overview
Couples counselling is designed to help partners better understand one another, strengthen emotional connection, and navigate challenges in a more constructive way.
Whether you are dating, engaged, married, separated, or co-parenting, therapy can support you in moving forward with clarity and intention.
Couples seek counselling for many reasons, including communication breakdowns, trust concerns, intimacy issues, recurring conflict, or feeling emotionally distant.
Our therapists help couples slow down difficult interactions, identify underlying needs, and develop new ways of relating — without blame or judgment.
Areas of Support
Communication challenges and recurring conflict
Learning to communicate more effectively and repair after conflict
Deepening connection and rebuilding intimacy
Trust concerns, infidelity, or betrayal
High-conflict relationships
Separation, divorce, and co-parenting support
Relationship transitions and decision-making
Strengthening emotional and relational skills
Family Support
Family counselling provides a supportive space for families to better understand one another, address challenges, and strengthen relationships across generations.
Therapy helps families navigate conflict, improve communication, and develop more effective patterns of interaction. Our therapists work collaboratively and inclusively, recognizing the unique roles, experiences, and strengths each family member brings.
Sessions may include parents and children, siblings, blended families, or extended family members, depending on your needs.
Areas of Support
Parent–child or teen relationship challenges
Family conflict and communication difficulties
Behavioural or emotional concerns within the family
Blended family and step-parenting dynamics
Separation, divorce, and family transitions
Co-parenting challenges and alignment
Grief, loss, or major life changes
Our Approach
At Co & Associates, we take a compassionate, client-centred, and relational approach to couples and family therapy. Our clinicians draw from evidence-informed models while remaining attuned to emotional safety, power dynamics, and each individual's lived experience.
Therapy is not about assigning blame — it's about understanding patterns, increasing empathy, and building skills that can support your relationships both inside and outside the therapy room.
Identify goals and priorities
Improve communication and emotional understanding
Develop practical tools for navigating challenges
Strengthen connection, boundaries, and trust
Our team includes Registered Psychotherapists (RP) and Registered Social Workers (RSW) with training in relational and family therapy approaches.
Couples and Family Therapy in Milton
Couples and families meet with us in our Milton office or virtually anywhere in Ontario. These team members focus on relationship and family work.
For couples working on communication, recurring conflict, trust, intimacy or big decisions about the relationship. Our team includes a therapist trained in the Gottman Method (Levels 1 and 2).
Therapists who focus on this: Minerva Acevedo, Garion Sparks-Austin
For families navigating conflict, separation, blended-family changes or strained relationships between parents and children. Sessions focus on understanding each person's experience and finding new ways to communicate.
Therapists who focus on this: Garion Sparks-Austin, Laura Breau, Elena Kariam
Common Questions
While it's ideal for both partners to be willing participants, therapy can still be beneficial even if one partner is hesitant. Sometimes one partner begins individual therapy to work on relationship dynamics, and the other joins later. Your therapist can help you navigate this situation and determine the best approach for your circumstances.
Absolutely. Couples therapy isn't only for staying together. It can also support couples in separating respectfully and constructively, especially when children are involved. Discernment counselling is specifically designed for couples on the brink, helping you gain clarity about whether to work on the relationship, separate, or take a different path forward.
Family counselling focuses on the relationships and dynamics between family members rather than one individual's internal experience. The therapist works with the family system as a whole, helping members understand each other's perspectives, improve communication patterns, and develop healthier ways of interacting. Sessions may include all family members or subgroups depending on the goals.
Sessions are typically 50-80 minutes, depending on the number of participants and the complexity of what's being addressed. Couples sessions are often 50 minutes, while family sessions involving multiple members may be extended to 80 minutes. Your therapist will recommend the appropriate session length based on your needs.
Many extended health benefit plans cover couples counselling when provided by a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) or Registered Social Worker (RSW). Coverage is typically under one partner's plan. We provide receipts that can be submitted for reimbursement. Check with your insurance provider for specific coverage details and any requirements.
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