Couples Therapy/Counselling

Understanding Relationships, Rebuilding Connection

Relationships can become strained by disagreements, changing expectations, parenting, finances, work pressures, or significant life transitions. Even couples who care deeply about one another may struggle with conflict, intimacy, or uncertainty about their future. Couples counselling offers a structured, supportive setting to explore these difficulties and consider ways forward.

Concerns Addressed in Couples Counselling

  • Communication difficulties, recurring arguments, and unresolved conflict
  • Emotional distance, loneliness, and feeling misunderstood
  • Differences in sexual desire, affection, and intimacy
  • Infidelity, betrayal, and loss of trust
  • Parenting, financial pressures, illness, and life transitions
  • Uncertainty about commitment or the future of the relationship

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

My approach is grounded primarily in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an evidence-based, attachment-oriented model of couples therapy in which I hold advanced certification.

EFT explores how our need for emotional connection and security influences relationship interactions. For example, when one partner feels disconnected, they may respond by seeking reassurance, criticizing, or pursuing discussion, while the other becomes defensive or withdraws. These responses can develop into a recurring cycle that neither partner intends or finds satisfying.

Rather than focusing on blame, EFT helps partners recognize these patterns, understand the emotions underlying their reactions, and respond to one another with greater understanding, emotional accessibility, and responsiveness.

Learn more about EFT: https://emotionfocusedtherapyalberta.ca/about-eft/

What to Expect From Couples Counselling

Therapy begins with understanding each partner’s concerns, relationship history, and goals. Sessions provide opportunities to explore difficult interactions, address unresolved relationship injuries, and examine the emotional experiences that influence how partners respond to one another.

With more than 30 years of clinical experience, I integrate EFT, attachment theory, and other therapeutic approaches according to each couple’s circumstances. Counselling may involve emotional exploration, practical communication strategies, rebuilding trust and intimacy, or clarifying decisions about the future of the relationship.

An initial assessment also helps determine whether joint therapy is appropriate and safe.

Arrange an Appointment

To discuss your concerns or arrange a couples counselling appointment, please contact:

Linda McFalls, Ph.D., LCSW, RSW
Clinical Therapist | Psychotherapist | Clinical Supervisor
Touchstone Counselling Inc.

Office Address:
Suite 222, Rycor Centre
6030 – 88 Street NW
Edmonton, AB T6E 6G4

Phone: 780-996-7655
Email: Linda.McFalls@TouchstoneCounselling.com

In-person counselling in South Edmonton and online couples counselling are available.

Direct billing is available through participating extended health benefit providers.