Family and Couples Counselling
Family Counselling
Family counselling is a type of group counselling that has the intention of having a counsellor assist the family unit through their unbiased support. This type of counselling is provided at Lethbridge Family Services through our Families Thriving Together Program.
Counselling can support your family:
Gather a better understanding and awareness of each family member’s feelings, perspectives, and behaviors
Create an environment where everyone feels motivated to talk and listen to each other respectfully
Promote working together to create and sustain healthy relationships amongst family members through the creation of effective boundaries and functional roles
Establish and work towards goal achievement
Families Thriving Together Program
This family systems approach is based on a three-component, sequential process that supports each family member separately and together. Using Emotional Focused Family Therapy to minimize risk factors and adverse experiences while simultaneously supporting children’s emotional and social needs and increasing the parents’ skills and knowledge of both their children’s and their own struggles.
Day and evening appointments available
In person and online counselling available
Areas of Practice
Services can be provided to those experiencing difficulties with, but not limited to:
Trauma
Conflict resolution
Family violence
Parenting process/skills
Grief and loss
Attachment
Life transition
Impulse control issues
Divorce/separation
NOTE: Individuals whose primary concern is addiction or disordered eating will be referred to specialized community services
Available to:
Individuals age 3 to end of life
Individuals living within South-Zone West area
Couples Counselling
Couples counselling is aimed at supporting a couple to better understand the dynamics of their relationship with the assistance of a neutral party in the form of the counsellor. In addition to improvements in the couple’s relationship, the well-being of the individuals may be improved, as well as those who are around the couple including children.
Counselling can support you and your partner:
Gather a better understanding and awareness of each other’s feelings, perspectives, and behaviors
Identify stressors in relationships and ways to work together cooperatively to address them
Transform your individual perspective from blaming one another to being aware of patterns that each person may inhibit that heighten struggles in the relationship
Improve communication skills and boundaries to enhance healthy relationship dynamics
Length of session: 1 to 1.5 hours
Day and evening appointments are available
In-person and online counselling is available
Areas of Practice
Services can be provided to those experiencing difficulties with, but not limited to:
Communication
Conflict resolution
Intimacy
Loneliness
Separation/divorce as well as other family concerns
NOTE: Individuals whose primary concern is addiction or disorder eating will be referred to specialized community services
Available to:
Couples 18+
Individuals living within South-Zone West area
Financial Investment:
Counselling services are subsidized so fees will be discussed at the time of Intake. No person will be denied services based on financial hardship.
Contact: Intake Coordinator
Email: counsellingintake@lfsfamily.ca
Phone: 403-327-5724
Location: 1098 3 Ave. North, Lethbridge, AB
Office Hours:
Monday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:30 am to 8:00 pm
Closed Statutory Holidays
Please remember that support is available if you need someone to talk to. If you are in an emergency, please call 911.
Alberta’s One-Line for Sexual Violence
Toll-free: 1-866-403-8000 (9 am to 9 pm daily, 170+ languages)
Text: 866-403-8000 (standard text message rates may apply)
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Distress Line of Southwestern Alberta: 403-327-7905 or toll-free 1-888-787-2880
Hope for Wellness Helpline: 1-855-242-3310
Alberta Health Services Mental Health Line: 1-877-303-2642
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