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Trauma-Informed Couples Counselling

Trauma-Informed Couples Counselling | Healing Relationships After Trauma

Trauma affects relationships—often in ways couples don’t immediately recognize. At Wong Counselling & Associates, our trauma-informed couples therapy helps partners understand each other’s emotional worlds, rebuild safety, and reduce conflict created by past wounds. Whether trauma comes from childhood experiences, past relationships, immigration stress, medical trauma, high-conflict family systems, or major life events, we work gently and collaboratively to strengthen attachment, communication, and trust. Our approach integrates Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), trauma-informed CBT, nervous-system regulation, and culturally sensitive care to help couples reconnect in a safe, supportive space.

Who This Service Is For

Trauma-Informed Couples Counselling | Healing Relationships After Trauma

  • Couples affected by past trauma (childhood trauma, complex trauma, attachment wounds)

  • Partners navigating high conflict, reactivity, or emotional shutdown

  • Couples struggling with trust, safety, or intimacy

  • Relationships impacted by PTSD, anxiety, depression, or chronic stress

  • Individuals who are trauma survivors and want their partner to understand their experience

  • Couples recovering from relationship injuries, betrayals, separation, or major transitions

What You Will Learn

Trauma-Informed Couples Counselling | Healing Relationships After Trauma

  • How trauma impacts communication, conflict, and attachment

  • How to reduce emotional triggers and reactivity

  • How to handle conflict without escalation

  • How to build safety, co-regulation, and emotional attunement

  • Skills to repair after fights and reconnect faster

  • How to support a partner without taking on their trauma

  • Boundaries, compassion, and rebuilding trust

Our Treatment Approach

Trauma-Informed Couples Counselling | Healing Relationships After Trauma

We use evidence-based modalities designed for trauma, including:

  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • Trauma-Informed CBT

  • Sensorimotor & Somatic approaches

  • Attachment-Based Counselling

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Culturally and linguistically sensitive frameworks

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Sessions are structured, supportive, and paced according to each partner’s nervous system and tolerance.

FAQ

1. What is trauma-informed couples counselling?

Trauma-informed couples counselling integrates relationship therapy with an understanding of how trauma affects the nervous system, communication, attachment, trust, and emotional regulation.

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2. Do both partners need to have trauma for this therapy to help?

No. Sometimes only one partner has trauma, but both are affected by its impact on the relationship. Therapy helps both partners understand reactions, triggers, and safety needs.

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3. What types of trauma do you work with?

We support couples dealing with childhood trauma, medical trauma, relationship injuries, infidelity recovery, immigration stress, PTSD, high-conflict families, and chronic stress.

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4. How is trauma-informed couples therapy different from regular couples counselling?

Traditional couples therapy focuses on communication. Trauma-informed work first builds emotional safety, stabilizes the nervous system, and teaches skills to prevent overwhelm or shutdown.

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5. How long does trauma-informed couples counselling take?

Many couples see improvement within 6–12 sessions, depending on the severity of trauma, the level of conflict, and readiness for change.

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