Marriage and Family Counselling | Burnaby | Vancouver | Coquitlam

Gottman based Couple and Family Therapy is available, along with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in my offices in Burnaby and Vancouver. Gottman Therapy is a structured approach to changing behaviour and communication style between members of a couple or family. I highly advices Dr. Gottman's recent books: "The Seven Principals for Maring Marriage Work," and "Why Marriages Succeed or Fail." Both of these books are available in book form or through Audible.com if you'd rather listen on your iPod, phone or other device.

CBT- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is another approach often used in my office, either by itself or in combination with Gottman techniques for couple therapy or counselling. Some patients have found Dr. Aaron Beck's "Love is Never Enough" to be very helpful. This book on couple's counselling/therapy comes from a much more behavioural point of view.

Finally, in my office I see a number of couples who have issues relating to Aspger's Disorder as a central concern. I have been working with young adults and adults with Aspeger's for over twenty years, first starting in California working with Michelle Garcia Winner. While there is a limited number of books for adults with Asperger's Disorder David Finch's book, "The Journal of Best Practices," which is a "memoir of marriage, Asperger's Syndrome and one man's quest to be a better husband" has been found to be very useful. I also spend a great deal of time working with couples with ADHD, OCD and related cognitive disorders, making use of my post graduate training in neuropsychology as well as marriage/couple and family therapy. In addition to being a registered and licensed psychologist I am additionally a registered marriage and family therapist and Fellow of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy and a Clinical Member of the British Columbia Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Counsellors)/

For more information please visit my web page below, and feel free to call my office. Other sites which have information about my practice are also listed below.

Dr. Jim Roche
relatedminds (at) gmail.com

You can find me at any of the following pages:

http://psyris.com/drjimroche

http://www.relatedminds.com

http://www.actcommunity.ca/profiles/224/

http://www.psychologists.bc.ca/users/jimroche

www.therapistlocator.net/member?226046

Couples Therapy | Marriage Counselling | Burnaby | Vancouver

Dr. Jim Roche provides marriage and couple therapy / counselling in his offices in Burnaby and Vancouver. Dr. Roche is both a Registered Psychologist and Registered Marriage and Family Therapist, as well as a Clinical Member and Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He has over 25 hers experience in the field working with couples and families in therapy.

Dr. Roche is trained in systemic therapy, as well as the Gottman Therapy Method. He provides therapy for those who feel stuck in their relationships, and want to learn and explore new skills and ways of communication.

Marriage and Couples Therapy can be used to address:
Problems with communication
Anger issues
Sexual difficulties
Conflicts about child rearing
Substance abuse
Infidelity
Divorce or separation issues

The Gottman Couples/Marriage Therapy method addresses several similar issues:
Increasing respect, affection and closeness between you
Learning techniques to break through and resolve conflicts when you feel stuck
Gaining a better understanding of who each of you are in the relationship
Learning how to keep conflict discussions calm
and How to maintain improvements in your relationships.

Couple or marriage therapy usually starts with two or three weekly sessions during which we assess the situation and determine mutual goals, and then weekly every other week sessions using skills and reviewing their use in the relationship.

Two books I highly recommend reading (or at least reviewing) before coming to therapy include, "Why Marriages Succeed or Fail," and "The Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work" by John Gottman.

For more information about setting up an appointment for marriage therapy or couples counselling please visit my website at: http://www.relatedminds.com/couple-family-therapy/  or www.relatedminds.com