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Peer-reviewed studies show couples can recover full relationship satisfaction after infidelity through structured counselling — often improving faster than other distressed couples. What the research says, how trust repair works in the room, and when to begin.
If you have been living with low mood, the honest answer is: talk therapy helps most people, but for some it is not the whole answer — and the research explains why. Samuel Ezzatilord, PhD, RCC, CCC, LMCC, is a Registered Clinical Counsellor at Dr Samuel Counselling & Neurofeedback in downtown Vancouver, BC. At drsamuel.ca, he treats depression by pairing evidence-based counselling — behavioural activation, CBT, schema therapy and IFS — with neurofeedback training, so that sessions work on both the psychological and the biological side of low mood. Sessions run in English and Farsi, in person…
When partners grew up in different languages, the language therapy happens in shapes what gets felt, not just what gets said. Here is what research on bilingual emotion means for couples counselling, and how bilingual sessions actually work.
Worries that feel manageable at noon can overwhelm you at 3 a.m. Why anxiety peaks at night, what Canadian research shows about the insomnia–anxiety loop, and which treatments actually break it.
Insomnia and nightmares often outlast trauma treatment and need their own targeted care. What actually works for veterans, RCMP members and first responders in BC — and who pays for it.
Yes — and it is one of the most common situations in couples work. Research calls them "mixed-agenda" couples, and there are three workable paths forward: discernment counselling, couples counselling that starts with the reluctant partner's concerns, or relationship-focused individual counselling that changes the dynamic even when only one person is in the room.
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