Couple Therapy Mississauga

From my office in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, I provide couple therapy with a key focus on bonding.

A focus on bonding in couple therapy is supported by the research by John Bowlby and the many others that have taken his original work further.  John Bowlby had the courage of his convictions to ground therapy issues of children in the relationships in the family.  This stance was unpopular among Freudian analysts at the time.  Everything, they believed was in the child's fantasy life.  Bolby was able to show that any lengthy abandonment of a child in the early years had significant impact on later character and personality.

Bowlby fought to establish that the bonding between mother and child on a continuous basis was an absolute essential to a child's mental health. Professionals resisted the implications of this assertion even when it was backed by research and observations from several independent researchers.

It is now being asserted that the bonding of a couple is absolutely essential for the health of the marriage and the couple.  This realization is new.  Few couple therapists assert it.  I take it as proven and build my couple therapy work in Mississauga on this foundation.

Most couples are happy with the focus on their bonding and attachment.  Intuitively they know that this is the right focus for them.