Sites related to Marriage Counselling

The Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy (www.eft.ca) taught by the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute and the Gottman Method  of Couple’s Therapy (www.gottman.com) are the models that guide marriage counselling at Couples In Step. Couples In Step therapist Irene Oudyk-Suk continues to train in both these models. An article on each of these models will soon be posted on the free stuff page.

You can read about BESTCO (Board of Examiners for Sex Therapy Certification in Ontario) here.

EMDR Sites

You will be fascinated! by the brain scan pictures of a brain before and after EMDR at this educational site: San Diego Trauma Therapy

April Steele (www.april-steel.ca) is an EMDR therapist on the west coast. April specializes in issues of early neglect, abuse, and trauma.  For years I have been reading her wise posts on the professional list servs I belong to. April has developed some lovely tools for therapists working with people who have missed out on the nurturing that is so important in the formative years.

The following websites provide additional information about EMDR (including research information):

• EMDR International Association
• EMDR Canada
• EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program
• This link takes you to an on-line forum where you can read questions and answers others have about EMDR. Scroll down the page and click on the EMDR tab.

Couple Therapist Colleagues

The therapists listed below have training and experience that parallels that of Couples In Step therapist, Irene Oudyk-Suk. As Couples In Step therapist Irene Oudyk-Suk has continued to build her couple's therapy skills, she has been privileged to interact with others all over the world who echo her commitment to become excellent couple's therapists. The list below represents just a few of those connections. Check out their websites to learn how other couple's counsellors describe their services. And, if you are in a location far from Couples In Step, perhaps you will be in a location near to one of the therapists listed below.
Aurora, Richmond Hill, Ontario: Margarete Juliana
Central Toronto: Robin Blake
Central Toronto, North York: Lee Kraemer
Greater Toronto couple therapists
North Toronto: Marion Goertz
San Diego, California: Susannah Muller
Severna Park, Maryland: Carol H. Corcoran
Silver Spring, Maryland: Marie Caterini Choppin
Rochester, New York David Schwab
Providence, Rhode Island: Archie Roberts
Brisbane, Australia: Lyn Thomson

If distance prevents you from accessing Couples In Step, or any of the therapists listed above, you could consider browsing the directories at GoodTherapy.org or Counselling.com.