"Feeling Fully Alive and Authentically Engaged in Life"
Birgit Laskowski is located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Currently offering individual and couples sessions by telephone/video, or outdoor walk & talk.
Koa Counselling is about counselling that works for you--whether that means talking things out with someone who can listen, getting perspective by having thoughtful questions asked, goal-setting, addressing relationship issues, or wanting to explore different ways of being in the world.
Relationships
Relationships have their challenges--events, stresses of life, or just day to day interactions.
My training is in Emotionally Focussed Therapy, or EFT, which was developed in the 1980s by Dr. Sue Johnson. EFT has a research basis showing that 86-90% of couples report significant improvement in their relationships, over an extended period of time.
The EFT approach focuses on the present time, to make changes in the here and now. Couples learn to turn towards each other in a safe and secure way, becoming more open and responsive to one another.
EFT is about taking control of the negative dance of disconnection and conflict, and moving towards embracing in a secure loving bond.
For more info on EFT, click here to see Sue Johnson speak
I also incorporate elements from the Gottman method of working with couples and other relationships (family, parent/child).
