Faye Shedletzky at Align Within Therapy

Relationship & Couples Therapy in Nanaimo, BC

Building Stronger Bonds.

Relationship & couples therapy is a tool for shifting the dynamic happening between you. I have been trained in Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), the Internal Family Systems (IFS) relationship & couples therapy model. We work together to identify the pattern that is happening between you and gain clarity on the cycle that is keeping you stuck in unsatisfying, repetitive tangles. Reach out today for more information and to schedule a consultation!

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About Our Relationship Therapy & Couples Counselling Services

Navigating an intimate relationship can be the hardest thing. When communication feels impossible or conflict runs high, it’s easy to feel despair or hopelessness. Easy to feel overwhelmed and wondering where all the good went between you.

 

There are good reasons for this. Our primary partners in adult relationships meet our attachment needs. The challenges with had in relationships with our important caregivers when we were little show up again with our partners. Crazy but true.

 

When things are good between you and your partner, all feels good in the world. When things are going south, it can all feel too hard, too much and impossible to navigate. How can it be that this person who loved you so well now can’t understand you or shut down and unavailable?

 

Relationship Therapy Services from Align Within

Relationship therapy is a tool for shifting the dynamic happening between you. I have been trained in Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), the Internal Family Systems (IFS) relationship & couples therapy model. IFIO helps couples learn how childhood injuries or unmet needs are affecting your relationships in the here and now. We work together to identify the pattern that is happening between you and gain clarity on the cycle that is keeping you stuck in unsatisfying, repetitive tangles.

 

It’s surprisingly helpful to have a 3rd person holding space and slowing the process down so that you can each have clarity on what is happening inside for you. My intention is to help each of you feel seen, heard and understood, feel less shame and more able to communicate your true needs even about stressful topics and shift back to connection with each other. Essentially to feel less reactive and more confident in being able to speak and listen to each other in ways that feel safer for each of you and more loving.

 

My hope is that you can have a new experience. That you can each learn about what happens inside you when you try to have a hard conversation with your partner and help you each do things differently.

 

Get In Touch With Align Within

As a highly-trained couples counsellor, Faye Shedletzky provides trusted relationship therapy services in Nanaimo, BC, Canada, and via online remote sessions. For more information and to schedule a consultation, reach out today!

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We would be a good fit to work together if 

 

  • you are willing and curious (or willing to be curious!)
  • you are ready to embrace the wisdom of your body
  • you have a longing to be seen as able and competent, instead of broken
  • you are open to the idea that you can become an agent of your own healing

 

For more information about my practice, my rates, and to find out if we'd be a good fit, visit my FAQ page.

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In particular, we’d be a great fit if:

 

  • You identify as a highly sensitive person or an empath.
  • You feel overwhelmed by anxiety or self-doubt too often.
  • You find yourself pleasing others and then feeling resentful that your needs are not being met.
  • You find yourself in a caregiving role and feel depleted and burnt out.
  • You get caught up in trying to get everything done perfectly and 'do good' or 'be good', even when you know you are holding yourself to an impossible standard. 
  • You are wanting to have stronger relationships, where you can be accepted for who you are.
  • You wonder if experiences from your past might be holding you back from living the life you want.
  • You have a deep longing to be heard and understood, and to understand yourself.
  • You have a complicated relationship with food and your body.
  • You find yourself using food to manage painful emotions. 
  • You have lots of good ideas of what might help you feel better and feel frustrated by self-sabotage.
  • You are seeking someone finely-attuned to support and accompany you in your transformative journey. 

What My Peers Say...

I am privileged to have known Faye Shedletzky for about 10 years and can witness to her beautiful Spirit and the extraordinary way she deeply connects with people.  She seems to know how to get right to the heart of what me or others are trying to express, and connects so beautifully with Love, unconditional acceptance, and deep wisdom.

 

ANNE MORRISON, MSW, RSW
THERAPIST, SUPERVISOR, AND TRAINER

Faye is a conscientious, compassionate and experienced practitioner that meets you where you are at and works from a holistic perspective. I highly recommend working with her!

CANDY WIDDIFIELD, M.ED,
REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR & REGISTERED REIKI MASTER TEACHER

I have had the privilege of doing inner emotional work with Faye.  She is a gifted, intuitive guide who helps me sort my feelings.  Sacred listening is always evident as she skillfully supports me to follow a strand of energy I would otherwise have missed.  Faye has a wealth of tools in her tool belt including Tapping (EFT), Family Systems and much more.  I am so grateful for her inner wisdom.

Faye's gentle nature is so appreciated as she invites me to be curious about the feelings that show up.  I trust her implicitly.  I feel blessed and empowered after a session with Faye.  I am so grateful for every opportunity to work with her.  She is a exceptional guide.  I highly recommend her to any one ready to do their inner healing work.

JUDY M. EDUCATOR AND ENERGY WORKER

There is something about Faye, a kind of purity of heart, that never fails to stir greater kindness in me, and which stays with me long after we have talked. I am a better person through knowing Faye.

JANET BEGGS, REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR

Faye has such a beautiful capacity to hold space in a grounded and caring way. She is understanding and wise, and can make sense of how things fit into the big picture. She also walks her talk. I appreciate being able to trust and rely on Faye as a competent, kind, and authentic professional!

GEMMA A., CANADIAN CERTIFIED COUNSELLOR



"IT IS ONLY WITH THE HEART...

"...that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the human eye." 

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery