Stop the Same Fight. Start Building Something That Holds.
This is focused couples counselling designed to help you break patterns, rebuild trust, and reconnect, often in just 4–6 sessions.
You don’t need years of therapy. You need clear tools, structure, and real accountability that actually change how you show up together.
Available Online Across Alberta and In-Person in Red Deer
Now offering a hybrid session model:
Secure
virtual sessions for couples across Alberta, and
private in-person sessions at our Red Deer office, now available on Mondays and Thursdays, from 8 am to 4 pm.
By appointment only, no walk-ins
Whether you live in Red Deer or anywhere else in Alberta, you can work with me via secure Zoom video so you do not have to travel.
Is This Right for You?
- Couples who keep having the same fight and feel stuck
- Partners dealing with broken trust, distance, or shutdown
- Blended and Stepfamilies are trying to make daily life work
- Engaged or remarried couples who want a clear plan
- Parents worried about how conflict is affecting their kids
Not sure if this is right for you?
Find out how I assess whether we're the right fit
before you commit to anything.
What Changes When You Work With Me
- Restoring emotional connection
- Understanding the patterns that drive your fights
- Tools to calm conflict in the moment
- Repair steps so apologies actually land
- Begin to heal the relationship wounds
- Ways to rebuild trust and emotional safety
- Agreements you can both keep in daily life
- Turning defensiveness into real listening so both of you feel heard.
Meet Rick Martin
I work exclusively with couples who feel stuck, shut down, or caught in the same fight on repeat.
This work is direct and practical. We slow conflict down, build real repair skills, and help you rebuild trust in a way that holds up at home.
If you want relationship help that is focused, structured, and honest, you’re in the right place.
Who You’re Working With
Rick Martin is a Certified Relational Life Therapist who works exclusively with couples. With over 25 years of experience in behavioural systems and more than 500 hours of advanced RLT training, he helps couples create real, lasting change, without dragging the process out.
This is not general therapy. This is specialized relationship work.
How This Is Different From Traditional Couples Therapy
Most couples who come to me have already tried traditional therapy, sometimes trying serveral therapists and are still stuck.
Here’s what’s different about this work:
- We focus on patterns, not just communication tips
- You won’t sit in endless conversations that go nowhere
- Sessions are longer so we can actually get to the root
- You leave with tools you can use immediately
- This is not about talking more.
It’s about changing how you show up.
Focused Services Built for Couples
- Our Start Here pages will assist you in understanding how we can support relationship differently then the mainstream Mental Health System.
- Most practitioners are generalists, we are relationship specialists
- Most will have you come in and pay full price to likely find out that they are not a good fit.
- We offer free introductory session for you decide
View Relationship Focused Services
- Most sessions are offered online via secure Zoom and in-person.
- In-person appointments are available in Red Deer - Mondays and Thursdays.
- The advantage of hosting sessions over Zoom both partner do not need to in the same room or part of the country
Why RLT Works Differently
- RLT focuses on the pattern, not just the fight
- We work with accountability and repair, not blame
- You leave with tools to practice at home
Learn how Relational Life Therapy works
What to Expect
Short intake. Focused two-hour sessions so we can get deep work done without dragging things out. Real skills, clear accountability, and steady progress. I’ll walk with you, and you have to show up and do the work.
See what happens after your intro session
How long are sessions?
Most sessions are two hours. This extended format allows us to move past surface-level conversation and get into the real patterns that are driving conflict.
In Relational Life Therapy, depth matters. A two-hour session gives us the time to slow things down, interrupt reactive patterns in real time, and build practical repair skills you can take home and use right away.
Shorter sessions often keep couples talking about the problem. These sessions are designed to actually change it.
How quickly will we see change?
Most couples begin to experience noticeable shifts within 4–6 sessions, especially when they actively practice the tools between sessions.
This work is focused and skills-based. You are not just talking about your relationship, you are learning how to repair, communicate, and respond differently in real time.
The couples who see the fastest results are the ones who show up, stay accountable, and apply what we work on in their day-to-day interactions. That is where the real change happens.
Book Your Free Intro Session
Let’s find out what’s actually getting in the way, and what’s possible from here.
Common Questions Before You Get Started
Not sure if couples counselling is the right step?
Most couples come in because something keeps repeating and nothing is changing.
You do not need to be in crisis, but you do need to be ready to look at what is happening and try something different.
What happens in the free introductory session?
The intro session is a short, no-pressure conversation to understand what is going on and see if this approach fits your situation.
What if my partner is not fully on board?
That is common.
You can start with the intro session on your own and begin understanding the pattern, even if your partner is unsure.
How quickly will we know if this is helping?
Most couples begin to see their pattern clearly within the first few sessions and start noticing real shifts soon after.
If you’re ready to stop guessing, start repairing, and build a relationship you can feel proud of, with real emotional repair, clear accountability, and skills-based coaching. I would love to help.
