Relationships are hard, you don't need to fix this alone

Whether you're trying to reconnect with someone after a breakup, rebuild trust after its been broken, looking to meet somebody new, or build a stronger relationship with your partner, I can help. I'll work with you on your own or with your partner. We'll focus on understanding what's happening, what matters to you, and put a plan into practice in your actual life.

Book your first 20 minutes · $20

In these 20 minutes, you can share a little about your relationship, ask your questions, and see whether working together feels right.

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Relationship coach since 2019, trained in the Gottman Method and CBT.

Quinn Van den Heuvel

About Quinn

What working together is like

First we'll unpack where you are and how you got there, then we'll talk about your vision and what you're ultimately trying to build.

I'll be direct about what I notice, including when a way of thinking may not be helping you, and I'll make room for what feels difficult. Together, we'll make a big picture plan and the bring it back to one useful focus so the session gives you a next step that you can take into your next conversation or decision.

We might practise a response, work through a decision, or clarify an agreement. If we meet again, we'll use what happened to decide where to go from there.

Individual coaching

You can come on your own to work on your choices, responses, boundaries, or understanding of a relationship. Your partner doesn't have to attend for your questions to matter, and you don't become responsible for changing them because you're the one getting support.

Couples coaching

When you both want to participate and can do so safely, we can look at how you get stuck, practise a different response, and clarify what each person is willing to do. Making room for both perspectives does not mean assigning equal responsibility for every hurt.

Sessions & packages

A place to begin

First 20 minutes

Introduction · 20 min$20 USD

You can share a little about your relationship, we’ll get to know each other, and you can see whether working together feels right. It’s the same starting point whether you come on your own or with your partner.

Book your first 20 minutes · $20

Individual coaching

Single session · 60 min
$149 USD
5 sessions · 60 min each
$499 USD

Couples coaching

Single session · 60 min
$179 USD
5 sessions · 60 min each
$599 USD

I recommend meeting once per week, with time between sessions to put what you’ve worked on into practice. We'll review whether the sessions are useful, including when independent practice or a pause is the appropriate next step.

Questions you might have

What can you help me with?

I can work with you on your own or with your partner on the conversations, patterns, and decisions that are making your relationship difficult. That might be feeling unheard, repeated arguments, rebuilding trust after betrayal, unequal effort, boundaries, dating, mixed signals, and intimacy. I can also help you decide whether to stay or leave, or find your way forward after a breakup.

You don't need to know which category fits. We can start with what is happening and what you want help understanding or doing differently.

What can I expect to get from coaching?

The aim is for you to understand the situation more clearly and have something useful to do with that understanding. Depending on what you bring, that might mean practising a difficult conversation, making a realistic agreement, recognizing what is yours to change, or deciding what you need from the relationship.

We'll look at what changes outside the session and adjust if the approach isn't helping. I can support your choices and skills, but I can't promise a changed partner, reconciliation, or a particular outcome.

What happens when we work together?

We begin with your experience and the question that matters most to you now. I'll ask about specific moments so we can understand what is happening rather than rely on a broad label for you or your partner.

I'll offer a picture you can correct, then we'll choose a manageable focus. We might practise a response, work through a decision, or clarify an agreement. Before we finish, we'll check what you're taking from the conversation and what feels realistic next. If we meet again, we'll use what happened to decide where to go from there.

What experience do you bring?

I've worked as a relationship coach since 2019, with training in the Gottman Method and CBT, helping people on their own and with their partners through conflict, betrayal, dating, breakups, and decisions about their future.

I bring that experience to our conversations, but I won't assume your situation is the same as someone else's. I'll ask questions, check my understanding with you, and help you find an approach you can actually use.

Why do you do this work?

I care about helping people make sense of something that can feel confusing when they're in the middle of it. You may love someone and still not know how to reach them, what to ask for, or whether continuing is right for you.

I want the work to be useful in your life. Understanding a pattern matters, but so does being able to handle the next conversation, recognize a limit, or make a choice you understand. That's why I keep coming back to what you can take from our conversation and use afterward.

Will you encourage me to stay together?

I won't begin with a preferred ending for your relationship. I'll help you look at what is happening, what matters to you, and whether the relationship available is one you want to choose.

If you both want to repair it and can participate safely, we can work toward that. If your next step is leaving, accepting a breakup, or choosing something different, that belongs here too. I'll steer the work toward honesty, responsibility for your own choices, respect for other people's boundaries, and a next step you can stand behind.

How long would we work together?

That depends on what you want help with and what the work reveals. We'll agree on a focus and keep checking whether the sessions are helping and whether you still need them.

Is coaching the right support for me?

Coaching focuses on understanding your situation, practising skills, and making choices. It does not replace mental health treatment or emergency support. If what you're facing needs another kind of help, I'll be clear about that. If there is fear, coercion, or danger, couples communication exercises may not be an appropriate starting point.

Not sure where to begin?

Tell me a little about what's been happening. We'll talk about what you need help with and whether working together feels right.

Book your first 20 minutes · $20

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