Couples Counselling
Couples Counselling (relationship counselling or marriage counselling) is counselling for two people in an intimate relationship who are having problems. The couple may or may not be living together. Further, the couple could be heterosexual, homosexual, married, divorced, de-facto, separated, single or any other combination. We do not discriminate and are open to helping you all.
If your relationship is floundering, Couples Counselling may be the help you need to get things rosy again. It can help you go behind the scenes and reveal what you’re missing. If things aren’t like they used to be, talking things over with a counsellor could bring things to the surface that you might have been avoiding. See downloadable PDF: About Couples Counselling.
Common Difficulties that bring Couples to Counselling include:
- Trust breakdown
- Betrayal or infidelity
- Depression or illness
- Aggression or hostility
- Poor or inadequate communication
- Conflict over parenting styles or family problems
Couples might want help to mend their relationship or to end it. Sometimes specialised help is needed, such as for intimacy and sexual difficulties, or for decisions regarding children if the couple decides to part.
What Happens at Sessions?
Each party gets a chance to tell their story from their own point of view, while the other person listens. We then try to find common ground and an agreed approach to the problem(s). Importantly, we strive to find realistic goals and a plan to achieve them. Activities for between sessions are likely to be set. Every case is unique with its own challenges and solutions.
In the past, I have found that invariably, couples’ problems result from personality differences. Personality is a huge, but little understood component of relationships. It follows that when couples do not understand these fundamental aspects of their partner, conflict is inevitable.
Consequently, discovering personality differences provides immediate insight into couples’ problems and how to solve them. Hence, I use the extraordinarily unique, accurate Enneagram model to reveal what we need to know. Rather than constantly re-hashing your problems, which couples tend to do and getting nowhere, we can work on solving them. Instead of long, drawn-out sessions, we get to the heart of things quickly and find solutions, saving you both time and money. This link will take you to further information: What is the Enneagram?
If you are ready to take this exciting and insightful journey into fixing your relationship, click the links below to read the conditions of consent and counselling. Then, both parties complete the Couples Counselling Intake Form.
Client Consent Form
Client Information Form
Couples Counselling Intake Form Partner 1
Couples Counselling Intake Form Partner 2
When you have both completed and submitted your Intake Forms, click Booking Calendar to return to the booking page to select your session(s).
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