Couples Therapy
A secure emotional connection with those closest to us is the primary way humans have evolved to deal with anxiety and stress. The quality of our connection to our loved ones can tame our fears, and support us to flourish in life. Relationships can become distressed when partners are not accessible, or not responsive to each other’s emotional cues. The most significant relationship issues will be related to the security of the bond between the partners, and their capacity to create an emotional safe haven. Couple's counselling explores the relationship dynamics that are occurring and the tools and skills to create that important element of emotional safety.
Many couples wait years before deciding to seek help through couple's counselling. Considering the enormous toll an unhealthy relationship can have on one’s own mental health and quality of life, deciding to address issues with couple's counselling, as soon as possible, is a positive and empowering step. It is always better late than never to explore couple's counselling as a step towards improving your life and your relationship.
Couple's counselling is an opportunity to look at what is happening for you both in the relationship and then look at what needs to happen to finally address issues and make a plan to create the relationship you want to have.
What to expect
The process of couple's counselling begins with the initial session, where we have a chance to get to know one another and understand if we are a good fit for a successful therapeutic relationship. I will try to gain a good understanding of what the relationship issues are and what you want to achieve with couple's counselling. Following our first couple’s counselling session, I then do an individual session with each person. This individual session is a chance to work on any issues the individual may be dealing with that impacts the relationship. Then we move forward with couple's counselling sessions.
The foundation of my couple’s counselling work is underpinned by evidence-based methods such as Gottman Therapy and Emotional Focussed Therapy (EFT). Common reasons for coming to therapy is for couple’s to improve their communication skills, to understand their past or present relationship, to improve intimacy and connection. We can address these issues but to effectively do this, we will work to promote safe emotional engagement and responsiveness, as that is the foundation of a secure bond, and that is how you reconnect with your loved one and build a healthy future together.
Fees
Counselling Fee:
Individual sessions are 50-minutes $130
Couple sessions are 50-minutes $150
Cancellations
When you make an appointment, you are reserving an hour of time, so we kindly ask that you give us sufficient notice in the event that you need to cancel or postpone your appointment.
Giving us more than 24 hours notice helps us offer this valuable time to other people who are looking for an appointment.
A cancellation fee is not charged when you provide more than 24 hours notice to the clinic. If a cancellation is made with less than 24-hours notice the full fee is required to be paid.