Couples Therapy can Improve Communication and Connection​
At CARE Counselling, I provide couples therapy to couples of any gender, sexual orientation, ethnic/cultural group. Most couples experience challenges during the course of a relationship. I work with both partners to reduce distress, build resilience and acceptance, adopt healthy pro-couple behaviours, understand your partner's emotional, psychological, make-up (and your own), increase knowledge, self-awareness, and integrate this new learning into a new couple paradigm... one in which you can both take responsibility for the health and happiness of your couple relationship/marriage.
I also offer Discernment Counselling for those couples who are not sure whether Couples Therapy is appropriate for them. One partner may be experiencing ambivalence towards undertaking therapy; they may be fearful that they've tried everything and nothing works. Discernment Counselling provides such people with a safe place in which to explore, with me, their ambivalence, their worries, their fears, even their belief that splitting up is the only option. It comprises a completely different format to Couples Therapy; it has a clear protocol whereby I work individually with each partner to identify and clarify truths about their thoughts/feelings about the Relationship related to their own contribution to the current impasse. This is shared with the other partner and vice versa. The goal is to see IF the couple can decide to work on the marriage. Please see the "On the Brink?" page or contact me for further details.
I work with couples in the following areas (amongst others):
I also offer Discernment Counselling for those couples who are not sure whether Couples Therapy is appropriate for them. One partner may be experiencing ambivalence towards undertaking therapy; they may be fearful that they've tried everything and nothing works. Discernment Counselling provides such people with a safe place in which to explore, with me, their ambivalence, their worries, their fears, even their belief that splitting up is the only option. It comprises a completely different format to Couples Therapy; it has a clear protocol whereby I work individually with each partner to identify and clarify truths about their thoughts/feelings about the Relationship related to their own contribution to the current impasse. This is shared with the other partner and vice versa. The goal is to see IF the couple can decide to work on the marriage. Please see the "On the Brink?" page or contact me for further details.
I work with couples in the following areas (amongst others):
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Relationship Challenges Are Normal
Most couples experience challenges during the course of their relationship. Challenges arise when one or both partners experiences a high level of distress or inability to cope with managing themselves, in the relationship, during these times. This is when couples therapy can help.
I utilise various proven approaches to offer a structured, integrated approach to the relationship challenges you may be facing as a couple.
Being trained in the Gottman Method Couples Therapy (GMCT) (Level 3 trained practitioner), the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT) (Level II Clinician), The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy (Level 1 trained), and Relationship Australia Victoria's "Specialist Course in Couples Therapy", I am able to provide you with practical and evidence-based resources with which to reduce your relationship pain, open your minds to other possibilities, and improve your emotional and psychological well-being.
A thorough assessment of the current relationship situation and the events that have brought you to couples therapy is key. Exploring, identifying and understanding the initial problem allows us to achieve the best relationship solution. Together, through a structured, safe dialogue, and both joint & separate therapy sessions, we can identify the source of the relationship's difficulties, the struggles, and explore options as to how to move forward.
Take some time to explore the following websites for a thorough understanding of the therapeutic approaches outlined above:
I utilise various proven approaches to offer a structured, integrated approach to the relationship challenges you may be facing as a couple.
Being trained in the Gottman Method Couples Therapy (GMCT) (Level 3 trained practitioner), the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT) (Level II Clinician), The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy (Level 1 trained), and Relationship Australia Victoria's "Specialist Course in Couples Therapy", I am able to provide you with practical and evidence-based resources with which to reduce your relationship pain, open your minds to other possibilities, and improve your emotional and psychological well-being.
A thorough assessment of the current relationship situation and the events that have brought you to couples therapy is key. Exploring, identifying and understanding the initial problem allows us to achieve the best relationship solution. Together, through a structured, safe dialogue, and both joint & separate therapy sessions, we can identify the source of the relationship's difficulties, the struggles, and explore options as to how to move forward.
Take some time to explore the following websites for a thorough understanding of the therapeutic approaches outlined above:
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