Love is a two-way street, constantly under construction. Over time we have lost a spark, we are both frustrated and there is often conflict. Communication has changed to a different tone, boundaries are not healthy and long held resentments against each other surface. When two people with two minds try to negotiate a common ground, we can expect some frictions.

Couples Counselling works by creating a forum in which the relationship is the patient, and we validate and respect the individual members of the unit, their life story, past experiences, attachments and values. As anything concerning the human mind, a lot of behaviours are learned by what we saw, in the relationships of our own caregivers and our life experiences, forming an idea of what relationships look like and what roles and concepts of ourselves we have developed in and around relationships.

At the start of counselling we will get to know each other and assess some of the larger issues that brought you to therapy. In the following session I will see you individually to get an understanding of your views on the relationship and for you to freely express what is going on for you underneath the relationship. The sessions after this are to work out strategies that are workable for you as a couple, addressing issues of concern and then developing a plan to incorporate a productive and positive path forward.