Couples Therapy
Improve communication, resolve conflict and build stronger relationships
One of the biggest and scariest transitions in a person’s life is moving in with a significant other.
Each partner brings a set of values, traditions and beliefs that were less visible when each lived separately. Adjusting takes time; within the relationship, roles get assigned and become part of the expectations the partners place on each other. And if life were a constant open road, then most likely, opportunities for disagreement would not appear often. However, there are plenty of changes within a couple’s history.
Some external factors include economic pressure, broader conflicts, and natural disasters. Others are more intimate and involve changes in personality, preferences or career. And others are related to parenting choices - often, the parents we imagined ourselves to be are not the ones we actually are.
It is unsurprising then that more and more conflicts appear and the couple you form now is not the one you remember.
​It is essential to underline that our focus in couples therapy will be on creating awareness of unhelpful behaviour patterns and finding new ways of relating. We will focus on rebuilding the sense of psychological safety you might have experienced at the beginning of your relationship through the work done within the session, but most importantly, by the two of you outside the sessions.
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In a nutshell, couples counselling is a therapy that can help couples improve their communication, resolve conflict, and build a stronger relationship.
My approach is based on the principles of solution-focused therapy within the context of a person-centred approach, using elements of Gestalt and Transactional Analysis.
If you and your partner struggle with communication problems, conflict resolution, infidelity, parenting issues, loss of intimacy, lack of trust or emotional distance or any other relationship issue, I invite you to get in touch.