Couples & Marriage Counselling Redlands
Relationship counselling can help you to reconnect again
Relationship Counselling Redlands
Relationships can be one of the most rewarding aspects of our lives, but when they aren't going well, it profoundly impacts our quality of life. We often try to resolve issues ourselves, but this can lead to crisis points. It’s challenging to work on a relationship when we’re emotionally involved and stuck in a negative cycle.
Does any of this sound familiar to you?
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Feeling alone and disconnected
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Not feeling heard or understood
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Poor conflict and communication
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Holding on to resentment
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Feeling unsupported, unappreciated and unloved
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Going through an affair/s and betrayal/s
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Difficulty managing external stressors
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Temporary or permanent separation
Couples counseling is a specialised field of therapy. Whether your relationship is in crisis or you’re looking to enhance it, finding a therapist trained in this area can make a significant difference.
Gottman Therapy Redlands
My primary approach is Gottman Method Couples Therapy, the gold standard in relationship therapy recognised globally for its effectiveness. Developed after 40 years of research and real-life feedback from couples, this method identifies what makes relationships successful. While many therapists use Gottman principles, I have been formally trained by The Gottman Institute, ensuring a deep and comprehensive understanding of this proven method.
Gottman Method Couples Therapy is designed to address your unique needs and guide your relationship in a positive direction. Combining scientific assessment with individually tailored therapy, our sessions will use research-based interventions to create lasting change. As your facilitator, I will help you gain a deeper understanding of each other, move past destructive behaviors, and develop new skills to work through issues in a healthy, productive manner instead of merely venting about them.
Couples entering therapy will begin with an assessment phase. This assessment helps me understand your world, delving into your past, your needs, triggers, and how these elements impact your interactions as a couple. It also identifies your pain points. The insights gained from this assessment will shape your treatment plan and be discussed with you during the goal-setting stage, ensuring a tailored approach as we move forward into therapy sessions.
The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy help partners to:
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Address conflict constructively and reduce negative interactions
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Create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding
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Remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy
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Increase respect, affection and intimacy
Relationships have the highest chance of success with frequent counselling sessions, which can be extended as couples master new skills. Therefore, sessions are initially offered weekly or fortnightly, with progress reviewed throughout therapy.
Sessions can be provided in person in Redlands or online Australia-wide.
Not ready to try counselling just yet? Why not look at the Relationship Health Assessment. It's a great step for those couples wanting to work on their relationship but not yet ready for therapy.
Statistics related to relationship counselling:
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84% of couples who want to stay together, are willing to do the work and are committed to engaging in counselling sessions, are successful.
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86% of couples who are committed to their relationship and attend therapy for affair recovery successfully repair their marriage.
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69% of problems in relationships are perpetual, ie, they are related to differences in personality, values, etc. Learning how to communicate is key.
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The cost of therapy far outweighs the emotional and financial cost of separation and divorce.
Additional Areas for Couples
What Clients Are Saying
"We've been really connecting with our conversations as they are now so much deeper and more meaningful. We have also found we are more willing to open up because we are both feeling heard and understood rather than when we were just projecting our feelings onto each other.
We've come such a long way already and we feel so much closer to one another"
Mick & Marlene, Married