Couples Counselling
Why Couples Counselling?
You may be experiencing a time in your relationship where you feel disconnected from one another. The same patterns of communication and misunderstanding are continuing to repeat themselves, leaving you both feeling stuck. We want you to know that you are not alone. We believe that every couple deserves to have a strong, loving, and healthy relationship, however, we know that sometimes, despite our best efforts, relationships can become strained. Change happens in the context of a safe, trusting, and supportive relationship.
Why Couples Counselling?
You may be experiencing a time in your relationship where you feel disconnected from one another. The same patterns of communication and misunderstanding are continuing to repeat themselves, leaving you both feeling stuck. We want you to know that you are not alone. We believe that every couple deserves to have a strong, loving, and healthy relationship, however, we know that sometimes, despite our best efforts, relationships can become strained. Change happens in the context of a safe, trusting, and supportive relationship.
Who we are
Our Approach
At Talking Works, we use the proven framework of emotion focused therapy (EFT) to create lasting change by emphasising emotional awareness and processing to help you better understand, regulate, and share your emotions. EFT focuses on creating a secure and loving attachment between you and your partner to help you communicate your needs and desires in a way that fosters deeper intimacy and connection.
With that being said, this kind of therapy is not for everyone.
We need to create a safe environment in order to be able to do this type of deep, emotionally vulnerable work. This is not always possible if any of the following issues are present:
- Physical abuse
- Current ongoing deceptions and/or affairs
- Active substance misuse/addiction
Rates:
Couples Counselling:
- $160 per 60 minute session
- $190 per 90 minute session
*Initial assessment sessions require 90 minutes.
How it helps
Reasons why couples seek therapy
- Intimacy that is hard to receive, infrequent, or is non existent
- Breach of trust, such as an affair or a betrayal
- Tensions around finances, parenting, in-laws, and extended family
- Trauma history that makes opening up challenging
- Arguments that never seem to resolve
How it helps
Benefits of couples therapy
- Uncover the pattern that has kept you stuck
- Develop positive ways to communicate and interact
- Increased sense of safety and vulnerability to share feelings, thoughts, and needs
- Heal past hurts
- Deeper connection and stronger bond than you had in the beginning of your relationship
