My Focus
I have completed the highest level of counselling training in the Gottman Institute to
become a Certified Couples Therapist in the Gottman method.
Gottman group training: Levels 1 -3 completed prior to certification
“Both men and women in stable committed couple relationships tend to live longer, healthier, and wealthier”.
The Gottman Institute
I am trained in a variety of couples therapy models including Gottman Method Couples Relationship Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy.
Click here to read about Gottman Methods Couple Therapy? and why I also use it in my own marriage
About Couple Relationships
Is is possible to build a marriage that is as beautiful as your wedding day?
This yearning dwells in the minds and hearts of every bride and groom.
Research from the Gottman Institute tells us that approx 51% of 1st time marriages last; of these 18% naturally get along well, 17% stay married and miserable, and 16% learn how to get along well with the assistance of courses, therapy etc.
A truth – building a stable couple relationship is hard work, but worth every effort.
So, the good news is it’s possible to learn how to build and maintain a relationship so you can have the relationship yearned for on your wedding day.
About Couples Therapy
Relationships – both marriages and partnerships – are more likely to improve by accessing the independent and skilled services of a couple’s therapist.
Research tells us that on average couples delay 5-6 years from the time they realize their relationship has significant problems to the time they commence therapy.
That’s a long time to needlessly suffer.
In arranging an appointment for couples therapy, for marrieds or partners, you can learn to manage the problems in your relationship instead of the problems managing you.
Couples generally come to counselling because they sense a deadlock has occurred in their relationship that is preventing them from forging deeper bonds of understanding, trust, connection and intimacy.
Perhaps external stressors such as work & parenting are eating into the intimacy that you had once enjoyed as a couple. Or maybe over time you each have changed and are now discovering that new adjustments are needed in your relationship.
In couples counselling, I assist each partner to express their feelings and needs through creating an open dialogue. This new understanding can give you both the confidence and skills to rebuild previous and much longed for connection.
Together we can develop practical strategies to manage new challenges to your relationship.
About the end of a relationship.
Sometimes when hope and strength has faded, couples decide to end their relationship. Couple counselling can help to work through this complex decision and build greater co-operation in their future, especially when ongoing team work is still needed such as parenting their children. Couple counselling is a safe space for these conversations.