Couple / Family Therapy

Little wonder, then, that some of our most profound struggles in life can also come within these relationships. Some clients we see for couple or family therapy are seeking to address concerns built up over time, while others are seeking more practical strategies to help build upon existing strengths and address warning signs early on. Whatever the presenting concerns, we aim to work with couples and families in a warm and inclusive manner, helping all parties to feel welcome in the process, and to work collaboratively towards a successful outcome together.

Couple Therapy

Mainly utilising the Gottman Method of couple therapy, along with solution-focused and strength-based elements, we strive to work with the reality of your relationship struggles in the context that they present. We will spend the first few sessions getting a very clear picture of both the challenges and the strengths of your relationship, to create a road map to guide us in the therapy itself. Sessions are designed to focus on what is present and current for you at that time, and will provide practical strategies and new experiences that you will be able to practice and build on between sessions. 

Family Therapy

Families take many different forms – whether parents looking to explore their strategies for supporting their children’s development; inter-generational relationship challenges such as couples and parents/in-laws; sibling relationships; or adult-child relationships – and can come with many different types of challenges, conflict, grief, or historical and unfinished business. While we view the ‘family’ as our client, we also offer different combinations of sessions depending on the needs of each family, whether always working together as a whole system or meeting in smaller combinations such as individuals, dyads or sub-relationships. We strive in all of our sessions to help provide new experiences of family relationship, rather than simply repeating challenging engagements that already occur.