Do we need couples counselling?

Making the decision to begin couples therapy can be quite difficult and scary as it often involves having to admit that your relationship needs help. The idea of starting couples counselling can often sit on the back burner of one or both of the people in the relationship until it feels that the relationship needs saving. Thus, couples counselling can feel like a final resort, when in fact, it can be useful in strengthening the connections within a relationship at any point. Dan believes that couples counselling is a sign that you value your relationship, your partner and yourself.

Below are a few common issues that couples bring to counselling

Broken trust
Increased frequency of arguments
Poor communication and a lack of understanding
A feeling of discomfort with your partner
A sense of dysfunction particularly during arguments
Difficulties feeling connected with each other
A poor pattern of relating
Diminished emotional intimacy
Diminished physical and sexual intimacy
Financial issues
Affairs

Every relationship faces unique challenges. Some of these challenges can be resolved quite easily between the couple while others may linger and affect the relationship. Relationships are tough and often fraught with arguments and disagreements. However, relationships are also extremely rewarding and can give us a sense of connection, partnership, of being loved and being able to love. Couples therapy may assist in providing perspective and support for your relationship.

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The therapy that Dan offers aims at developing:

Communication
Insight
Awareness
Emotional regulation
Self exploration
A space for healing
A space for growth and change

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What is couples counselling?

Relationships require effort and maintenance. Often, this maintenance can be done quite easily and other times it is best to seek the help of a specialist. Unfortunately, many couples seek counselling once a significant amount of damage has already been done to the relationship. Unresolved problems can leave you feeling resentful, there may be maladaptive patterns of relating which have become normalised and sometimes the emotional bond between partners is severely weakened. The therapy that Dan offers aims at providing a supportive space where you can both share your experiences, feel genuinly heard and develop awareness and insight into both yourself and your partner. By improving communication and understanding, couples often find that they are able to re-find their relationship. However, sometimes this is not the case, and therapy can be a space of negotiating the end of a relationship.

Couples therapy is aimed at providing a safe, confidential and non-judgmental space where you can share your experiences, be heard and explore possible solutions to some of the difficulties you may face. Couples counselling also offers a means of negotiating and exploring conflicts within a relationship which couples have not managed to effectively handle. By improving communication and understanding, couples are able to better handle such conflicts as their relationship continues. Couples therapy with Dan may help you and your partner to better understand and identify thoughts and behaviours which affect your relationship. As a licensed psychologist, Dan is able to bring evidence based techniques and tools in order to tailor treatment to the unique challenges of each couple in order to improve communication, conflict resolution, trust building, renegotiating commitments as well as re-igniting physical and emotional intimacy.