Couples Counselling
Marriage & Relationship Counselling
Couples counselling is variously referred to as couples therapy, marriage counselling, or relationship counselling. We see couples, whether married or de facto, in heterosexual or same sex relationships.
Common Relationship Issues
- Communication difficulties
- Anger, conflict, or violence
- Loss of connection and closeness
- Sex and intimacy issues
- Infidelity or jealousy
- Differences over money, culture, families, ex-partners, children, lifestyle etc
- Fertility, miscarriage, ivf, or adoption
- Pre-marriage anxieties
- Off-again, on-again relationships
- Separations & divorce
- Complexities of merged families
Couples counselling tends to focus on communication and negotiation. The therapist mainly works by slowing and deepening communication so each member of the couple fully understands the other's point of view. In couples counselling the therapist will invite you to address areas of conflict and dissatisfaction in your relationship and help you both to understand and resolve mal-adaptive behavioural, emotional, psychological and communication patterns.
Find a Therapist
General Services |
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Individuals & Couples |
Auckland Therapists |
Specialist Services |
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Specialist Sex Therapist |
Kathryn Barriball (Ponsonby) |
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Sexual Orientation & Gender |
David Thomson (Ponsonby) |
| Liadan Cotter (Mt Albert) | |
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ACC Sexual Abuse Counselling |
ACC Sexual Abuse Counsellors |