Auckland Therapy Couples Counselling

Marriage Counselling / 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.

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Individuals & Couples

Auckland Therapists

Specialist Services

Specialist Sex Therapist	Kathryn Barriball (Ponsonby)
Sexual Orientation & Gender	David Thomson (Ponsonby)
	Liadan Cotter (Mt Albert)
ACC Sexual Abuse Counselling	ACC Sexual Abuse Counsellors