Couple's therapy
Couple's Therapy involves two people in a relationship presenting for therapy.
Couple's therapy aims to help couple's find solutions to problems they may be experiencing in their relationship. This may include a lack of adequate communication; an inability to solve problems & manage conflict; unrealistic &/or incompatible relationship expectations; infidelity; lack of trust; intimacy issues.
Couple's therapy sessions aim to encourage both parties to express their thoughts & feelings openly & in a respectful & constructive manner. This allows for the:
Couple's therapy aims to help couple's find solutions to problems they may be experiencing in their relationship. This may include a lack of adequate communication; an inability to solve problems & manage conflict; unrealistic &/or incompatible relationship expectations; infidelity; lack of trust; intimacy issues.
Couple's therapy sessions aim to encourage both parties to express their thoughts & feelings openly & in a respectful & constructive manner. This allows for the:
- Identification & clarification of problem areas from the point of view of both individuals
- History of the relationship to be traced i.e. how you met, how the relationship started, how it's progressed
- Generation of mutually agreed upon goals for therapy
- Development of empathy, understanding, compassion & forgiveness
- Awareness & understanding of recurring unhealthy interaction patterns
- Promotion of positive exchanges of behavior i.e. doing things that you both value, want & appreciate
- Awareness of unhelpful attributional styles i.e. the way you interpret your partner's behaviours & intentions
- Development of effective communication skills
- Development of conflict resolution & problem solving skills
- Development of mutually agreed upon expectations
- Promotion of intimacy
