COUPLE & RELATIONSHIP THERAPY
Having a good relationship can be an important ingredient for good emotional health and well-being. While all relationships experience occasional conflict or difficulties, there may be times when you feel you could benefit from the help of a professional.
At Brookvale Psychology, we work with all types of couples. We offer couples counselling, where both partners are present, and also individual relationship therapy where one partner is present. You can select the therapy format you feel most comfortable with.
Our psychologists draw from evidence-based therapies to reduce relationship distress, including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples and the Gottman Method.
The Gottman Method comprises interventions to increase intimacy and decrease conflict which have been developed from decades of research by John Gottman into the science of relationship stability versus relationship dissolution.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples has showed highly positive outcomes for couples. While every case is different, findings from a combination of studies looking at the effectiveness of Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples showed that 70-73% of couples in these studies recovered from marital distress and 90% of the couples significantly improved*.
Couple or Relationship therapy at Brookvale Psychology can help with:
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Reducing relationship conflict
Improving communication skills
Increasing intimacy- emotional and sexual
Recovering from affair
Managing relationship dissolution
Overcoming struggles with making and keeping relationships
Dealing with relationship ambivalence and relationship insecurity
Couples therapy typically starts with an initial session where both partners are present and ongoing sessions with both partners together. In some instances, individual sessions with each partner can occur separately as part of the couples therapy process.
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Johnson, S., Hunsley, J., Greenberg, L. & Schindler, D. (1999) Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Status & challenges (A meta-analysis). Journal of Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 67-79.
