Couples Therapy
The Problem
Couple life may have become stilted or fraught and one or both parties feel weighed down or overwhelmed. Partners may have lost touch with what brought them together, dreams and expectations may have become buried under disappointment, routine has taken over from play.
Points of conflict emerge in relationships. Stale arguments take the place of communication . Topics of frustration may focus on work-life balance, communication, sex life, parenting styles and finances. Partners get stuck, creative problem solving dries up, the future starts to look increasingly bleak or constrained. The flash points in a relationship reveal the interests and tensions of two individuals who are trying to work out how to be a couple.
A Solution
Through couples therapy you undertake to learn about yourself and each other, to allow for more thoughts and feelings in order to tackle the challenges and joys of being a couple. Couples therapy requires exploring what it means to be together as a couple and how to make room for two. Couple therapy involves becoming interested in the pressures each partner experiences, to understand each other's expectations, beliefs, impulses and anxieties that are tangled up in the daily problems or ongoing frustrations that impair couple life.
Benefits
Scientific evidence shows that good-enough partnerships improve immune function, reduce susceptibility to cardiovascular disease and reduce stress, anxiety and depression. Resilient couples are better able to manage life cycle stages.
Couple life may have become stilted or fraught and one or both parties feel weighed down or overwhelmed. Partners may have lost touch with what brought them together, dreams and expectations may have become buried under disappointment, routine has taken over from play.
Points of conflict emerge in relationships. Stale arguments take the place of communication . Topics of frustration may focus on work-life balance, communication, sex life, parenting styles and finances. Partners get stuck, creative problem solving dries up, the future starts to look increasingly bleak or constrained. The flash points in a relationship reveal the interests and tensions of two individuals who are trying to work out how to be a couple.
A Solution
Through couples therapy you undertake to learn about yourself and each other, to allow for more thoughts and feelings in order to tackle the challenges and joys of being a couple. Couples therapy requires exploring what it means to be together as a couple and how to make room for two. Couple therapy involves becoming interested in the pressures each partner experiences, to understand each other's expectations, beliefs, impulses and anxieties that are tangled up in the daily problems or ongoing frustrations that impair couple life.
Benefits
Scientific evidence shows that good-enough partnerships improve immune function, reduce susceptibility to cardiovascular disease and reduce stress, anxiety and depression. Resilient couples are better able to manage life cycle stages.