After hours, & from the comfort of your home

Couples enter counselling for many reasons. Every relationship has its own unique set of challenges. But you don’t have to face yours alone.

Whether you are feeling distant, caught in endless arguments with more negative interactions than positive ones or are simply looking to strengthen your bond, couples counselling can help.

Why online counselling?

To make couples counselling (couples therapy) more approachable.

Through online counselling and after hours and weekend sessions, I aim to remove many of the hurdles that keep couples from making their first appointment. Arranging child care, taking time off work to attend counselling sessions, coordinating schedules and travel times can be a burden specially given relationship struggles.

With online counselling, you get to join me for counselling from the comfort of your own home via zoom. I understand that online counselling may not be for every couple. The first session will give us both an opportunity to decide if this is a good fit.

If you decide that online counselling is not for you after our first session, I can provide you with a referral for someone who may be a better fit.

What do I need to get started?

You’ll need a computer with video and audio capabilities, a good internet connection and a quiet and private room to meet.

What can I expect from our sessions?

I use the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy (couples counselling) based on Dr John Gottman’s research that began in the 1970s. From this research, Drs John and Julie Gottman have created a method of therapy that teaches specific tools to productively manage conflict, deepen friendship and intimacy and appreciate the strengths of your relationship and gently navigate the vulnerabilities.

Our sessions will start with an assessment phase where I will first meet with you both together to learn of your history, areas of concern and the goals you’d like to achieve through counselling. Following this session, I’ll provide you with information on completing an online relationship assessment called the Gottman Relationship Checkup. This questionnaire enables me to gain a deeper understanding of your relationship and jump straight into working on skills and helping you to heal that might otherwise take several sessions to address.

The assessment is fully HIPAA compliant and gives a full overview of a your strengths and challenges as a couple and provides detailed feedback and recommendations for interventions .

I will then meet with each of you individually for a session where you’ll have the opportunity to share with me your personal histories, your thoughts, feelings and perceptions.

Following the two individual sessions, I will meet with you together to share my recommendations and work to define mutually agreed upon goals for therapy and we can get started with our work together. While the actual interventions start after a full assessment, couples have voiced how therapeutic it is to share their story and challenges and hear from their partner during those initial sessions.

Counselling is similar to personal training, where we focus on learning specific skills during our time together and practicing them between sessions to strengthen and reinforce them. As a result, I may provide you with exercises to work on between sessions.

How often will we meet for our sessions?

After our first session, we can decide together whether weekly or fortnightly sessions would be best. I generally don’t recommend spacing sessions out more than fortnightly. However, if your circumstances require longer intervals, we can discuss and find an arrangement that works for you.

In the later stages of counselling, we will phase out or meet less frequently to allow you to test out the new skills you’ve learnt and to prepare for ending your counselling journey.

How long will counselling last?

No two couples are the same. The length of your counselling journey will depend on your specific needs and goals. We will regularly evaluate your progress and satisfaction. I also encourage you to talk to me about any questions or concerns you may have at any time.

I want you to know that this is your counselling journey and you are free to conclude counselling whenever you wish. Once you decide it’s time to end therapy, it can be helpful to have a final session together to reflect on the progress you’ve made, identify the work that remains and say good-bye.

What is the cost of a couples counselling session?

Sessions are 60 minutes long and charged at the time of booking for AUD 140.

If you prefer longer sessions, we can discuss 75 or 90 minute sessions.

Thinking about couples counselling?

Let’s chat and see how we can work together to help you create the relationship you deserve. Book a free intro call. I can answer your questions, talk about what you are looking for and help you get started. Click below to book your intro call today