COUPLES COUNSELLING

Natascia Papaikonomou | Clinical Psychologist.

Couples Counselling

No two people are alike or completely compatible and often difficulties arise which affect the equilibrium of the relationship.

The therapist acts as a facilitator and translator assisting the couple to understand each other and helping them overcome destructive patterns in their relationship. The therapist also teaches the couple new skills to assist them in communicating and negotiating.

Some difficulties that do arise in a relationship include:

  • Communication
  • Sexual
  • Financial
  • Parenting
  • Trust issues
  • Infidelity
  • Divorce
  • Conflict
Couples Counselling

Natascia Papaikonomou
Clinical Psychologist

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Goals and Objectives of Couples Counselling

Entering couple’s therapy with your partner can often be a daunting prospect.  The purpose of this journey is to gain more knowledge about yourself, your partner and the way in which you interact and communicate.

Couples therapy is not a place where you only address all the problems in the relationship, but rather the focus becomes the way in which you interact with each other on a verbal and nonverbal level.  It becomes a space where you can do this in a safe environment, where ineffective patterns are uncovered, and new patterns can be learnt.

The most important goals for couples in therapy are to become clear about:

  • The kind of life you want to build together
  • The kind of partner you aspire to be
  • Your personal blocks in becoming the partner you aspire to be.
  • The tools and knowledge necessary to achieve the above.

The key to successful couples counselling is to reflect on your own objectives throughout the process, your attitude toward change and to focus on changing yourself rather than your partner.

Thereafter we may continue with either double or single sessions depending on the couple’s needs, availability, etc. A two-hour session in the beginning stages of therapy is often best as both partners get the opportunity to express themselves and it allows for coaching by the therapist and containment of emotions.