Couples Counselling – The Marriage Dr

All marriages face difficulties! When I first began couples counselling training there were two assumptions that seemed to be included, firstly that the good marriages went without problems and secondly that when things went wrong, a counsellor could sort it out!

I remember the early days of my training when faced with a couple. Like most counsellors in those days I found this to be the most stressful form of counselling. Well, these days it’s different! We understand that the issues faced in any marriage are part of the marriage and something everyone goes through. Secondly, I have trained in systemic family therapy which supports better communication. The main difference these days is that we understand that what is needed is a re-connection between the couple. There is a fracture in the relationship that needs healing.

As part of the course I work with my wife which can often help balance out the room. Whilst not being a qualified counsellor, Alesia has trained extensively in this specialist course. When we start this counselling we ask the couple to commit to a weekly session of one hour and a half at our counselling rooms as well as ‘homework’ for an eight week period. Below is the structure of the eight week course