In today’s world, the fast pace of life, pressures at work and at home, high expectations etc take a toll on relationships, especially on the couple. Conflicts keep coming up and may not get resolved.  Resentment and dissatisfaction creep in.  Intimacy is impacted.  The more you try to talk about it, the worse it becomes.Couple counseling can help in multiple scenarios including but not restricted to intimacy issues, work-life balance, parenting, conflicts, communication issues, affairs – trust issues, adjustment – expectation issues, issues with other family members etc.

 

It would help to talk to a counselor as a couple, in a professional and confidential setting.   The counselor is unbiased and will not take sides between you and your partner.

 

Highlights

 

• Counsellor is unbiased and professional

• Collaborative process to work on your goals, no predetermined agenda

• Identify maladaptive patterns in interactions

• Take responsibility for yourself and your relationship

• Better awareness, understanding, communication and conflict handling

• More realistic goals and expectations

• Effort through home works, role plays, change in thinking and behavior

 

Counsellor would encourage you to explore how your individual beliefs, values, background, experiences, thoughts, behavior, attitudes etc. may be impacting your relationship. Counsellor may enable you to address your current pressing issues and also help come up with effective strategies to enhance the relationship in terms of health and satisfaction based on your goals.

 

The counselor may also give you homework to do by yourself or as a couple.  Couple counseling process requires you to be willing to put in effort into your relationship, take responsibility for yourselves and your relationship.

 

You may be encouraged to attempt new ways of thinking and behavior, change maladaptive patterns, and learn new skills to work on your relationship.The goals of couple counseling will be determined by the couple in collaboration with the counselor.  The counselor doesn’t work with a predetermined agenda. The counselor would help identify ineffective or maladaptive patterns in your interactions and communication. The counselor would also observe how you manage (or avoid) conflicts between yourselves.  The counselor will facilitate your learning to see things from the other person’s perspective. You also could learn to make healthy boundaries for yourselves.

 

At  PsychInsight we provide professional and confidential counselling services for couples.