There are many psychological benefits to having a strong and healthy relationship.

The rewarding aspects of a relationship may at times seem far away if your relationship is facing difficulties. Couple therapy can assist you and your partner to work through common challenges such as conflict; communication problems; ambivalence around commitment; feelings of disconnection; infidelity and affairs; sex and intimacy concerns; separation; and divorce.

Anyone who wants to improve their relationship can seek couple therapy. Relationships can be hard to navigate.

As humans, we are highly complex creatures and it is often in our close relationships we are triggered and can become emotionally reactive. Relationship conflict often operates on implicit memories and automatic behavioural responses that strongly influence how we behave and how we are perceived by our partners. We all have early blueprints for relationships (attachment styles) that affect our romantic relationships. Understanding our attachment styles and how they operate in our relationships can make a difference in the quality of our relationships. Couple therapy assists you to understand yourself and your partner, but just as important - aims to help your relationship work towards becoming a secure-functioning unit of attachment.

Treating relationship difficulties is significantly different to treating individuals.

A couple therapist recognises the difference in treating a relationship versus an individual. Relationships are dyadic in nature and can be difficult based on several complicated factors. Having a psychologist specialised in couple therapy allows for a comprehensive understanding of your relationship, yourself and your partner within the relationship.

Please note that your couple therapist is not a referee who takes sides or assigns blame. Please also note that your couple therapist is not able to see you or your partner for individual therapy before or during couple therapy since this will compromise the ability to most effectively treat the relationship in an unbiased manner.