Harmony, Connection, and Resilience
The Transformative Outcomes of Couples CounsellingCouples counselling offers a transformative journey towards understanding the dynamics at play within your relationship.
We are committed to meeting you where you are, offering unwavering support during difficult times, and celebrating your victories. Your journey is embraced with empathy, free from judgment, and shrouded in complete confidentiality.
Our approach is holistic, solution-focused, and tailored to your unique circumstances, with the ultimate aim of discovering healthy avenues to overcome challenges. Recognising that each couple is distinct, we firmly believe in steering away from a ‘one size fits all’ approach to counselling.
Here are some ways in which couples counseling can help:
Improved Communication – helping you to identify communication patterns that may contribute to misunderstandings and conflicts, and work towards creating healthier ways to express thoughts and emotions.
Conflict Resolution – you may often face conflicts that may seem insurmountable. Counselling provides a structured environment to address and resolve these conflicts constructively for you and your partner.
Understanding Relationship Dynamics – you’ll be supported in exploring the underlying dynamics of your relationship, identifying patterns and behaviours that may contribute to issues. Understanding these dynamics can lead to increased empathy, helping to see each other’s perspectives and fostering a deeper connection.
Rebuilding Trust – Trust is crucial in any relationship, and couples counselling can provide a supportive space for rebuilding trust while addressing the root causes, and developing strategies.
Enhancing Intimacy – Couples counselling helps to explore and understand your emotional and physical intimacy needs, guiding emotional reconnection and improving communication around intimacy in your relationship.
Emotional Support – Going through relationship challenges can be emotionally draining. Couples counselling offers you a safe and supportive environment for both you and your partner to express your feelings and receive validation.
Preventing Future Issues – Counselling is more than resolving current problems; it also equips you with tools and skills to navigate future challenges.
Individual Growth – Couples counselling recognizes that individual growth contributes to relationship health. Your Counsellor may discuss options for individual support. It is common for couples to seek individual counselling in conjunction with couples counselling.
Individual support can be found via Watkins Therapy Group.
How to know if it’s the right time to seek Couples Counselling
Persistent Relationship Tension: When unresolved issues or conflicts in your relationship lead to persistent tension, creating a negative atmosphere.
Communication Breakdown: If you find it increasingly difficult to communicate effectively with your partner, and conversations often escalate into arguments.
Loss of Emotional Connection: When the emotional connection between you and your partner diminishes, and you feel a growing sense of distance.
Repetitive Arguments: If you notice a pattern of recurring arguments that never seem to reach a resolution, indicating underlying issues.
Intimacy Challenges: When intimacy becomes a challenge, whether it's a lack of physical closeness or emotional intimacy in the relationship.
Unresolved Past Issues: If past issues or traumas are affecting your current relationship dynamics, and you find it challenging to move forward.
Major Life Transitions: During significant life transitions such as marriage, parenthood, or relocation, where the added stress is impacting your relationship.
Infidelity or Broken Trust: After an episode of infidelity or a breach of trust, seeking counselling to rebuild and repair the relationship.
Lack of Fulfillment: If you sense a lack of fulfillment in the relationship and feel as though your needs or your partner's needs are not being met.
Parenting Challenges: When parenting becomes a source of conflict, and differences in parenting styles are negatively impacting the relationship.
Loss of Shared Goals: If you and your partner no longer share common goals or visions for the future, leading to a sense of drifting apart.
Feeling 'Stuck': When you feel stuck in a cycle of dissatisfaction, knowing that the relationship is not reaching its full potential, and seeking guidance to break free from stagnation.
Remember, seeking couples counselling is a proactive step towards fostering a healthier, more fulfilling relationship.
Our Couples Counselling Therapist’s
Eryka Rhodes
Qualified Counsellor & Hypnotherapist
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria & Telehealth
20+ Years experience in the mental health space
Supporting couples, individuals & teens
Integrative approach with a client centred focus
Private health cover rebates may be available*
No referral needed. Book directly online at any time
Eryka can be booked for in-person appointments at Mt Eliza Victoria or online appointments.
*Private health cover rebates will depend on your provider and plan. If you plan on using your private health cover please check with your provider & Eryka to avoid any issues.
Nicole Lehmann
Qualified Counsellor & NLP Coach
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria & Telehealth.
Specialises in conflict management
Supports in rebuilding trust after infidelity
Helps you to rebuild relationships
No referral needed. Book directly online at any time
Nicole can be booked for online appointments.
Benjamin Watkins
Qualified Counsellor & WTG Director
Location: Frankston, Victoria & Telehealth.
Specialises in communication
Supports conflict resolution
Helps you to rebuild relationships
No referral needed. Book directly online at any time
Benjamin can be booked for in-person appointments in Frankston, Victoria or online appointments.
Joshua Cohen
Qualified Counsellor
Location: Frankston, Victoria & Telehealth.
Supports conflict resolution
Specialises in communication
Helps you to rebuild relationships
No referral needed. Book directly online at any time
Josh can be booked for in-person appointments in Frankston, Victoria or online appointments.
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”