Your relationship is important for your physical and emotional well being
A healthy relationship that is supportive, intimate and connected with your partner will make you feel happy and content.
However, relationships are complex and at times can be difficult.
Couples Counselling or Individual Counselling are great places to start to understand how to move your relationship forward.
Couples can become distressed for a variety of reasons.
Stress Factors For Couples
- Pregnancy
- Birth of a Child
- Co-Parenting difficulties
- Change in Career
- Physical Health problems
- Mental Health problems
- Grief and Loss
- Affairs
- Family relationships
- Financial Stress
- Substance use
Couples Communication
One of the most common reasons couples come in to relationship counselling at MRC is because of poor communication.
The struggle to communicate effectively may be because one or both of you are experiencing feelings such as:
- Stress
- Anger
- Jealousy
- Insecurity
- Mistrust
- Suspicion
- Fear
- Resentment
Behaviour Patterns
Couples who are unhappy can often get stuck in negative patterns including:
- Withdrawing
- Distancing
- Controlling
- Constantly argumentative
- Loss of Intimacy
- Avoiding contact
- Complaining
- Highly demanding and critical of your partner
- Avoiding your partner
- Involved physically or emotionally with another person
Creating a loving and supportive relationship
Couples and/or Individual Counselling are designed to guide you and your partner to:
- Develop the skills to resolve conflict
- Learn how to communicate effectively
- Talk about your thoughts and feelings in a productive and constructive way
- Really listen to what your partner is saying and resolve underlying issues
- Help you get your relationship and life back on track
- Improve your intimacy
- Build trust
You don’t have to deal with these problem alone.
