Services

Couples Psychotherapy

Tony has nearly 20 years of experience in the provision of couples / marital therapy to people who experience various forms of relationship stress (See About). Tony’s practice is informed by his Masters of Social Work (Clinical) which had a Couples Therapy specialisation. Tony has extensive experience in working with couples on the following issues:

• Emotional Connection

• Shared Understanding

• Relationship Satisfaction and Fulfillment

• Deeper Empathy for Each Others Needs

• Intimacy / Sexual Connection

• Improved Communication / Conflict Resolution

• Problem Solving

• Family Conflict

• Parent - Child / Adolescent issues

• Parenting counselling and support

Couples who enter counselling with Tony frequently report:

•  Developing an insight into themselves and their past relationship experiences

• Understand how their past relationship patterns have shaped who they are

• Becoming aware of how their unconscious relationship patterns are being “played out” in their current relationship / marriage

• Developing an insight into their partner’s life history and how their relationship patterns are activated in the present

• A deeper understanding of how they unconsciously get activated into problematic relationship cycles 

• An increased ability to identify relationship triggers and diffuse these before they escalate too far

• The capacity to reach common understanding more frequently

• Feeling more loved, connected and understood by their partner

• Feeling like they are “on the same page” in all aspects of life

• Feeling more secure and connected

• An increased capacity to play and have fun with their partner