Online Couples Relationship Therapy and Counselling
Online couples therapy and counselling can help identify the unhelpful interaction patterns that develop between partners and address these by practising communication skills and working on the beliefs that underlie these. Improving their communication enables the couple to address different aspects of their couple life as well as their interaction with external environment (family, work, etc.).
London-based couple therapy and counselling for relationship difficulties
Individual differences and disagreements are common in most relationships and the potential for friction and conflict is ever-present. Where these relationship differences are not respectfully and assertively managed, communication breaks down, a negative emotional tone sets in and the focus shifts from partnership to resistance or withdrawal.
You’ll see below some of the difficulties I have helped other people with through my online couples counselling and relationship therapy, including culturally diverse couples therapy, couples therapy after infidelity and for abusive relationships, and behavioural and communication therapy for couples.
REASONS FOR DIFFICULTIES
Online counselling and therapy can help couples where relationship difficulties have arisen. Using behavioural and communication couples’ relationship therapy, I’ve helped many couples overcome difficulties and grow closer together as individuals and couples.
· a loss of positive emotional reciprocity; caring or doing less for each other;
· unhelpful relationship demands or expectations from one or both partners;
· unresolved differences in attitudes or values;
· emotional or physical abuse;
· destructive or addictive individual behaviours;
· inappropriate relationship behaviours;
· major life changes (e.g., loss, chronic illness).
BEHAVIOURAL AND COMMUNICATIONAL THERAPY FOR COUPLES
When problems have been present for some time, couple communication patterns develop around themes such as Criticism (attacking your partner’s personality or character with the intent of hurting them), Contempt (attacking your partner’s sense of self with the intention to insult or psychologically abuse him/her), Defensiveness (seeing one's self as the victim and continuously warding off a perceived attack) or Stonewalling (withdrawing from the relationship as a way to avoid conflict). Resistance patterns develop, as a result, involving cycles of pursue-withdraw, attack-withdraw, and withdraw-withdraw. Behavioural and communication therapy for couples can help enable the couple to address different aspects of their life as well as their interaction with the external environment (family, work, etc.).
COUPLES THERAPY AFTER INFIDELITY
A particularly challenging difficulty is the sense of betrayal and breach of trust following infidelity. Whether this is sexual or emotional, such events are traumatic in that they break the assumption of mutual and exclusive commitment. The injured partner can experience PTSD-like symptoms related to the event. The difficulty of talking about the event blocks any chances of understanding it, which keeps the problem going. Resolution is complicated further by the advice given by people supporting either partner or the impact on children among other issues. Online couples therapy after infidelity can help open the door and begin the journey to resolution.
How couples therapy can help your relationship
You may identify with one or several of them. But your difficulties may manifest in a different way. If you have any questions about starting online couples therapy for relationship difficulties, culturally diverse couple therapy, couples therapy after infidelity or for abusive relationships, please feel free to contact me to discuss it and see how therapy can help grow and improve your relationship.
Help with other difficulties…
Depression / Mood problems
Anxiety / Stress
Trauma
Other