Relationships naturally go thru different stages. A lot of times these changes bring difficulties and can take a couple in to crisis mode, create distance between them, fights and confusion. If you’re going thru a difficult moment with your partner, you don’t know how to deal with conflict in a healthy way, you don’t know who is your partner anymore, have doubts about the relationship, you are looking for a place where you can connect and grow together, you want to work thru an infidelity or you want to learn good COMMUNICATION skills, you are in the right space.
My goal in couples therapy is to make the two of you feel accepted and validated, it’s not about who is right, it’s about understanding both realities and for both of you to navigate and find a way that will allow you to deal with challenges together.
In my experience working with couples, I can tell you that a happy couple is not the one that never fights, it the one who knows how to deal with difficulties, and of course they can enjoy nice moments together, but they make the relationship a priority and they work constantly and consciously to grow together.
The session last 90 min, they can be online (using a safe platform) or in person.
The first session is for EXPLORATION. It’s were you meet me and i get to know both of you. I explore with you what brings you here, your expectations, your goals and acquire all the necessary information to understand what you need as a couple and how you can benefit from this space. If you feel comfortable and want to start your couples therapy process, I will send you some questionaries and I will need a 1:1 (50 min) session with each one of you, to get the individual information that is part of who you are and important for my evaluation process.
The first session + the questionaries + the individual sessions allow me to have a complete understanding of your relationship for me to plan and share with you some clear attainable goals to work on our sessions.
It’s very important that I clarify and I’m not here to change your partner, I’m here so we can work together in to a growing process and find healthy ways of expression and dealing with challenging situations. Another important factor is COMPROMISE, you will get the best results in couples therapy if you make your relationship a priority, come to the sessions, to your homework and when both of the partner gives their best to achieve change. And the last thing is transparency or honesty, this is the base of my work with couples we need to have a space based in safety.
My approach is integrative, it combines psychotherapy with CBT and I use Gottman tools.
I offer both of you a space of acceptance, respect, honesty, security, inclusion and professionality form my behalf.