Relationships challenge us to do some of the most important work of our lives: To grow together with someone while also growing on our own.
Relationships should provide a place where we are loved for being ourselves, and where we are secure in finding comfort and support.
Yet we often have great difficulty expressing our feelings, needs, and desires to our partners. This silence can diminish the relationship.
It is also common to overwhelm our relationships with the expectation that they will fulfill all of our needs.
In couples therapy:
- Denis work's with couples to deepen their intimacy and sense of connection to each other.
- At the same time, he helps each partner become more resilient, able to look to themselves for some of the fulfillment in their lives. Relationships are strongest when both members of the couple are strong.
Denis help couples with a wide variety of issues, including:
- Beginning a new relationship, and getting it right
- Enhancing an existing relationship
- Achieving a better sex life
- Handling conflict productively
- Finding the right words to talk with each other
- Speaking up about important matters
- Staying calm in tense moments
- Improving connection to each other
- Resolving imbalances in money, power, or commitment to the relationship
- Improving teamwork
- Considering and planning for parenthood
- Parenting effectively
- Separating amicably
GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY
for couples and intimate relating
Denis has extensive experience in group psychotherapy and runs weekly and weekend groups of interest to couples and anyone wanting to improve their intimate relating. Please refer to the Schedule of Groups ... >> for full details of all available groups. Below are a few of the groups of most relevance to couples.-
Weekly groups begin when sufficient people enrol - enrol now ( form link below).
- Regular, ongoing groups, described further below, are:
- Anger Management - adult (6wk) ... >>
- Couples Enhancement (4wk)... >>
- Divorce & Relationship Recovery (6wk) ... >>
- Personal Growth - 1.5 hour sessions (8wk) ... >>
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Weekend workshops:
- Jealousy & Beyond ws (2d)... >>
- Couples Enhancement ws (1.5d)... >>
- Divorce & Relationship Recovery ws (2d)... >>