Professional Counselling Services in Melbourne

Studies show that people in healthy relationships are leading towards longer life expectations and experience comparatively lesser physical and psychological health issues.

On the other hand, chronic relationship issues are identified as a common issue connected to poor self-satisfaction and many other areas in life. People with poorer mental and physical health are more exposed to a greater risk of anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders.

Relationship problems don’t have a single cause that we could pinpoint, but a number of factors could lead to breaking the relationship over a period of time. A person’s family and upbringing have a significant impact on the values and beliefs they carry to their relationships in adulthood. Studies are shown that people whose parents are divorced are more likely to experience relationship breakdowns than those whose parents remain together. Moreover, our life transitions, personal and physical stressors, other external stressors, habits and behavioural factors are also providing a significant indication of the couples’ relationships.

Couples counselling Melbourne supports the client to improve their ability to manage negative emotions in life and express their emotions with each other. We help our clients to recognise strengths in their relationship and work on any challenges they face within their relationship.

Marriage counselling Melbourne has provided support for thousands of couples and families to best manage their relationship issues.

Light Mind Counselling has trained practitioners to provide Gottman couples therapy; one of the most effective marriage counselling approaches in the world. This is a structured and a practical approach to building happiness and intimacy in a relationship. Unlike many other marriages and couples therapies, the Gottman couples therapy is a research based and evidence based approach with more than 30 years around the world. This means the work done by Gottman Institute Seattle has proved the validity and effectiveness of the Gottman couples therapy.

In Gottman’s couples and marriage therapy, our clients work on relationship difficulties caused by “four horsemen” named after the famous Albrecht Durer engraving Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. These factors predictive of divorce include Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling and Contempt. Marriage Counselling Melbourne has identified a range of common issues in couples. Starting poor love maps and mismanaging conflicts, the issues of the couple could lead up to infidelity and trauma in relationships.

Marriage Counselling Melbourne has identified a range of common issues in couples. Starting poor love maps and mismanaging conflicts, the issues of the couple could lead up to infidelity and trauma in relationships.

The trauma could be generational and lead to the next generation if not treated when we recognise them. Abusive marriage relationships provide a greater depth of trauma for their offspring. The more intense the trauma, over the period of time, a person will spend more energy from their biological and psychological system to keep the mind and body regulated. This can feel like being on the verge of a panic attack, or on the verge of shut down or numbness.

Marriage counselling Melbourne provides support for healing from trauma for couples by supporting them to acknowledge and validate their feelings. Learning to reflect on their feelings and understand the emotional context of their partners has helped couples to build a connection with each other in traumatic life experiences. Light Mind Counselling helps our couples to find the best therapeutic approach for their individual needs and tailor made the therapeutic interventions to provide the best support they need.