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Couples. COUPLES COUNSELLING IN GREENSLOPES, BRISBANE

Gottman Method: feel like a team again.
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WHY COUPLES COME

Most couples wait years longer than they should.

Couples therapy is about far more than managing conflict. It's a blueprint for a relationship you're both glad to be in: knowing each other's inner world, saying the appreciative thing out loud, backing each other's dreams, and feeling like a team again.

If it's on your mind, it belongs in the room.
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WHAT BRINGS COUPLES IN
The same argument, again
IVF and the strain of fertility
Addiction and recovery
Affairs, trust and repair
An empty nest, a new chapter
A rough patch that won't lift
WHAT BRINGS COUPLES IN+
The same argument, again
IVF and the strain of fertility
Addiction and recovery
Affairs, trust and repair
An empty nest, a new chapter
A rough patch that won't lift
THE GOTTMAN METHOD

Therapy with a structure, not just a conversation.

The Gottman Method comes from five decades of research by Drs John and Julie Gottman, who studied thousands of couples to understand one question: what actually separates relationships that last from relationships that don't? The answers became a structured, practical approach used by trained therapists around the world, and it's the backbone of my couples work.

01

A proper assessment first

We start with a session together, then a conversation with each of you individually, plus a structured questionnaire. You receive clear feedback on your relationship's strengths and the areas that need care.
02

A plan we agree on together

From that picture we set the direction and pace of the work, decided with you, not for you. You'll always know what we're working on and why.
03

Practical skills, not just talk

Sessions build friendship, calmer ways through conflict, and a shared sense of what your life together is for. You practise real skills in the room and take them home, so the change holds.
Worth knowing: the research found that most of the things couples argue about never fully go away, for anyone. The goal isn't a relationship with no friction. It's knowing how to handle the friction so it stops costing you the friendship.
WHAT WE BUILD, FLOOR BY FLOOR

The Sound Relationship House.

The Gottmans' name for the parts of a relationship that hold it up, built in order, from knowing each other's inner world to a life that means something to you both.

Trust and commitment are the walls that carry the weight: knowing your partner has your back, and that you're both in it for the long haul.
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Shared purpose & direction
Shared rituals, roles and purpose
Backing each other's dreams
Room for what each of you hopes for
Handling conflict without damage
Softer starts, repair, staying calm
Assuming you're on the same team
The benefit of the doubt, both ways
Turning towards the small moments
The glance, the question, the sigh
Saying the appreciation out loud
Fondness and admiration, spoken
Knowing each other's inner world
The foundation everything rests on
TRUSTCOMMITMENT
THE SEVEN FLOORS+
Shared purpose & direction
Backing each other's dreams
Handling conflict without damage
Assuming you're on the same team
Turning towards the small moments
Saying the appreciation out loud
Knowing each other's inner world
TRUSTCOMMITMENT

Couples counselling, ready when you are.

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