Couples counselling and relationship therapy provide a supportive space for partners to explore their relationship challenges, improve communication skills, and deepen emotional connection. In Melbourne, couples therapy helps you navigate relationship difficulties, manage mental health issues, and rebuild trust. Whether you’re facing stress, sexual intimacy issues, or significant life transitions, relationship counselling offers tools to create positive change and strengthen your bond. Our approach is evidence-based, incorporating practices like the Gottman Method, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help you achieve relationship satisfaction. We offer both couples counsellors and individual therapists, focusing on personal growth and building healthy relationships.
We support you through all kinds of relationship challenges and changes
Our Melbourne-based couples counsellors support you in overcoming various relationship issues including:
- Loss of connection
- Ongoing relationship difficulties
- Coping with stress and triggers
- Communicating through conflict
- Managing perpetual problems
- Regulating difficult emotions (including managing trauma)
- Anger management and understanding warning signs of stress
- Imbalances of power
- Finding a life balance and overall well-being
- Neurodiverse or neurodivergent relationships
- Navigating different values or cultural differences
- Mismatched desire or loss of sexual intimacy
- Recovering from affairs or infidelity
- Managing life transitions
- Reconnecting as partners and parents after the arrival of children
- Low self-esteem issues that may affect relationship satisfaction
- Navigating ethical non-monogamy
- Processing a separation or divorce
- Deciding whether to stay or leave a relationship
- Learning from previous relationships
- Managing mental health in your relationship
- Affirming your gender and sexuality
- Exploring your relationship values, needs, and rights
Other common reasons couples reach out for relationship counselling include:
- Improving communication skills
- Revitalising your relationship and bringing playfulness back
- Supporting each other during stressful times
- Understanding how your past may affect current relationship difficulties
- Navigating issues around finances, parenting, and extended family
- Building trust and emotional connection
- Acknowledging and meeting each other’s needs
- Reconnecting parts of the relationship that have been neglected
- Clarifying the future of your relationship
- Co-parenting effectively
How can Positive Wellbeing Psychology help?
With a strong focus on delivering evidence-based therapy approaches, utilising Gottman’s Approach to relationship counselling, Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, our relationship therapists are experienced in helping you create lasting, positive change in your relationship and life.
It is important to note that Medicare rebates are only applicable to individual therapy, and not counselling services or couples counselling.
Make an Appointment
At Positive Wellbeing Psychology, we provide a safe space for couples therapy, marriage counselling, and individual therapy tailored to your needs. Whether you prefer in-person sessions at our Melbourne private practice or remote support through telehealth, we offer flexible options, including counselling help for individual counselling.
Our team of psychologists hold full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and adhere to ethical guidelines as mandated by the Psychologists Registration Board and the Australian Psychological Society. Our clinical practice is grounded in evidence-based treatment approaches, ensuring comprehensive support for couples seeking relationship counselling with a warm and compassionate psychologist.