Specialised Christian couple counselling is for couples looking for a counsellor who can incorporate spiritual/faith based and biblical principles during counselling sessions.
This service is to support couples who look to God when facing relational issues around finances, loss, challenges that come with different life stages (empty nesting, introduction of children), mental health issues, infidelity, separation and issues related to intimacy. Couples will have a safe space and atmosphere to explore their relationship, God's love, and explore His heart for relationships and issues.
Christian couple counselling is a type of counselling that helps couples to improve their relationship and strengthen their marriage. It is based on the belief that God created marriage to be a lifelong covenant between two people, and that He wants couples to have happy and fulfilling relationships. As a Melbourne based Christian therapist we use a variety of approaches, including psychodynamic, emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT) and Gottman principles. However, I also draw on the wisdom of the Bible and other Christian content to help couples understand their problems and develop coping strategies.
Christian couples counselling can be helpful for couples who are struggling with the following:
-Communication problems Issues with conflict resolution
-Infidelity
-Financial problems
-Sexual intimacy problems
-Parenting issues
-Spiritual differences
Ways in which faith can strengthen couple relationships:
-Your faith can be the foundation for your marriage.
-Talking about your shared beliefs and values, and how you want them to guide your relationship.
-Pray for each other and for your marriage. This is a powerful way to show your love and support for each other, and to ask God for His blessing on your relationship.
-Serve others together. This is a great way to bond as a couple and to make a difference in your family and wider community.
-Read faith based texts or devotionals together.
-Attend counselling together
Benefits of having a couples therapist with similar faith based values:·
-Some people feel more comfortable discussingsensitive topics with someone that shares the same faith values. ·
-Therapist can provide resources / suggest bookswithin your faith community to support your relationship. ·
-Therapist will apply values to your marriage in a way that strengthens your relationship.
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