FAQ
What is Counselling?
Counselling is a professional and confidential service that will help you to clarify and address your specific issues. Specialised counselling offers you the opportunity to gain a fresh perspective, learn new skills, create a greater understanding and develop increased insight to cope with your situation from a healthier psychological and emotional platform.
Counselling can help
Would you believe current research tells us working with a psychologist is more effective than solely taking medication. It doesn’t hurt to talk, often people feel a sense of relief and become more in control of their life.
It is a simple fact the earlier you seek assistance the quicker things will change in your relationship.
Therapy can be enormously helpful in helping you and your partner learn new skills around effective communication, conflict resolution and being there for each other in important ways that fit with your values.
It’s Easy to get an appointment
At Marriage Works we know that couples have busy lives, kids to manage and jobs to keep. That is why we offer a variety of appointment options to suit your needs. There are day time sessions useful for people with children is school or day care. After hours appointments are available if that suits your needs.
How long will it take?
Individual and couple counselling sessions are generally sessions are 60 minutes (1hour) in length, there is scope to increase that if you feel you need more time, please feel free to discuss this with me when you make your appointment.
Together we will work out how often your attend, in line with your needs and schedules. Usually people attend weekly initially.
I do advise that we do a block of sessions, this gives people the opportunity to really make changes, notice their progress and hold onto their gains. It is like going to the gym, regular attendance is the key to achieving the results you want.
My Partner doesn’t want to come…
That’s ok, come along anyway.
Although it is ideal if both can attend for a variety of reasons this is not always possible. With the willingness to attend much can be gained from individual work that will assist you to transform your relationship. What is known is a change in one person can effect a change in the relationship.
I have worked with many people who have told me they, their partner and their marriage has benefited with the help of individual sessions. Usually they tell me in knowing themselves better it offers them insight into what is going on in the relationship and a way forward.
Philipa Thornton is an experienced and qualified Sydney registered psychologist offering relationship counselling, marriage and couple counselling with you the individual or couple in mind.
Based in the Eastern Suburbs, serving the Sydney CBD, Inner West Suburbs and North Sydney — including but not limited to : Coogee, Randwick, Maroubra, Surry Hills, Newtown, Balmain, Rozelle, Malabar; Kensington, Kingsford, Bondi Junction, Bondi, Darling Point, Edgecliff, Kings Cross, Kirribilli, Rose Bay, Double Bay, Paddington, Bellevue Hill, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay, Glebe, Forest Lodge, Darlinghurst, Sydney Central, Broadway, Ultimo, Pyrmont, North Sydney, Neutral Bay, Clovelly, Bronte, Charing Cross, Point Piper, Rose Bay, Vaucleuse, Mosman, Woolloomooloo and Woollahra.
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