7 Different Reasons Why Couples Seek Relationship Counselling in Pretoria
Forget the romanticised idea of relationship you see in movies and on television. Relationships are complex, multi-faceted interactions that are influenced by a wide range of internal and external factors, some within and some beyond our control. It then comes as no surprise that couples in Pretoria attend relationship counselling together for a varied array of reasons.
Too often, relationship counselling is seen as something that only happens when there is “trouble in paradise”. This is a widely held view, both in Pretoria and further afield. The truth is that couples therapy can play a much larger role in creating and maintaining healthy relationships. Let’s take a closer look at what purpose it serves:
- Premarital guidance – helping couples prepare for married life, including addressing topics such as how to approach finances together, household duties, children and career planning.
- Dealing with sexual issues – often, people are too shy to clearly communicate about sex-related topics, which could simply exasperate the issue. Professional input can help couples overcome and deal with these issues in a healthy way.
- Improving communication skills – communication sits at the heart of every successful relationship. Many couples in Pretoria simply seek counselling to help them improve their communication skills, thus enabling them to build and nurture strong and resilient relationships.
- Healing from infidelity – cheating is a painful experience but does not necessarily mean the end of the road for a couple. They can choose to work through it and rebuild the trust and love they have for each other.
- Rebuilding trust – not only infidelity causes the deterioration of trust, and trust is vital in a relationship. There have been a number of couples in Pretoria that have made a choice to rebuild trust with the help of professional counselling.
- Help with other relationships – every couple also has to deal with a host of other relationships – friends, family, colleagues, neighbours – and may need help with boundaries and managing these relationships together.
- Merging families – If there are children from previous relationships, it may take a bit of adjustment to merge families. Things like different parenting styles, expectations, rules and temperaments need to be addressed.
These are but a few alternate reasons why people could consider undergoing a form of relationship counselling. If you think you could benefit from this and are looking for a reliable and professional relationship therapy psychologist in Pretoria, feel free to contact the office of Dr Tienie Maritz. We can help you decide whether this service will benefit you and talk you through the steps of talking to your partner about it and arranging an appointment.
Sources:
https://www.tieniemaritz.co.za/
https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/10-good-reasons-to-seek-relationship-counseling-0322175
