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Counselling
Counselling can assist individuals, couples and families to improve their relationships.
Relationships Australia offers Family and Relationship Counselling as well as a range of specialist counselling services. Our main counselling services are face-to-face, but we also offer online counselling and some telephone counselling for people in rural and remote areas of Australia.
Family and Relationship Counselling
Counselling can help a couple to:
- understand the relationship they have
- discover why they chose each other in the first place
- find out what they wanted from their relationship and from each other
- understand how they contributed to whatever their relationship has become
- discuss what they feel about each other now
- discuss what they are prepared to do to make it work.
Counsellors do not make judgements on who is right or wrong, they don't tell clients what to do and they don't try to persuade people to stay married or together, if that is not what both individuals want.
Counselling for Separating/Divorcing Couples
Counselling programs also help people who are separating and/or getting divorced, deal with their grief and anger and to let go, so that they can move on with a new sense of purpose and optimism. This includes looking at:
- how relationships change
- how to bear with and manage the grief
- what is the real value of anger
- what real acceptance is and what it enables us to get
- discover a pathway for your separation
- learning to be "single"
- being able to face moving on to a new and sustaining relationship.
Counselling and working through the problems of separation with someone who has no involvement or investment in the outcome can help people get through this difficult time.
In reality, many people live perfectly happy, fulfilled lives following a relationship breakdown. Many people choose to re-partner and many do not. There is no right way of being.
To find out more about our Counselling Services or to make an appointment, contact the Relationships Australia office nearest you.
Online Relationship Counselling
Relationships Australia offers a service where you can chat privately and securely about family or relationship issues with an online counsellor.
Specialist Counselling Services
Relationships Australia provides a range of specialist counselling services. Please note that not all the services listed below are available in all states and territories. Please contact the Relationships Australia office nearest you to find out if they offer the service you seek.
- Family Violence Counselling
- Sexual Concerns Counselling
- Grief Counselling
- Trauma and Crisis Counselling
- Workplace Counselling
- Problem Gambling Counselling
- Rural and Remote Telephone Counselling
- Drought Counselling
- Child Violence and Sexual Abuse Counselling
- Men's Counselling
- Eating Disorders Counselling
- Pregnancy Counselling
- Pre-Parenthood Relationship Check-up
- HIV and hepatitis C Counselling (SA only)
Sexual Concerns Service
Relationships Australia provides a quality specialist Sexual Concerns Counselling Service to individuals and couples who wish to address any of the following concerns: differences in levels of sexual desire, loss of sexual desire, painful intercourse, inability to achieve orgasm, erection difficulties or sexual functioning that has been affected by chronic illness, surgery, disability, the ageing process, child sexual abuse, or general issues about sexuality. The service also provides opportunities for sexual enhancement through learning new ideas and techniques.
Contact the Relationships Australia office nearest you to find out about this service.
Pre-Parenthood Relationship Check-Up Service
This service involves sessions with a counsellor to give your relationship a 'check-up' and discuss ways to strengthen it.
It involves the following resources to assist you:
- Relationship Questionnaire - common aspects of relationships are explored and this gives you an opportunity to explore how your relationship is going. We also have a shorter online relationship quiz to rate your own relationship.
- Relationship Booklet - to take home and read.
- Pre-Parenthood Relationship Seminar - helps you prepare your relationship for the demands of parenting and hear how others are responding to the same life event.
Contact the Relationships Australia office nearest you to find out if they offer this service.
