«We do not only look at what happens between people, but also at the meaning their relationships acquire for each of them individually.»
Human relationships are shaped through a continuous interplay of emotions, expectations, experiences and ways of communicating. Systemic psychotherapy approaches difficulties not by isolating the individual from their relationships, but by exploring the patterns of interaction within which those difficulties develop and evolve.
Couple Therapy
Every relationship has its own history, its own dynamic and its own way of handling closeness, distance, needs and disagreements.
In couple therapy, the focus is not limited to the problem each partner brings, but turns to what happens between them. We explore recurring cycles of communication and conflict, emotional needs, expectations, difficulties with intimacy, trust and sexual life. At the same time, we look at how each partner’s personal and family history influences the way they relate today.
In therapy each partner is invited to express their own experience and to listen to the other’s perspective. With the therapist’s help they can recognise the ways in which they become trapped in repeated conflicts and seek different ways of communicating, understanding and connecting.
Therapy is open to couples of every form and composition, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or the legal or social form of their relationship.
Family Therapy
The family is a dynamic system of relationships, in which each member influences and is influenced by the others. Changes, difficulties or transitions of one member often affect the whole of family life.
In family therapy we explore ways of communicating and interacting, the roles that have formed, the boundaries between members, expectations and intergenerational relationships. Particular attention is given to the way the family organises itself around a difficulty, and to how each member perceives and experiences what is happening.
In the therapy room, different perspectives are given space to be expressed and understood. The therapist does not look for who is to blame, but helps the family recognise the interactions that sustain the difficulty and develop new ways of communicating and living together.
Family therapy may involve parents and children, adolescents, adult children and parents, siblings, single-parent, blended and other family forms. The composition of participants is shaped by the request and the needs of the therapeutic process.
The therapeutic process
Every couple and every family has its own story. Therapy is adapted to the particular needs and circumstances of each system of relationships.
Within a framework of collaboration, respect and confidentiality, we aim for a deeper understanding of relational patterns and the possibility of shaping different ways of communicating, interacting and connecting.