Nurturing Connection. Strengthening Relationships.
Relationships matter. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your marriage, work through a difficult season, prepare for marriage, or find clarity about your relationship’s future, you don’t have to navigate it alone. We provide a warm and supportive space where you can slow down, feel heard and explore what is happening beneath the surface. Our approach is practical, relational and tailored to the unique needs of each person and couple.
Our services include couples counselling, pre-marriage counselling, discernment counselling and relationship workshops, with Christian faith and values available as an integral part of the counselling process if this is important to you.
Take a moment to explore our services and find the support that best fits where you are in your relationship journey.
Support for Your Relationship Journey
Every relationship is different, and so is the support you may need. Whether you’re hoping to strengthen a relationship that is going well, work through ongoing conflict, prepare for marriage or find clarity during a time of uncertainty, our services are designed to meet you where you are.
01. Couples Counselling
Support for couples wanting to improve communication, rebuild connection, understand each other more deeply and work through challenges together.
02. Pre-Marriage Counselling
An opportunity to prepare not just for your wedding day, but for the marriage and life you are building together.
03. Discernment Counselling
For couples facing significant uncertainty about their relationship and wanting space to thoughtfully consider whether to work towards rebuilding their relationship or move towards separation.
04. Relationship Workshops
Practical, engaging workshops based on the Gottman Method, providing couples with the opportunity to learn, reflect and intentionally invest in their relationship.
01. Couples Counselling
Hepling Couples move from Conflict to Connection
Because beneath every recurring argument is a deeper need to feel understood, valued, and connected. Every relationship faces challenges. When the same arguments keep repeating, communication breaks down, or trust has been damaged, it can be difficult to know how to move forward alone.
Couples therapy provides a space to slow down, understand what’s happening beneath the conflict, and learn new ways of relating to one another. While many couples focus on the argument itself, the deeper issue is often found in the patterns and emotional experiences driving the conflict.
Using the Gottman Method I help couples identify these underlying dynamics, strengthen communication, deepen emotional connection, rebuild trust, and develop practical skills that support lasting change.
Whether you feel disconnected, caught in recurring conflict, or uncertain about the future of your relationship, meaningful change is possible. I work with couples from all backgrounds, including those who wish to integrate their Christian faith, with a focus on helping partners move from conflict to connection and become a stronger team together. Take the first step towards a stronger relationship.
02. Pre-Marriage Counselling
Building a strong foundation for the life you are about to share
Marriage is one of life’s most significant commitments. While planning the wedding is exciting, preparing for the marriage itself is just as important.
Pre-marriage counselling is a chance to pause, have the conversations that matter and make sure you’re building a strong foundation for the life you want to share.
Together, we’ll explore communication, expectations, finances, conflict, family and the strengths that already make your relationship unique—while giving you practical tools to stay connected when life gets challenging.
Because a great wedding lasts a day. Your marriage is for life. Give your relationship the best possible start.
Contact me to enquire about pre-marriage counselling.
03. Discernment Counselling
Clarity when you are uncertain about the future of your relationship
When one partner is considering separation or divorce while the other wants to remain together, couples can become caught in a painful cycle of uncertainty, conflict and emotional exhaustion.
Discernment Counselling is a short-term process designed for couples with a “mixed agenda” – where one partner is leaning towards ending the relationship, and the other wants to work on saving it.
Rather than immediately trying to fix the relationship, Discernment Counselling helps you pause and gain clarity and confidence about the direction of your marriage.
The process begins with a 2-hour session. At the end of this session, each partner decides individually whether they would like to continue, with up to five sessions available.
Together, you will explore what has happened in your relationship, each person’s contribution to the difficulties, and what may be possible moving forward.
There are three possible paths:
- Path 1 – Stay as you are: Continue the relationship without making significant changes.
- Path 2 – Separation or divorce: Move forward with ending the relationship.
- Path 3 – Six-month commitment: Commit to six months of couples therapy, with a clear agenda for personal and relationship change and divorce off the table during this time.
The therapist remains neutral, without pushing either partner towards staying together or separating. The focus is on creating space to listen, reflect and make an informed decision about your future.
You don’t have to know the answer before you begin. You simply need to be willing to explore the question.
Take the first step towards clarity. Contact me to learn more about Discernment Counselling.
04. Relationship Workshops
The 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work
A strong marriage doesn’t happen by accident. It is built through friendship, connection, understanding, communication and a commitment to growing together.
The 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work is an intensive two-day workshop based on the Gottman Method, designed to help couples intentionally invest in their relationship.
Life can be busy. Work, children, finances and everyday responsibilities can easily push your relationship down the priority list. This workshop gives you the opportunity to step away from the busyness, reconnect, focus on each other, and learn practical skills you can use in your relationship every day.
Interested in bringing The 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work workshop to your group or organisation? I’d be happy to discuss options that suit your group, so please get in touch.
Whether your marriage is thriving or simply needs some attention, this workshop provides practical tools to strengthen your friendship, deepen your connection and build a stronger foundation for your future together.
📅 February & July 2027
📍Ignite Church Hub
Spaces are limited – bookings are essential.
Includes: Full registration, morning and afternoon tea for the couple and ‘The 7 Principles of Making Marriage Work’ couples pack.
Cost: $650 per couple for 2 full day workshop.
Introductory offer: $300 per couple for February 2-day workshop (limited to first 10 couples booked)
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