Marriage Counselling in Australia
Online Marriage Counsellors in Australia
If you and your partner are considering marriage counselling in Australia, you’ve come to the right place!
Many couples choose marriage therapy in Australia to navigate family dynamics, shared responsibilities, life changes, or to grow closer as spouses.
At Talk Your Heart Out (TYHO), you can connect with professional marriage counsellors who offer online marriage counselling in Australia via audio and video sessions. You can access professional support from anywhere in the country, without the need to travel or adjust your routine.
Scroll down to find the right online marriage counsellor for your needs. Click the “Find More Therapists” button to keep looking. If you need help choosing a marriage counsellor, feel free to WhatsApp us!
How Online Marriage Counselling Works on TYHO
Choose Your Counsellor
Explore the profiles of TYHO marriage counsellors to learn about their specialities and therapeutic approaches. Watch their brief videos to get to know them better.
Book a Session
Simply click the ‘Book a Session’ button and select the medium, service, and date of your choice. Create a TYHO account to view the cost and confirm your booking.
Start Counselling
Complete the Intake Form with your therapy and family goals. Begin online marriage counselling through a structured therapy program and a personalised Therapeutic Plan.
Understanding Marriage Counselling
in Australia
PremaritalCounselling
Marriage Counselling
PremaritalCounselling
Premarital counselling in Australia can be extremely helpful if you are already in a relationship but are yet to marry your partner.
At TYHO, our marriage counsellors offer expert guidance and support to couples as they navigate new chapters in their lives together.
Some changes you can receive help for include moving in together, marriage, getting to know your partner’s relatives and friends, and thinking about having children.
Our Australian Therapists may use several counselling techniques, such as motivational interviewing (ie validating your emotions, probing into your deep-rooted issues, and empathetic listening), to help you manage any current issues.
Premarital counselling at TYHO also addresses various areas, such as:
- Preparing for the lifelong commitment of marriage
- Learning the significance of financial management within your marriage
- Discussing the decision to start a family
- Exploring and understanding different approaches to parenting
- Creating understanding relationships with extended family members
- Recognising and agreeing on marital duties (ie who is the primary breadwinner and who takes care of the household)
- Accepting each other’s spiritual and political beliefs
- Establishing a foundation of trust and rapport
- Setting shared objectives and dreams for your future together (eg career goals, purchasing property, or celebrating a couple’s achievements)
Marriage Counselling
Marriage counselling in Australia is a type of psychotherapy where spouses talk about and seek solutions for problems in their marriage.
Marriage therapy requires your and your partner’s active participation during each counselling session.
During sessions, your marriage counsellor may use evidence-based tools such as the Gottman-Rapoport Intervention.
Using this technique, your marriage counsellor may help you navigate marriage conflicts so that you and your spouse feel seen and understood. Interventions may involve several questions or exercises depending on your problems.
Online marriage counselling can be especially helpful if either of you is resentful towards the other or has the habit of pointing fingers at each other (instead of solving problems effectively).
Some couples have the misconception that seeking therapy can help ‘fix’ their partner or that the marriage Australian counsellors can reprimand their spouse.
However, this is not the true goal of marriage counselling in Australia. In fact, good marriage counsellors will refuse to ‘take sides’ in your relationship.
In marriage therapy, the true ‘client’ is your ‘marriage,’ and your marriage counsellor will help you and your partner work towards a long, happy and fulfilling marriage.
The true goal of online marriage counselling in Australia is to help you:
- Identify problems in your marriage
- Address and solve your issues without hurting each other
- Improve the overall quality of your interactions and dynamics
You will learn strategies to:
- Communicate compassionately
- Reduce your fear and apprehensions
- Solve conflicts (ie conflict-resolution skills)
- Solve problems
Seeking marriage counselling doesn’t always mean your relationship is ‘beyond saving’ or ‘toxic’.
Proactively engaging in marriage therapy, even when your marriage is stable, can be highly helpful.
Marriage counselling in Australia can also help you deepen your bond and connection, as well as rekindle your joy and affection for each other.
How Does Marriage Counselling in Australia Help?
Married couples usually face challenges that are unique. For example, married couples may have issues with their extended families or children, while couples in a romantic relationship may have other problems related to trust and affection.
On one side, couples may face issues such as the pressures of parenting or difficulties in their sexual relationship. These problems can, thus, lead to a lack of excitement and connection in their interactions.
On the flip side, while couples in a marriage might be content together, they could still face hurdles in navigating conflicts, like the challenge of open communication or the difficulty in striking a balance between individual and shared responsibilities in the family.
Navigating these complex challenges in a marriage can be overwhelming and scary when faced alone. You may face relationship problems that are repetitive and persistent.
TYHO marriage counsellors are skilled in a variety of proven approaches, including the Gottman Method and Emotion-focused Couples Therapy (EFCT), among others.
TYHO provides marriage counselling in Australia to help married couples:
- Identify the root causes of your disagreements
- Acquire skills to improve your conversational skills and self-expression
- Build capabilities for resolving conflicts
- Effectively handle and understand financial disagreements
- Learn strategies for constructively resolving arguments
- Gain insights into each other’s approaches to parenting and individual contributions to the household
We recommend seeking marriage counselling in Australia when you are married and have not yet had children.
Marriage counselling can help you prepare for a family and improve relationships with each other’s extended families.
Through online marriage counselling in Australia, you can:
- Improve your communication and social skills
- Improve your individual self-esteem and confidence
- Learn more about each other through tools like love mapping
- Set and decide on roles and responsibilities in the marriage
- Understand each other’s perspectives on faiths, beliefs, and political views
- Get to know each other’s families
For example, newly married couples usually find it hard to understand their marriage roles. Who is the primary breadwinner? Who takes care of the children or any elderly family members?
Although the societal stereotypes are for men to earn and women to take care of household chores, individual needs and aspirations may be different.
It is important to acknowledge and respond to your personal beliefs and values. You can do so in a non-judgmental space, such as marriage therapy.
On the other hand, we recommend family counselling if you already have children or live with each other’s family members.
You may experience a lot of conflicts and arguments in a large family – especially if you live with your in-laws and children.
Your reaction may impact or affect other members and vice versa. Hence, it is important to learn how to:
- Communicate effectively
- Fight in the right way (ie sharing your feelings without hurting anyone)
- Identify and respond to each other’s needs and frustrations
However, at TYHO, both marriage counsellors and family counsellors can help with several issues, including:
- Parental stress
- Caregiver stress
- Pregnancy-related issues
- Health-related issues
- Life transitions
- Sex-related issues
- Financial stress
- Academic stress
- Work-related stress
- Family violence or abuse
- Elderly issues
- Family relationships
Frequently Asked Questions
Research shows that nearly 70% of Australian couples in current times have had success with marriage counselling compared to the success rate of marriage therapy in the 1980s, where the percentage was around 50%.
The same research also notes that around 50% of all married couples seek marriage counselling in Australia.
Further statistics show that 70% of Australian couples were satisfied with marriage therapy, and around 63% reported that they would return to counselling if needed in the future.
Most people seek marriage counselling for a minimum of 12 weeks. This timeframe gives you a good chance to explore all the issues in your marriage and learn the skills to actually solve and overcome them.
However, how long you need marriage therapy may depend on:
- Your presenting problems
- How frequently you and your spouse are willing to attend marriage therapy
- Your marriage and family goals
- Your marriage counsellor’s recommendations
How long you need online marriage counselling in Australia may also depend on your personal issues.
For example, if you are timid or have social anxiety – you may need more time to open up to your marriage counsellor compared to your spouse.
On the other hand, if your spouse has tight deadlines or work commitments and can only attend counselling twice a month, your progress may be a bit slower compared to those who can make it every week.
Both situations are completely okay and normal. Your marriage journey is uniquely yours, and you should try not to compare the pace of your progress to other marriages.
You can also discuss the frequency of therapy with your spouse and your online marriage counsellor.
Once you start working on the issues, you may even speed up and find the solution to all your issues in the span of a few months.
Remember, progress depends entirely on your active participation and your and your spouse’s willingness to attend therapy regularly!
To become a marriage counsellor in Australia, you may need to complete your bachelor’s and master’s in counselling or psychology.
At TYHO, we require all our marriage counsellors to have a minimum master’s in counselling.
Furthermore, we also strictly screen mental health professionals to select the best and most qualified Therapists.
Our evaluation includes various aspects, such as:
- Clinical training
- Additional qualifications in their areas of expertise
- Soft skills such as empathy, openness, and sensitivity to diverse cultural backgrounds
- Certifications
Online marriage counselling in Australia can help you when:
- You are going through a life transition together (eg moving to a new country, navigating a major illness)
- You are going through a personal transition (eg moving to a new city without your spouse, dealing with personal mental health issues)
- You are pregnant or are learning to parent your newborn child
- You have grown emotionally or physically distant from each other
- Want to learn tools and strategies to communicate more better with your partner
- Wish to improve the emotional connection and intimacy in your relationship
- You want to understand your spouse better
- Want to deal with relationship conflicts effectively
Yes, online marriage counselling in Australia is effective!
With online marriage counselling, you have the option to either attend sessions through audio calls or video calls.
Finding time and planning the logistics for in-person marriage therapy can be hard.
Your spouse may have different work timings or may be preoccupied with other work.
Even in such situations, online marriage counselling in Australia can help you save the time and energy.
In addition, you can also find a space in your house where both of you feel comfortable.
At TYHO, online marriage counsellors provide audio and video counselling and will keep all your therapy details highly confidential.
Be assured that our online marriage counsellors have the skills to conduct and tailor their approaches based on the medium and type of service.
Hence, you will receive the same high-quality and accessible marriage therapy right from the comfort of your house!
