Couples counselling: the balance to a stress- free lifestyle
Couples counselling is the “glue” that holds most couples together when life becomes demanding and over bearing. In today’s hectic life most couples find it difficult to juggle work life, their personal lives and raising children all at the same time. Finding this delicate balance may be impossible for most couples and that is why we at Bryanwood Therapy & Assessment Centre offer couples counselling to aid couples failing to cope with all the demands.
Couples counselling looks at the various aspects between the couple and identifies potential solutions for improving the way in which they deal with their challenges. With the standard and cost of living ever rising, many couples find themselves working like slaves in order to pay the bills in order to provide the best possible education for their children as well as paying the home bond and vehicle repayments. As a result most of us tend to neglect our physical well being.
How can I start living a more balanced lifestyle?
Regular exercise and eating correctly is vital if we wish to live a balanced lifestyle. Exercising together is not just beneficial to your health but it’s also a great opportunity to spend time with your partner. Spending time together can foster a healthy line of communication through which couples can express themselves. Good communication is key to a healthy resilient relationship. improving a couple’s abiity to communicate and enhancing connection is a key focus in couples therapy. Failure for couples to communicate with one another often leads to disconnection, lack of understanding and, in the worst case scenario, separation or divorce.
Tackling the issues which impact negatively on your relationship and physical and emotional wellbeing is important. Couples counselling gives couples a platform to grapple with life’s demands in a bid to establish a healthy balance between work, personal life and raising children.
Raising children is a huge challenge in itself. Ensuring your child or children also become involved in sports and other extra curriculum activities and follow a healthy and balanced diet is vital for their wellbeing.
If your relationship and physical health are being negatively affected by stress and the complexity of juggling various roles, such as those of parenting, work as well as the demands related to being in a relationship, we urge you to contact us to schedule an appointment for our couples counselling sessions.
We are open Monday-Sunday from 7:00am – 7:00pm by appointment only.
Tel: 011 706-2269
011 706-0979
011 463-1488
Fax: 011 463-4765
E-mail: bryanwood@bryanwood.co.za
