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Couples Counselling

Make space to reconnect.

Every relationship changes over time. Whether you’re navigating a challenge, adjusting to change, or simply want to strengthen your relationship, ACS offers accessible couples counselling by final-year student counsellors in a supportive and confidential environment.

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What is Couples Counselling?

A space to talk, listen and understand.

Couples counselling provides dedicated time to explore your relationship with the support of a counsellor. It creates a supportive and confidential space where you can both share your perspectives, better understand each other and work through conversations or challenges together.

Couples counselling may help you:

  • Strengthen communication
  • Understand each other better
  • Navigate conflict
  • Reconnect after periods of distance
  • Work through change together
  • Build stronger relationship skills

Who is Couples Counselling For?

You don’t have to be in crisis to ask for support.

Every relationship goes through different seasons. Couples counselling can support you at any stage, whether there’s something you want to work through or you simply want to invest in your relationship.

You might want to:

  • Communicate better

Find new ways to listen, talk and understand each other.

  • Work through recurring issues

Explore conversations or patterns you keep coming back to.

  • Navigate change together

Get support through family, work, parenting or other life changes.

  • Reconnect

Create space for each other when life has become busy or you’ve grown distant.

  • Strengthen your relationship

Check in proactively and build skills for the future.

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Frequently asked questions

Do we need to be having relationship problems?

No. Couples counselling can be helpful whether you’re working through a challenge or simply want to strengthen your communication and connection.

What happens in our first session?

Your counsellor will get to know you both, discuss what has brought you to counselling and explore what you’d like to work towards.

Will the counsellor take sides?

No. The aim is to create a supportive space where both people can share their perspectives and feel heard.

What can we talk about in couples counselling?

Every relationship is different. Couples may seek support with communication, conflict, connection, changing circumstances, parenting and family pressures, intimacy, trust or recurring relationship patterns. Others may attend without a particular problem and simply want to strengthen their relationship.

How many sessions will we need?

Every couple is different.Your counsellor can help you decide what feels appropriate based on your needs and goals.

Do we need a referral?

No. You can book a couples counselling appointment directly with ACS.

Who will provide our couples counselling?

Your sessions will beprovided by final-year counselling students completing their professional training. Our student counsellors provide a supportive and confidential counselling environment while developing their professional practice.

Make time for your relationship.

You don't have to wait for a relationship to reach breaking point before making space for support. Whether you want to communicate more openly, work through something together or simply reconnect, couples counselling can give you the space to start the conversation.
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Reconnect. Understand each other. Move forward together.

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