MELBOURNE’S LEADING COUPLES COUNSELLING SPECIALISTS IN CROYDON
Couples Therapy in Croydon
Clinic Address: 150 Main St, Croydon VIC 3136, Australia
Please note: Wendy is not currently accepting new clients.
A family relationship counsellor with 18 years’ experience in relationship counselling and coaching, Wendy is described by her clients and colleagues alike as warm, genuine, non-judgemental and easy to talk to. Patient and with a capacity to hold hope, she brings to her work a deep-felt desire to support couples, families or individuals achieve stronger, happier, connected and respectful relationships.
Her easy collaborative style and patience helps create a safe and comfortable environment in which relationship issues or challenges can be explored.
Wendy has worked in many areas of counselling over the years and topics regularly explored in sessions include:
- Managing conflict and dealing with communication problems (whether it’s the communication style or the issues themselves that are problematic)
- Managing the impacts of different parenting styles on a relationship
- Re-partnering and navigating the complex issues arising when living in a blended- or step- family
- Painful separation and divorce issues – regrouping and navigating the way forward including the needs of children
- Processing trust and betrayal issues
- Dealing with the relationship challenges when a partner is very ill (physical health or mental health e.g. anxiety or depression) or has experienced trauma
- Processing Grief and Loss
- Dealing with intimacy or desire differences
- Processing trust and betrayal issues
- Extended family issues impacting the relationship e.g. cultural, health, aging
- Transitioning to retirement issues e.g. differences in readiness for retirement, revitalising a long term relationship, differences in dealing with adult children who don’t want to flee the nest etc.
Wendy is well-acquainted with the work of a broad range of relationship specialists however her approach is strongly influenced by her extensive training in the evidence-based Emotionally Focussed Therapy (Dr Susan Johnson), and also in the Gottman method with Drs John and Julie Gottman. These models both provide ‘relationship roadmaps’ which clients regularly report are very helpful in sustaining the positive changes they have been looking to achieve or had not thought were possible.
Whilst face to face consults are a preference, Wendy has experience in telephone and Zoom/Skype counselling and is open to provide this service should this be appropriate.
Wendy is well known and committed to the relationship counselling industry. She is active member of MCEFT (Melbourne Community for Emotionally Focussed Therapy), a member (and past executive member) of MAREAA (Marriage and Relationship Education Association of Australia), a member of ICEEFT (International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focussed Therapy) and a member of the ACA (Australian Counselling Association). She was on the editorial advisory board of the Threshold Magazine (previous national journal for relationship educators) and has been broadcast on TV, Channel 31, as a panel member on The Exchange.
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RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING MELBOURNE
Our specialty is helping heal relationships in crisis in Melbourne (see all locations).
We’ve spent the past 20+ years helping over 18,000 couples rediscover their happiness after having lost their way, through effective relationship and marriage counselling.
Your relationship deserves a couple’s therapist who is understanding and experienced in helping couples in turmoil quickly get to the core of their issues, to begin the healing process sooner.
ABOUT THE HART CENTRE
We are a large and ever-growing collective of over 155 relationship and marriage Psychologists, Counsellors, and Sex Therapists with a united passion for providing the highest-quality evidence-based marriage counselling, relationship counselling, and sex therapy in the country.
Our Melbourne team of over 60 specialised couples’ therapists have been specifically selected to join the Hart Centre based on their empathetic nature and their expertise of the nuances of couples counselling.
We know how emotionally draining and disruptive life feels when your relationship is in crisis. We can help you overcome these difficulties and rediscover your love again; helping you understand, resolve, and move forward is where our professional expertise lies.
Couples counselling is a highly specialised field that is ever evolving. To ensure you are receiving the very latest and best care, we provide ongoing yearly professional development training to our group of Hart Certified therapists in the latest world-class relationship methodologies.
OUR THERAPISTS CAN HELP YOU IF…
- You often feel unloved and distant from your partner
- You or your partner has had an affair (in-person or online, physical or emotional)
- You feel a power imbalance in the relationship
- You or your partner are controlling
- Poor communication or mismatched communication styles are impacting you
- You feel you’re no longer in-love with your partner
- You or your partner feels neglected or taken for granted
- Childhood issues are interfering with your ability to be in a healthy relationship
- You have mismatched parenting styles
- If anger management issues are impacting the relationship
- If you’re experiencing challenges in your sex life
- If you feel you or your partner may have a porn or sex addiction
- If you or your partner are exhibiting narcissistic behaviour traits
- If you just want a check-up to ensure your relationship is healthy and balanced before getting married
HOW SUCCESSFUL IS OUR RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING?
A relationship in trouble is a painful experience, and we understand that our clients want to process their feelings, resolve their issues, and get back on track as quickly as possible.
Every couple is unique; however the one thing relationship turmoil has in common is that almost all of them can be managed or resolved with the help of effective counselling.
Feedback is very important to us to ensure our high standards of practice are maintained, and we are proud that over 93% of our clients have given us positive feedback, with our trained therapists having a positive effect on their relationships. Our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, a rarity in the counselling industry, further shows the utmost care we have for your experience.
HOW TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT
To inquire or book a session with us, please phone our Melbourne office on 03 9018 9567 or 1300 830 552 and our friendly receptionists will help you.
Appointments with Psychologists may be eligible for Medicare & Private Health Insurance Rebates.