{"id":74,"date":"2012-04-03T19:32:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T19:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hallucinariumtest.wordpress.com\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:49:14","slug":"couple-therapymarriage-counseling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/couple-therapymarriage-counseling\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage\/Couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I believe that intimate relationships are one of the most difficult, and &#8211; when going well &#8211; one of the most satisfying, aspects of being human.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this is why I find working in this complex terrain particularly satisfying.<\/p>\n<p>I use a psychoanalytic framework to think about my work with couples. In addition I have completed Levels 1 &amp; 2 in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. <\/p>\n<p>I work with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>communication in relationships<\/li>\n<li>adjustment to changes in relationships<\/li>\n<li>couples preparing for marriage<\/li>\n<li>preparation for parenting<\/li>\n<li>parenting<\/li>\n<li>couples who feel they have grown apart<\/li>\n<li>dealing with infidelity<\/li>\n<li>managing conflict.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We work together to understand current patterns and systems\u00a0existing in your relationship.<\/p>\n<p>I recognise that each partner brings something to the dynamic of the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>No one partner is ever \u2018the problem\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Together we help each partner recognise and take responsibility for what they are bringing.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Find further couple therapy resources at Association of Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy webpages: http:\/\/www.acpp.org.za\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe that intimate relationships are one of the most difficult, and &#8211; when going well &#8211; one of the most satisfying, aspects of being human. Perhaps this is why I find working in this complex terrain particularly satisfying. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/couple-therapymarriage-counseling\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-74","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belindatrain.com\/clinicalpsychologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}