Couples Therapy - Marléne Rose Shaw

Couples Therapy - Welcome

If you're facing relationship problems, you're not alone. Many people experience difficulties in their relationship. If left unresolved, these problems can cause unnecessary stress and unhappiness.

The good news is you don't have to live with discontent. Many couples seek help and quickly resolve their issues, leading to a better relationship than ever before.

How Couples Therapy Will Help You

Break the cycle of misunderstandings and arguments by learning helpful communication techniques so that you each feel heard and understood.
Have a safe space, and professional guidance to help you overcome painful issues, such as betrayal, so that you can rebuild trust in your relationship again.
Connect at a deeper level so that you can enjoy each other's company, and regain the intimacy and emotional connection that you once had.
Find effective ways to manage life pressures, such as extended family and work responsibilities, so that you can give your relationship the attention it deserves.
Navigate life changes, such as parenthood, career shifts, retirement or relocating so that you can work as a team.

Couples Therapy For Expats

As an expat myself, I understand how relocating can be a wonderful adventure, yet it can also bring it's own challenges.

And, as a couples therapist with a lot of experience in working with expat couples, I have a deep understanding of the specific needs and additional challenges that you may be facing. These challenges can happen within the first few years of relocating, or after a longer period of time.

Here's what expat couples tell me. Maybe you can relate?

'Dealing with bureaucracy can be stressful, and we end up taking it out on each other.'
'Being constantly together can be challenging, particularly as we don't have the support network we once had.'
'One of us is more settled - the other is homesick and unhappy. '
'We envisioned a dream life and business, but we're constantly tired, stressed, and arguing, with no time for our relationship.'
'We thought we'd leave all our problems behind, but we've brought them with us'
'We've been expats for a while now - but we've never really got past the relationship problems that came up when we first relocated.'
'Now that we've retired we don't know how to be around each other. We've lost the ease and intimacy.'

Whether you've been expats for a while, or this is a new chapter in your lives, you've been brave enough to seek new horizons.

Now it's time to explore new horizons in your relationship.

How to Arrange Your Couples Therapy Sessions

It's an easy process:

2. Carefully read through the information below.

3. Fill out the form to arrange your free consultation.

How Couples Therapy Works

Couples Sessions are for 1 hour and 10 minutes. This is longer than standard couples sessions which are 50-60 minutes. In my experience, 70 minutes works very well for couples as it provides enough space and time for you both.

In The Sessions

We’ll start by clarifying some goals so that you have a clear picture of the journey ahead.

During our sessions, we'll explore what's at the heart of your problems, unresolved hurts and unsatisfied needs. I’ll help you identify unhelpful patterns in your relationship and help you resolve them so that you can have greater love and intimacy.

I’ll also teach you advanced communication skills and emotional management techniques so that you can express yourself with courage, and deeply hear each other.

We’ll review your progress and reassess your goals according to your needs as we progress.

Tools, Techniques and Resources

I offer a range of proven therapeutic tools and techniques to help you overcome blocks and consolidate what you’ve covered in the sessions. We'll focus on the ones that are just right for you as a couple. These include easy homework activities and strategies, which you then have for the rest of your life.

Having additional resources can be very beneficial in helping you practise what you have explored in sessions. With this in mind I offer all my clients free access to my courses, audios and videos. These are not a requirement for your couples therapy, however if you’d like to take advantage of these helpful resources they are there for you.

Couples therapy isn't just about overcoming problems.

It's also about helping you create a strong and happy relationship for the future.

Closer than we've been in years

We had drifted into living a life in parallel but never really truly together. We were at the point of deciding to part company but you helped us recover the love we both knew deep down that we wanted.

Thank you Marléne

All I can say is thank you for helping us save our relationship. You certainly know your stuff!

Highly skilled couples Therapist

The homework was invaluable. Marléne helped us see through the destructive patterns that we were playing out and learn how to be more authentic and communicate in way that means we don't argue, we just get closer.

Couples Therapy Options

Breakthrough Sessions

€299 plus IVA (Currency equivalent)

Breakthrough Sessions are transformative single 90-minute sessions aimed at helping you gain clarity on your relationship issues and set a clear goal plan for healing.

Identify unhelpful communication patterns
Get clear on blocks and set future goals
Set confident boundaries in your relationship

By the end of the session, you’ll have a clearer path forward, equipped with actionable steps and tools to implement, ensuring you can begin to create a happier relationship.

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Pre-therapy Intensive Sessions

For Anger Management

€595 plus IVA (Currency equivalent)

3 x 60-minute coaching sessions

This is for you if you're experiencing an overwhelming amount of anger and conflict in your relationship. It is important to address this first before embarking on couples therapy.

It will help you get the most out of your couple's therapy sessions.

Sometimes these 3 sessions are enough, and you can go on to resolve your isses without further help

Anger Management Awareness and Patterns
Psycho Sensory Techniques For Managing Angry Emotions
Communication Skills For Expressing Frustration, Confusion and Healthy Anger

Practical exercises, worksheets and videos to help you apply what you've covered in sessions.

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We will discuss the following dates and times when we meet

6 Session Block

€1,249 plus IVA (Currency equivalent)

6 x 70-minute couples therapy sessions

Specifically tailored to your unique needs as a couple. Includes:

Relationship goals, focus and clarity.
Deep exploration, identifying blocks and resolving issues.
Skill-building sessions on communication techniques, managing emotions, and reclaiming connection and intimacy.
Future focus session.

Includes Free 30-minute consultation

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Heal Your Relationship

A proven 12-week therapy framework (across 3 months), specifically tailored to your unique needs as a couple.

€2,475 plus IVA (Currency equivalent)

12 x 70-minute couples therapy sessions, including:

Relationship goals, focus and clarity.
Deep exploration, identifying blocks and resolving issues.
Skill-building sessions on communication techniques, managing emotions, and reclaiming connection and intimacy.
Future focus session.

Practical exercises, worksheets and videos to help you apply what you've covered in sessions.

Includes Free 30-minute consultation

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Please note all sessions are online via Zoom, WhatsApp video, or another application of your choice.