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Jonathan Swan

Gold Coast Couples Counselling

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Gold Coast Couples Counselling

Focus areas

Health issues Emotionally focused Anger Stress Management Addiction Supervision




Gold Coast Couples Relationship Counselling provides professional relationship counselling, marriage counselling and premarital counselling for individuals and couples as well as those in extended families.

Distressed partners in relationship, individuals, or those who just want to improve their relationship are supported by Gold Coast Couples Counselling.

Gold Coast Couples Relationship Counselling practices Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT). EFCT is an evidenced-based therapy and has been noted by the New York Times as the couple therapy with higher than 75% success rate.

The therapy practiced by Gold Coast Couples Relationship Counselling focuses on the emotional connection of relationship by:


  1. De-escalating conflict

  2. Creating a safe emotional connection between partners

  3. Strengthening bonds between partners


If any of the following has happened in your relationship then get in touch with Gold Coast Couples Relationship Counselling for expert professional help:


  • Trust been compromised in your relationship

  • You’re not feeling heard

  • You feel unacknowledged or under-appreciated

  • You or your partner have become distant or withdrawn

  • Or feeling anxious, clingy

  • You are trying to repair after an affair

  • You or your partner have lost interest in sex

  • You’ve lost a sense of identity in the relationship

  • Anger or stonewalling become the predominate way you or your partner communicate




About

My name is Jonathan Swan, I’m a registered (PACFA) professional Counsellor and Gestalt Psychotherapist providing couples relationship counselling and individual counselling and psychotherapy services on the Gold Coast. I am a fully trained Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, having completed all modules offered by The Australian Centre for Emotionally Focused Therapy (ACEFT) and am registered as a member with International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT).

I have postgraduate qualifications in Gestalt Counselling and Psychotherapy, a Master of Gestalt Psychotherapy and have a Bachelor of Science (Psychology). I also teach a Bachelor of Counselling and a Post-Graduate Diploma of Counselling at the Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP).

I have experience working with general mental health issues, including addictions and specialise in couples relationship therapy and counselling. I also work with men with psychosexual related issues. I also have training and supervision working with trauma related presentations, particularly from a somatic (body) approach.

As a registered practitioner with PACFA (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, the national peak body for professional associations within the counselling and psychotherapy profession in Australia) I comply with their ethical standards at all times.



Couples Intensives

Gold Coast Couples Counselling Couples Intensives are designed for couples who wish a longer session than the standard 50 min per week session.

Some couples wish to fast track their progress by participating in an intensive couples therapy session.

Couples Intensives are designed around 2 sessions, 3 hours in duration with a half hour break in between.

The cost for a Couples Intensive is $400 ($50 less than the equivalent 3 x 50min sessions).

If you wish to fast track your progress through the Emotionally Focussed Couples Therapy model then a Couples Intensive is for you!

You will gain:


  • An insight into the negative cycle or pattern that your relationship is in

  • An understanding of yours and your partner’s deeper needs in the relationship and how these needs are being

  • subverted by the negative interaction cycle.

  • An ability to express to your partner both your core deep emotional needs as well as your secondary reactions

  • You will both feel heard and appreciated for what you bring to your relationship

  • You will heal from past hurts and injustices that may have occurred in your relationship


Couples Retreats

Gold Coast Couples Counselling offers couples exclusive personalised and intensive Couples Retreats in Byron Bay.

Our Couples Retreats are aimed at supporting couples to heal and to grow, to communicate more deeply and to rediscover lost intimacy and sexuality. Couples Retreats help couples gain greater levels of fulfilment and intimacy in their relationship.

The 3 day long intensive Couples Retreats begin with arrival and orientation on Friday afternoon and end Sunday afternoon.

Gold Coast Couples Counselling Couples Retreats aim at providing short getaways allowing you time to unwind in a beautiful location while at the same time building and working on your relationship.
3 days/2 nights at Byron Bay Fri to Sun. Cost is $1150.
This includes:


  • Accommodation (2 nights at Soul Sanctuary in Tyagarah)

  • Couples Therapy

  • 1 couples session (Day 1 afternoon)

  • 1 couples session (Day 2 morning)

  • 1 couples session (Day 3 morning)

  • Spa (Kiva Spa) session incl massage for both (Sat afternoon)


Food and travel not included.

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