2 mins

What techniques do you use in couples therapy?

Video Description

London based clinical psychologist Emma Smith outlines some of techniques used in couples therapy and how the therapist creates a ‘safe space’ in the room so the couple can connect. Chelsea Psychology Clinic are a group of London psychologists and psychiatrists offering private psychological therapy and psychiatry treatment from their premises across central London and Chelsea. The private therapy sessions cover the following areas: – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Cognitive Analytic Therapy – Cognitive-behavioural Therapy – Couples Therapy – Dialectical-behaviour Therapy – Mentalisation Based Treatment – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy – Schema Therapy https://www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com

Video Transcription

We start by assessing the problem, the history of the problem, the kind of difficulties that the couple are having that they want to work on, and then we develop a formulation of how things have got stuck. So working out what each partner’s contributing, the problematic communications patterns that the couple has got into, and then we create a safe enough space in the therapy room that the couple can try and connect with. Some of the underlying needs and feelings and intentions that might have got a little bit hidden in the way that the couple are relating and responding to each other, and by actually reconnecting with feelings and needs, we find that couples can start to have really different kinds of conversations, and can rekindle some of the safety, the security, the love, and the connectedness that got them together in the first place.

Dr Emma Smith

Dr Emma Smith

19 June 2022

"Dr Emma Smith completed her BSc (Hons) at the University of Warwick, an MSc in Forensic Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Christ Church Canterbury University. She worked as a clinical psychologist in a specialist service in a Central London NHS Trust until moving to Sussex where she now works as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the NHS and continues to offer sessions with The Chelsea Psychology Clinic online."

You may like these...

1 min

Are children and young people receptive to talking therapy?

1 min

When should I get treatment for a sleep disorder?

1 min

I’m depressed – how many sessions will I need before I start seeing results?

2 mins

What can people do to self manage bereavement outside of therapy?

Start your journey

Today

Athena Lazaridou

Athena is a Pilates instructor with 8 years’ experience in the field. After completing a Power Pilates Mat Certification in Athens, she went on to complete the Full Comprehensive Classical Pilates Certification with Equinox in Kensington.  She has been teaching Pilates at Equinox for the past 6 years in addition to her own private clients who she trains both face to face and virtually.

Athena has a passion for helping people get stronger and fitter as well as helping those recovering from injury regain their strength and mobility.  Over the years, she has worked with athletes to incorporate Pilates into their training and improve performance. Athena has also worked with prenatal and postnatal women who may be experiencing depression or other mental health difficulties and used Pilates to facilitate a positive impact on their mental health.

Athena is very passionate about improving physical and mental well-being and has recently incorporated Sound Healing into her work, as she believes it to be one of the best ways of ‘letting go’ and releasing stale energy whilst increasing greater self-awareness.