Even though you have already made many attempts, sometimes you can't get out of a relationship problem as a couple. An outsider who looks along neutrally and searches for solutions without judgement can then be a great help.
Relationship therapy is a specific form of therapy that is concerned with addressing structural and communication problems and tensions between couples. The focus is on the patterns, behaviour and emotions of both partners separately and in relation to each other. Through conversation, you explore what is going wrong, what your desire is and how you can solve the relationship problems or repair the relationship breakdown. If necessary, under guidance, you can end the relationship in a respectful way.
A couples therapist will normally receive you together as a couple, but this may alternate with individual sessions. Relationship therapy can also be a part of family therapy.
Sexuality is a part of your identity. It includes everything to do with your sexual preference or sexual orientation, your gender identity, your sex, your sexual experience, your feelings around intimacy, attachment, affection and nudity, but equally your body image and its perception.
Sex and relationship therapy often focuses on three components and these are addressed alternately in sessions, depending on the client's or couple's care needs. First and foremost, psychoeducation is done. The sex therapist provides targeted and tailored information on the psychological, physical and relational aspects of sexuality, with the aim of strengthening sexual skills.
Depending on the sexual problem, a second component of sex therapy can be filled in by exercise programmes, where individuals and couples are given exercises to take home, which they can perform at home in a safe environment. In couples, the partner is involved in therapy as actively as possible.
The exercises and the individual experience (of the partners) are discussed during the therapy sessions. Step by step, we look for any blockages, inhibitions or stumbling blocks.
A third component of sex therapy involves exploring individual or relational problems and meanings in greater depth, in order to get to the heart of the problem. At this point, sex therapy often finds its transition into broader forms of psychotherapy.
Erika Declerck trained as a clinical psychologist within the Free University of Brussels.
She is also pursuing therapy training at KU-Leuven for family, relationship and
systemic therapy. She counsels children and adolescents with a variety of complaints, here
she receives couples and families for relationship or family therapy. In each counselling session, the
focus on looking for the fundamentals and strengths of all individuals within their
system.
Concerns or challenges below that impact the partner relationship:
Conflicts and arguments, Impact of parenthood, Differences in vision of the future, Adultery, Partner violence, Changing relationship form, Attachment anxiety, Separation anxiety, Jealousy, Breaking up, Continuing after separation, Loss, ...
Erika is available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at Healthcube Tervuren. On request, online appointments can also be scheduled on other days.
Appointments can be scheduled by mail or over the phone.
Erika is available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at Healthcube Tervuren. On request, online appointments can also be scheduled on other days.
Appointments can be scheduled by mail or over the phone.
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