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I offer professional marriage counselling in Joondalup, supporting couples across Perth’s northern suburbs. Workin with a counsellor provides a safe and supportive space where you and your partner can explore your emotions, improve communication, and rebuild your connection.
Marriage counselling is a collaborative process designed to help couples understand each other, resolve conflict, and strengthen their relationship. I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a client-centered approach that blends attachment theory with emotion-focused techniques.
EFT emphasises the central role of emotions in relationships. By identifying and expressing emotions, couples can break negative cycles and develop more secure, caring bonds. Couples counselling helps partners feel heard, understood, and supported while exploring their needs and fears in a safe environment.
When working with a marriage counsellor, an EFT approach helps couples who may feel stuck in rigid interaction patterns, such as criticism and withdrawal. I guide you to:
Recognise and understand your emotions
Explore patterns that create conflict
Build secure emotional connections with your partner
Respond to each other’s needs in healthy, constructive ways
Through this process, partners learn to communicate more openly, respond to distress signals effectively, and strengthen emotional intimacy.
Couples come to counselling for a variety of reasons, including:
Ongoing arguments or conflict patterns
Rebuilding trust after breaches or infidelity
Feeling emotionally disconnected
Parenting challenges and co-parenting stress
Navigating life transitions, such as relocation or career changes
Couples therapy helps couples turn toward each other instead of away, fostering emotional closeness that supports intimacy and shared understanding.
In our sessions, I create a safe, non-judgmental environment. Couples are encouraged to explore emotions, attachment needs, and relationship patterns.
Key elements of sessions include:
Experiential exercises to observe emotions and responses
Reframing and re-enacting interactions to understand patterns
Building emotional attunement and secure attachment
Practicing healthy communication and conflict resolution
By focusing on the here-and-now experiences, couples gain insight into how emotions influence interactions and learn practical ways to respond with care and understanding.
Attachment theory guides my work in marriage counselling. Just as children seek safe connections with caregivers, adults seek emotional security with their partners. Distress often arises when attachment needs are unmet, leading to patterns like pursuing, withdrawing, or defensiveness.
Relationship counselling helps partners recognise these patterns and develop secure emotional bonds. This creates a foundation for trust, intimacy, and emotional safety, essential elements for a thriving relationship.
I provide in-person support for married couples at my Joondalup office, serving couples throughout Perth’s northern suburbs. My goal is to make counselling accessible, safe, and supportive for every couple.
You can book your first session online, through the contact form, or by phone. I welcome new clients and provide guidance to ensure your first appointment is comfortable.
I offer both individual and couples counselling appointments. Sessions run for 60 minutes at a fixed fee of $180, payable by EFTPOS after each session.
Seeking counselling support in your marriage can feel daunting, but I work with you to create a safe, comfortable, and supportive environment. By exploring emotions and attachment needs together, you and your partner can strengthen your connection and build a healthier, more resilient relationship.
Mark Roussel is a caring and compassionate family man who is a highly-experienced family, and relationship counsellor.
I acknowledge the Noongar people as the traditional owners of the lands where I live and work. I pay respect to their elders, past and present.
