Couples Counselling Brisbane
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Soul Counselling · Couples Sessions · Brisbane
Find your way back to each other, from anywhere in Brisbane
Christina Feyes is a counsellor with training in psychology, social work and human services who works with Brisbane couples online and by phone. Her approach is impartial, clinical and quietly intuitive, so both of you feel heard. Together you can slow the conflict, rebuild trust and begin gentle healing.
Book a free 15-minute assessment →Many couples live with the same painful pattern for around six years before they reach out for support, by which point small hurts have often hardened into distance. In Queensland the pressure is real too, with about 23.7 percent of people aged 16 to 85, roughly 954,400 Queenslanders, experiencing a mental health condition in a single year, which quietly shapes how partners cope at home.
Sources: The Gottman Institute; ABS National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020 to 2022.
Five-star Google reviews
Couples keep saying the same thing.
A few sessions in, most couples say the dynamic they couldn’t shift on their own has started to move.
“After a few couple’s sessions with my fiancé, I’m thoroughly impressed with Christina’s intuitive abilities. Her unique approach has been transformative for both of us.”
“The session created real change for me. I felt the shifts straight away — and interestingly my partner, who wasn’t in the session, also experienced an energetic shift later that day.”
“I deal with conflict in my relationships a lot better now. It’s an amazing feeling to look back and see how far I’ve come.”
A simpler healing path
How couples work with Christina
Every couple arrives with their own story, so sessions are shaped around what the two of you actually need.
See the pattern
Most arguments are not really about the dishes or the calendar. Underneath sits a loop, one partner reaches and the other pulls back, or both brace for the same old fight. Christina helps you notice that loop as it happens, name what each of you is protecting, and understand the fear or longing driving it, so the two of you can stop blaming each other and start working on the pattern together.
A steady space
A session is not another round of the same argument with a witness. It is a calm, structured space where each of you can speak and actually be heard, without it tipping into a shouting match or a cold silence. Christina keeps the conversation safe and balanced, slowing things down when they heat up, so you can say the things that never quite make it out at home.
Start where you are
Some couples join every session together. Sometimes one partner begins alone while the other decides whether the time is right. Both are welcome and both can help. The free 15-minute assessment is where you talk through what is happening and work out a first step that suits your relationship, with no pressure to commit before it feels right.
No pressure
What if only one of you is ready?
You do not have to wait for your partner to agree before anything can change. When one person starts looking honestly at their part, the whole dynamic tends to shift, because you stop reacting in the usual way. Christina can help you see what is yours to carry, what belongs to the relationship, and what genuinely needs to change, whether or not your partner ever books a session.
Christina is not here to be a magic fix or to hand you a verdict on your relationship. Interestingly, the couples who get the most from this work often started out unsure it would help at all. They simply took the free 15 minutes, asked their questions, and decided from there. You can do exactly the same, and owe nothing if it is not the right fit.
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Reading for couples feeling the distance
If you are still weighing things up, it can help to read before you reach out. The Soul Counselling blog explores the quieter side of relationship strain, how couples drift when life gets busy, why the same argument keeps returning, and small ways to reconnect when you barely cross paths at home.
Read the couples counselling blogGentle, practical reading, written for couples not yet in crisis.
Quick questions
Before you book.
Is couples counselling expensive?
You can find out whether this is right for you without spending anything. Christina offers a free 15-minute assessment with no card details and no obligation, so you can talk through what is happening between you and ask any questions first. It is a genuine conversation, not a sales pitch, and there is nothing to lose by starting there. From that chat you can decide together whether to continue, with no pressure either way.
Do both of us need to attend the free assessment?
No. It is perfectly fine for just one of you to join the free 15-minute assessment, especially if your partner is unsure or their schedule will not allow it. Many couples begin exactly this way. Christina can hear what is happening from your side, help you understand the pattern, and suggest a sensible first step. Your partner is always welcome to join later, whenever the time feels right for them.
Is couples counselling only for couples in crisis?
Not at all. This work is really for the everyday strain that builds up over time, repeated conflict, growing distance, communication that keeps breaking down, wobbles in trust, or the pressure of a big life change. You do not need to be on the edge of separating to come. In fact, reaching out earlier, while there is still goodwill between you, usually makes reconnecting far easier.
Is there a Brisbane clinic, or is everything online?
There is no Brisbane clinic. All couples sessions are held online by secure video or by phone, so you can take part from home anywhere across Brisbane, from the CBD and West End to Chermside, Carindale, Redlands or Moreton Bay. Soul Counselling has one physical base in Southport on the Gold Coast, but Brisbane couples are supported entirely online, which most find more relaxed and far easier to fit around a busy week.
Can we join from two different locations around commutes and shift work?
Yes. Because sessions run online and by phone, the two of you can connect from wherever you happen to be, whether one partner is working late in the city and the other is home in an outer suburb. This suits Brisbane couples juggling long commutes, fly in fly out rosters or opposite shift patterns. You can be in the same room when it works, or in two different places when it does not, without missing your session.
What if only one of us is sure about this?
That is completely normal, and you can still start. When one partner begins looking honestly at their part, the whole dynamic often starts to shift, because the usual reactions change. Christina can help you see what is yours to work on and what belongs to the relationship, whether or not your partner joins. Many people begin solo and find their partner grows curious once they notice things at home feeling a little different.
Is couples counselling right if we are in crisis or there is family violence at home?
No. Couples counselling is not suitable for acute crisis or for situations involving family or domestic violence, where joint sessions can be unsafe. If you or someone you love is in immediate danger, call 000 now. For confidential support, counselling and safety advice at any hour, contact 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732. Once things are safe and steady, Christina is glad to talk with you about relationship support.
Does Christina take sides or tell us who is right?
No. Christina stays impartial and never takes sides, and she does not hand out a verdict on who is to blame. Her role is to help both of you feel genuinely heard, to slow the conflict enough that you can actually talk, and to work with the pattern between you rather than against either partner. She is a counsellor, not a psychologist, and she does not diagnose, prescribe or treat, so the focus stays on understanding and healing your connection.
Start small
Take the first small step together
You do not have to have the words sorted or the problem defined. Book a free 15-minute assessment with Christina, talk through what is happening between you, and see whether this feels like the right support. There is no card, no obligation and nothing to lose, just an honest conversation about where things stand and what might help.
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Relationship support that fits a Brisbane life
Brisbane spreads a long way, and many couples spend more of the day commuting between distant suburbs than they do with each other, landing on opposite schedules from Ipswich and Logan through to the bayside and Moreton Bay. Plenty of partners moved here for work and now carry it all far from family, with no one nearby to lean on. Add mortgage and rent pressure, cost of living and dual career or shift work households, and there is often little couple time left at the end of the day.
- You feel more like housemates managing logistics than partners, passing each other between shifts and school runs.
- The same argument keeps circling back, and neither of you can find a way out of it.
- You relocated to Brisbane for work and feel stretched thin, with family support hundreds of kilometres away.
- Money worries, long commutes and busy rosters have quietly crowded out the closeness you used to have.
Sessions are held online and by phone across Brisbane and all of Australia. You can also explore all Brisbane counselling services.
No extra cross-city trip
Support without another drive across the city
Because every session is online or by phone, there is no clinic to reach after work and no traffic on the M1 or the Ipswich Motorway to battle first. You can join together from the same room, or connect separately from two different places when your days do not line up.
Christina works with the dynamic between you and never takes sides, so neither partner feels ganged up on. If your partner is not ready, you are welcome to begin on your own and see how it feels. Nothing is forced, nothing is rushed, and you set the pace that suits your relationship and your week.