Couples, Marriage and Relationship Counselling
★★★★★ Google Review: 2025: Couples Intensive Retreat
Ghita is a one of a kind gem that I am so happy I found! She has helped enormously through issues and has made me see things in a different light and way! 11/10 would recommend Ghita! - Courtney Hareb (Gold Coast)
Note from Ghita:
'According to Gottman Love Lab Science, healthy couples will naturally negotiate and argue, but the relationships that last have partners who know how to recover. And recover quickly. Repair is not about pretending the conflict didn't occur; it is an active effort to calm the nervous system of both parties and reset for emotional safety. The cycle of connection, disconnection and reconnection exists in every relationship. Counsellor Terry Real calls it “harmony, disharmony, and repair.”
It’s easy to recognize when we’re feeling connected. Likewise, we know when we’re not. Whether it’s an argument, stonewalling or an icy stare - the disconnection feels loud. It’s what brings people into my therapy room: Most couples say that they want to communicate better. But often what they mean is that they want to feel connected once again. Because disconnection feels unnatural when we love someone. So, often by resolving and healing a rift, we build more intimacy and friendship harmony. And there is something so reassuring about knowing that we have the skills to repair again...
The Gottmans have a name for gestures of repair. They call these 'bids for connection.' These are any effort for care, affection or attention. Moreover, they say bids for connection are about 'turning toward instead of away.' To me, this is when we know our relationship is meshing back together - even if we’re still bickering!
From the outside, arguing partners may look to be in trouble, but they are just embracing the inherent messiness that is intimacy. Their reactivity means that they care. And care a lot. Apathy or contempt are the real enemires of love.' - Ghita
A Relationship Reset
When things are not perfect in your relationships, it can be daunting to consider help, and scary to admit to friends and family. Regardless of how long you have been together, or the nature of your relationship problems, Couples Counselling can offer huge benefits. It is not unusual for dialogue to become defensive when couples are under stress, but new skills in how to love each other can be learned.
Clients are always telling Ghita that they make headway in a much shorter time than in the couples therapy they have tried before.
In fact, with gentle coaching and great advice you can turn things around, stop fighting, and feel deeply LOVED UP once more. You Can Be Lovers Again! …Be Best Friends Again …Be Happy Again!
'According to Gottman Love Lab Science, healthy couples will naturally negotiate and argue, but the relationships that last have partners who know how to recover. And recover quickly. Repair is not about pretending the conflict didn't occur; it is an active effort to calm the nervous system of both parties and reset for emotional safety. The cycle of connection, disconnection and reconnection exists in every relationship. Counsellor Terry Real calls it “harmony, disharmony, and repair.”
It’s easy to recognize when we’re feeling connected. Likewise, we know when we’re not. Whether it’s an argument, stonewalling or an icy stare - the disconnection feels loud. It’s what brings people into my therapy room: Most couples say that they want to communicate better. But often what they mean is that they want to feel connected once again. Because disconnection feels unnatural when we love someone. So, often by resolving and healing a rift, we build more intimacy and friendship harmony. And there is something so reassuring about knowing that we have the skills to repair again...
The Gottmans have a name for gestures of repair. They call these 'bids for connection.' These are any effort for care, affection or attention. Moreover, they say bids for connection are about 'turning toward instead of away.' To me, this is when we know our relationship is meshing back together - even if we’re still bickering!
From the outside, arguing partners may look to be in trouble, but they are just embracing the inherent messiness that is intimacy. Their reactivity means that they care. And care a lot. Apathy or contempt are the real enemires of love.' - Ghita
A Relationship Reset
When things are not perfect in your relationships, it can be daunting to consider help, and scary to admit to friends and family. Regardless of how long you have been together, or the nature of your relationship problems, Couples Counselling can offer huge benefits. It is not unusual for dialogue to become defensive when couples are under stress, but new skills in how to love each other can be learned.
Clients are always telling Ghita that they make headway in a much shorter time than in the couples therapy they have tried before.
In fact, with gentle coaching and great advice you can turn things around, stop fighting, and feel deeply LOVED UP once more. You Can Be Lovers Again! …Be Best Friends Again …Be Happy Again!
★★★★★ Google Review (2024) 'What a turn around!! My wife and I came to Ghita with very different communication skills. We were feeling EXTREMELY defeated in our marriage and were desperately seeking direction. After just 5 sessions our communication skills are in a place we didn’t know were possible. It’s been about a month since our sessions and our marriage is still becoming stronger and stronger every day. 10 out of 10 recommend!' - Jason Eichenburger (Northern Rivers)
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Key Signs to Seek Couples Counselling:
The Benefits of Couples Therapy:
✅ A Non-Blaming Environment
Ghita Andersen is an establised Couples Counsellor and Family Mediator in Currumbin on the Gold Coast. Ghita's relationship counselling style encourages a non-blaming environment. Ghita offers the Gottman methods and her own signature Couples Relationship Toolbox; plus 'Hints and Tips' from the world's best relationship research: And because you will be using these easy skills from day one, you will restore relationship harmony faster...
✅ Communicate Better to Ensure You Both Feel Heard
Good communication is the cornerstone of any relationship. Therapy teaches partners to listen actively and express feelings clearly. It provides practical tools to have honest open talks without fighting or misunderstanding. For example, a couple once learned to state their needs calmly instead of arguing every time. Clear communication leads to less frustration and more connection.
✅ Enhanced Emotional Connection
Couples counselling helps rebuild trust and deepen understanding. It encourages vulnerability—sharing fears, hopes, and love - without feeling judged. When partners are more empathetic, intimacy naturally grows. Relationship therapists often say that emotional closeness is a key to long-lasting love and that therapy helps nurture that bond.
✅ Expert Advice: Don't Avoid Conflict. Negotiate! Learn How to Resolve Conflict
Disagreements happen in every relationship. Therapy helps couples find the root causes of their conflicts. Couples learn to approach disagreements, use new language phrases and negotiate needs with a constructive attitude.
✅ Learn How to Create Passion and Fan the Flames of Desire
Understand the mechanics of desire to build attraction and therefore create a great sex life. Learn about Erotic Intelligence.
✅ Strategies and Take Home Tools
Some common feedback that Ghita has received over the years is that most couples are time poor and couples have said that they need FAST RESULTS and EASY TOOLS that they can use in-between sessions, so that they are not left to deal with difficulties for a week or two. (This can be very damaging to couples.)
Ghita Andersen's light hearted approach, together with easy to replicate exercises at home will mean that you will get further ahead faster. These resources mean that you will have tools to use straight away so that you don't have to wait weeks to make any headway or to maintain things between sessions.
See Ghita's Straight Talk Series of 21 DOWNLOADABLE EBOOKS and other expert resources.
- Communication Breakdown
- Unresolved, Looping Arguments
- Not Being Heard or Respected
- Disconnected: Co-parents or "Flatmates"
- Lack of Trust from Cheating: Trust has been broken
- No Intimacy and No Desire
- Significant Life Transitions: Empty Nesters
- Financial Disagreements
- Unequal Mental Load? Chore Load
- Resentment / Negative Bias
- No Fun, No Dates, No Flirting
The Benefits of Couples Therapy:
✅ A Non-Blaming Environment
Ghita Andersen is an establised Couples Counsellor and Family Mediator in Currumbin on the Gold Coast. Ghita's relationship counselling style encourages a non-blaming environment. Ghita offers the Gottman methods and her own signature Couples Relationship Toolbox; plus 'Hints and Tips' from the world's best relationship research: And because you will be using these easy skills from day one, you will restore relationship harmony faster...
✅ Communicate Better to Ensure You Both Feel Heard
Good communication is the cornerstone of any relationship. Therapy teaches partners to listen actively and express feelings clearly. It provides practical tools to have honest open talks without fighting or misunderstanding. For example, a couple once learned to state their needs calmly instead of arguing every time. Clear communication leads to less frustration and more connection.
✅ Enhanced Emotional Connection
Couples counselling helps rebuild trust and deepen understanding. It encourages vulnerability—sharing fears, hopes, and love - without feeling judged. When partners are more empathetic, intimacy naturally grows. Relationship therapists often say that emotional closeness is a key to long-lasting love and that therapy helps nurture that bond.
✅ Expert Advice: Don't Avoid Conflict. Negotiate! Learn How to Resolve Conflict
Disagreements happen in every relationship. Therapy helps couples find the root causes of their conflicts. Couples learn to approach disagreements, use new language phrases and negotiate needs with a constructive attitude.
✅ Learn How to Create Passion and Fan the Flames of Desire
Understand the mechanics of desire to build attraction and therefore create a great sex life. Learn about Erotic Intelligence.
✅ Strategies and Take Home Tools
Some common feedback that Ghita has received over the years is that most couples are time poor and couples have said that they need FAST RESULTS and EASY TOOLS that they can use in-between sessions, so that they are not left to deal with difficulties for a week or two. (This can be very damaging to couples.)
Ghita Andersen's light hearted approach, together with easy to replicate exercises at home will mean that you will get further ahead faster. These resources mean that you will have tools to use straight away so that you don't have to wait weeks to make any headway or to maintain things between sessions.
See Ghita's Straight Talk Series of 21 DOWNLOADABLE EBOOKS and other expert resources.
✅ 50 Years of Evidence-Based Marriage / Relationship Research
The methods included in your session will create your personalised 'Marriage Toolkit.' These are selected from the best of the best methods adopted from around the world. From the Gottmans, Carl Rogers, Esther Perel, Terry Real, Ghita Andersen, John Gray, Human Anthropology and Family Dispute Resolution.
✅ 93% of Couples Were Empowered
Our couples have demonstrated a 93% satisfaction rating, with some couples booking in on a regular basis as a type of 'maintenance' and top-up of skills. Having a strong, happy relationship isn’t just about good luck or timing. It takes effort, understanding, and sometimes help along the way.
Client Success Stories:
The methods included in your session will create your personalised 'Marriage Toolkit.' These are selected from the best of the best methods adopted from around the world. From the Gottmans, Carl Rogers, Esther Perel, Terry Real, Ghita Andersen, John Gray, Human Anthropology and Family Dispute Resolution.
✅ 93% of Couples Were Empowered
Our couples have demonstrated a 93% satisfaction rating, with some couples booking in on a regular basis as a type of 'maintenance' and top-up of skills. Having a strong, happy relationship isn’t just about good luck or timing. It takes effort, understanding, and sometimes help along the way.
Client Success Stories:
' ★★★★★ 5 Star Google Review: One Day Retreat (Relationship Toolbox 5.5 hours) 2026
Our session with Ghita was exactly what we needed. She was calm, direct and incredibly intuitive. She didn’t allow us to stay stuck in blame or avoidance, but also didn’t let us bypass the hard truths. For the first time in a long while, we both felt heard in the same room. She helped us identify the real issues underneath the conflict and gave us practical direction moving forward.
We left feeling hopeful and clearer about what needs to change. Highly recommend for couples who are serious about growth. - Sheree (Coomera)
★★★★★ 5 Star Google Review: Five Week Package 2025: 'Working with Ghita Anderson has been one of the most transformative and empowering experiences. In our couples sessions, Ghita created a warm, safe space where we could both feel heard and supported. Her guidance helped us communicate more honestly, understand each other’s needs without judgment, and rebuild our connection from a place of empathy and trust. Our relationship now feels so much more grounded and open—we’re truly working as a team again. I couldn’t recommend Ghita more highly.' - Alisa - Palm Beach
★★★★★ 5 Star Google Review: Week Package 2023:
Ghita provided real strategies that can be implemented to prevent conflict and more empathy within our relationships. We were able to be truthful and honest within ourselves from better self reflection and then she gave us the tools to be able to communicate our needs effectively. We both learnt how to actively listen to one another and remember the other person's needs are different. Ghita was absolutely warm and welcoming, would definitely recommend her 5 Week program, it has saved our marriage. - Nicole Eggleton (Coomera).
Point of Difference
One of the highest rated Couples Counsellors on the Gold Coast, Ghita Andersen's relationship counselling style encourages a practical, light-hearted environment. And importantly, from her conflict resolution training and practice she uses a white board, so that you can easily identify patterns and cycles. (Sometimes people need a diagram for where they are going wrong.)
Clients are always telling Ghita that they make headway in a much shorter time than in the couples therapy they have tried before.
✔️ Over a decade of experience
✔️ Ghita is a certified Family Dispute Resolution Mediator (FDRP)
✔️ Excellent Reviews and Testimonials | Ghita's Bio
Envision a Future Where Your Relationship is Thriving
Through couples therapy, partners can gain deeper insights into their relationship dynamics, develop healthier ways of interacting, and ultimately strengthen their emotional connection and overall relationship satisfaction.
If you have any questions for Ghita before committing to a session or a package, please feel free to call Ghita or text her for a call-back on 0439 888 070.
Recommended first session: Minimum 2 Hours.
One of the highest rated Couples Counsellors on the Gold Coast, Ghita Andersen's relationship counselling style encourages a practical, light-hearted environment. And importantly, from her conflict resolution training and practice she uses a white board, so that you can easily identify patterns and cycles. (Sometimes people need a diagram for where they are going wrong.)
Clients are always telling Ghita that they make headway in a much shorter time than in the couples therapy they have tried before.
✔️ Over a decade of experience
✔️ Ghita is a certified Family Dispute Resolution Mediator (FDRP)
✔️ Excellent Reviews and Testimonials | Ghita's Bio
Envision a Future Where Your Relationship is Thriving
Through couples therapy, partners can gain deeper insights into their relationship dynamics, develop healthier ways of interacting, and ultimately strengthen their emotional connection and overall relationship satisfaction.
If you have any questions for Ghita before committing to a session or a package, please feel free to call Ghita or text her for a call-back on 0439 888 070.
Recommended first session: Minimum 2 Hours.
Relationship Retreats and Marathons:
At Ghita Therapy we currently have four types of couples retreats, however the one day retreats offer the best deals.
At Ghita Therapy we currently have four types of couples retreats, however the one day retreats offer the best deals.
Helpful Pre-Reading for Couples:
Family Violence Screening: Couples Counselling is not appropriate for abusive relationships: If there is any history of domestic violence - including chronic verbal abuse, emotional, physical, financial or sexual abuse, past or present DVO's, we ask you to book in for Individual Counselling. Couples Counselling requires calmness, commitment and cooperation.
Sorry, No Children at Premises: Please understand that professional therapists DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN IN SESSIONS for the reasons of disruption to the therapeutic process, damage to persons and property, public liability insurance limitations and second floor locations.
Health Funds:
Rebates may be available for members of Medibank, Bupa, Police Health, St Luke’s, CUA Health, Phoenix Health Fund and Emergency Services. However, as things change so often please check with your provider before booking. Some private funds rebate Couples Counselling (Item #300) List. Note: You can ask us for a specific type of invoice with the item listed.
Disclaimer: Ghita Andersen is not a sex therapist and there are boundaries around the levels of sexual advice given in Couples Counselling.
Copyright 2026 Ghita Andersen. All Rights Reserved. Photos by Freepik.
Key Signs to Seek Couples Counselling:
Communication Breakdown: You are unable to talk about issues constructively, conversation is tense, you "walk on eggshells," or you have stopped talking altogether. Unresolved, Recurring Arguments: The same conflict happens on loop without resolution, or arguments are escalating in intensity.
Emotional Withdrawal and Disconnection: A significant decrease in emotional connection, intimacy, or feelings of being "roommates" rather than partners.
Lack of Trust or Infidelity: Trust has been broken, whether through a physical affair, emotional affair, or ongoing dishonesty.
Significant Life Transitions: Difficulty navigating major changes like becoming parents, career changes, retirement, or grief.
Financial Mismanagement or Disagreements: Inability to agree on money management, or high stress resulting from financial issues.
Resentment and Negative Bias: Constant feelings of resentment or assuming the worst about your partner's intentions.
Key Signs to Seek Couples Counselling:
Communication Breakdown: You are unable to talk about issues constructively, conversation is tense, you "walk on eggshells," or you have stopped talking altogether. Unresolved, Recurring Arguments: The same conflict happens on loop without resolution, or arguments are escalating in intensity.
Emotional Withdrawal and Disconnection: A significant decrease in emotional connection, intimacy, or feelings of being "roommates" rather than partners.
Lack of Trust or Infidelity: Trust has been broken, whether through a physical affair, emotional affair, or ongoing dishonesty.
Significant Life Transitions: Difficulty navigating major changes like becoming parents, career changes, retirement, or grief.
Financial Mismanagement or Disagreements: Inability to agree on money management, or high stress resulting from financial issues.
Resentment and Negative Bias: Constant feelings of resentment or assuming the worst about your partner's intentions.