If you or your children are not safe, contact your local emergency services or the police. The lines listed below are family and gender-based-violence lines.
What couples counselling is
Couples counselling is talking therapy for two people together.
Titles you will see include Clinical Psychologist, Rehabilitation Counsellor and Rehabilitation Psychologist.
Dehradun is in Uttarakhand.
The approaches share a relational frame 1. The counsellor keeps both people in view. The counsellor builds the working alliance with the pair, not with one partner. That is the practical difference from individual therapy, and the reason both of you attend.
It is not arbitration, and nobody hands down a ruling at the end. Couples counselling is for couples married, engaged, living apart, or still deciding whether to stay. Relationship distress is an ordinary reason adults seek therapy 2.
Is couples counselling the right first step?
Sometimes the first appointment should not be a joint one.
Moderate to severe aggression between partners is one reason 1. Active alcohol or other substance misuse is another. So are a continuing affair and psychotic symptoms.
A careful practitioner asks about these before agreeing to see you together. They may suggest individual or specialist help first.
Couples sessions require safety. If you are afraid of your partner, safety comes before counselling. The services listed below exist for exactly that. Seeing someone on your own first is a common way in, not a decision about the relationship.
Dehradun has 7 therapists listed on TherapyRoute who work with couples.
If the problem is safety rather than the relationship
Couples counselling is not the route when someone is being hurt or frightened at home. India has services for that, and they are separate from anything on this page.
The Women Helpline of the Ministry of Women and Child Development runs at all hours 3. It refers callers on to the police, hospitals, legal aid and a One Stop Centre. A One Stop Centre serves women. It brings medical help, legal aid, police assistance, counselling and short-term shelter under one roof 4.
For a child, the national child helpline operates through district child protection units 5.
The legal route is civil. Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, a magistrate grants the orders 6.
The district Protection Officer's job is to help a woman make the complaint and record the incident. The same officer prepares a safety plan and connects her to legal aid, medical care and shelter. Every woman and child has a right to free legal aid under the Legal Services Authorities Act 7. Some others qualify too, such as people on a low income.
Most of the couples counsellors listed in Dehradun see couples both online and in person. Couples counsellors in Dehradun most often name CBT and mindfulness as approaches. Couples counsellors in Dehradun list family issues, life transitions and conflict as focus areas.
Most couples counsellors in Dehradun who state payment take direct payment.
Of the 7 who say how they work, 6 offer online sessions (86%).
Couples work here is offered by psychologists, counsellors and family therapists.
Couples sessions here are offered in English, Hindi/Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati.
Nearby places and related listings
- All 13 therapists listed in Dehradun
- Couples therapists by city, the couples therapists page, not tied to a place
- Couples therapy in every India city listed
References
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