00:00 Dr. Amanda Zanni, psychotherapist at the Santagostino Medical Center, explains what couples therapy is, what it consists of and who it is for, how it is useful and all the services offered by the Santagostino Medical Center for couples who want to undertake this path. 00:10 WHERE DOES THE NEED FOR COUPLES THERAPY COME FROM? Sometimes a couple enters into crisis and experiences the feeling of not being able to get out of it. The reasons why couples enter into crisis are usually recurring, almost always the same and concern factors internal or external to the couple. External factors concern life events, both positive and negative, such as the birth of a child, bereavement, a move or individual stress such as the onset of an illness or the loss of a job. Among internal factors, however, there may be above all the difficulty of one or both members of the couple in separating from their family of origin. This makes the other partner feel excluded and prevents the couple from creating that vital space of shared habits in the relationship. 01:01 WHAT CAN BE THE WARNING SIGNS OF A COUPLE CRISIS? We could define a warning sign in a couple as the feeling that one is distancing oneself, a feeling of loneliness and the feeling of physical and emotional distance from the other, with whom one is no longer interested in sharing commitments, interests, intimate and emotional life. 01:29 WHAT DOES COUPLE THERAPY CONSIST OF? Couple therapy is a valid tool of help for couples. They have often already tried to make autonomous attempts to resolve the crisis, but they get stuck in repetitive relational dynamics that feed a vicious circle of frustration. The presence of the therapist as a competent external observer can offer the couple valid tools of help to overcome the crisis. 02:04 DOES COUPLE THERAPY WORK TO OVERCOME BETRAYAL? Yes. Betrayal is an event in the life of the couple that can be addressed in therapy and can be, through therapeutic work, integrated and overcome in the life history of the couple. 02:24 HOW LONG DOES COUPLE THERAPY LAST? The duration of couple therapy depends on the nature of the conflict, the interpretations that each partner gives to the situation, the communication and relational dynamics and also on how much each of the two partners feels they can invest in a change. 02:47 ARE THERE SPECIFIC EXERCISES FOR COUPLES TO DO AT HOME? Yes. For example, you can propose to the couple a role exchange, that is, ask both partners in an agreed and defined time, to exchange roles with each other; or you can give a paradoxical prescription, that is, ask both members of the couple to do, in the relational and communication dynamics that recur most often, exactly the opposite of what is usually done, and all of this will then be taken up again as a work theme during the sessions. 03:27 WHY START COUPLE THERAPY? Usually couples in crisis turn to a psychotherapist with the request to do couple therapy, but even the most "functioning" couples can benefit from therapy, to strengthen the bond, improve communication or deal with stressful life events. HOW MUCH DOES COUPLE THERAPY COST? Couple sessions at the Santagostino Medical Center cost 55 euros, if done on-site, and 50 euros if done online. Visit our website and discover our services https://www.santagostino.it/it/ambula... ----- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: @salutesantagostino / @salutesantagostino Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cmsantagostino.us1.list-manag... Read our content on: Website: https://www.cmsantagostino.it Santagostino Psyche: https://psiche.cmsantagostino.it Follow us on our social networks: Instagram: / centromedic. . Facebook: / cmsantagostino Twitter: / cmsantagostino