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Couples Therapy Assessment in Sydney

This page is for couples who want to start sensibly rather than in free-fall, and for individuals whose partner won’t come yet. The two-hour assessment is the entry point. It’s a real diagnostic, not a get-to-know-you session.
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A couples therapy assessment in Sydney should send you home knowing two things: what's going on in your marriage and what to do about it. Most first sessions don't get there. They use the hour on intake forms, history-taking, and the start of a conversation that hasn't found its footing by the time the clock runs out.

The two-hour assessment is built to land both. It's a clinical diagnostic, long enough to see the dynamic rather than just the symptoms, and long enough to start the work on the same day you booked to talk.

"Their whole workout is our warm-up. Why leave when you're finally getting started?"

There are four places to start

Each of the four services on this page suits a different situation.

  • The two-hour couples assessment is for couples who are not in acute crisis. Things are not where you want them. You’re not in free-fall either. You don’t need an emergency intervention. You need to understand what’s wrong so you can decide what to do about it.
  • Clarity Session is for couples who need clarity, not more uncertainty. Over two sessions, you’ll uncover what’s really happening and walk away with a clear answer and your next step.
  • The two-hour follow-up session is for couples continuing after the assessment or after an intensive. It’s the structure that keeps the work from unravelling once you’re back home.
  • The 90-minute individual coaching is for people whose partner won’t come yet. You can’t drag your partner into therapy. You shouldn’t try. What you can do is come alone, work out what’s going on, and start moving in a direction that compels your partner to come along next time. Most people booking individual counselling for relationship issues return with their partner soon after.

What you get in two hours

Four options. Each runs two hours unless otherwise noted.

Two-hour Couples Assessment

The main entry point. Both of you are in the room for two hours. It’s a clinical relationship assessment for couples in Sydney, diagnostic rather than ending with a discussion about what I see and a clear direction forward.

From there, you decide whether to book follow-up sessions, escalate to an intensive, or take what you’ve learned and try a different approach.

Clarity Session

For the couple stuck in should I stay or should I go. The full assessment, run across two sessions you book together. It does one thing: gets you to an answer.

We start with both of you in the room, then I see each of you on your own, which is where the truth tends to surface, and we finish together with a clear direction you both understand, even if you don’t both love it.

Diagnostic, not therapy. You walk out with an answer about the marriage, not a feeling about it, and a clear next step down one of the three roads.

Two-hour Follow-up Sessions

For couples who have done the assessment or an intensive and want regular work to keep the momentum.

The structure is the same as the assessment: two hours of clinical work, with an emphasis on skills and strategies you can use immediately.

90-Minute Individual Coaching

For people whose partner won’t come, or who need to work on their own side of the dynamic first.

The focus is on what one partner can change about a dynamic both are stuck in. Or for things you feel might be too tricky to address together. Solo work that moves a couple’s problem rather than just talking about it.

Booking the assessment

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  • The two-hour assessment is bookable directly through the website. Pick a time that works for both of you, complete the intake material, and arrive ready to do real work for two hours.
  • If you’re booking individual coaching, the same applies. Pick a time, complete the intake, and arrive ready.
  • If you’ve read this far and you’re not sure whether the assessment is the right starting point, contact us through the form. We’ll work out whether this or one of the intensives is the right format.

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Success Stories

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In my 1st session with Michael I realised that Michael "got me" like no other professional ever has. Michael pin pointed issues that I have had for more than 50 years that have held me back. He has helped me to improve my life and save our marriage. Even better the work we did was respectful and a lot more entertaining that I would ever have thought possible.
The fact that Michael was able to tactfully work around my wall of resistance to even keep me in the room should be a testimony to his calibre as a therapist. Over the following four months he was able to dissect 12 years of marital dysfunction and elicit practical commitments from both of us to start rewriting our relationship. Michael has the uncanny ability to walk a fine line between empathy and calling you on your shit. If you’re convinced that your marriage is over - give yourself the gift of certainty that you really have tried your best.
If Michael can’t save your marriage then no one can and you can leave with a clear conscious. I promise you he will heal many of your wounds, give you great insight into your negative love patterns and he just might perform a miracle for your marriage.

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*Names have of course been changed.

A Personal Message from Michael Myerscough

Your Couples Therapist

When couples entrust me with their future – a priceless and delicate bond – I approach our work with the utmost precision, respect, and care. Just as a watchmaker diligently attends to each intricate detail, I strive to help couples navigate their relationship with a skilled hand.

Location: Sydney’s Upper North Shore

My relationship counselling office is in St Ives, Sydney’s Upper North Shore. Personally, I don’t think there’s a nicer place to get the support you’re looking for. I really do want to make this as painless as possible. If you’d like to know more then please get in touch.

Michael Myerscough, founder of The Reconnection Institute. Best Relationship Counsellor & Couples Therapist In Sydney. 25+ Years Experience Founder of The Reconnection Institute and the only Master Certified Relational Life Therapy practitioner in the Southern Hemisphere. 25 years of clinical work with couples in crisis, trained directly under Terry Real, Sue Johnson's EFT framework, and the Gottman Method.

Cancellation Policy

Our cancellation policy varies depending on the type of booking. For the 2-hour assessment or follow-up, we require a 48-hour notice; for the one-day couples retreat, a 10-day notice; for the two-day retreat, a 21-day notice; and for the three-day retreat, a 30-day notice. Please note that your deposit is non-refundable. For further details, please refer to our FAQs.

Payment Policy

When you book an appointment, you will pay a deposit equal to 50% of whatever you are booking to secure your appointment. The balance is due at your appointment, where you can pay by EFTPOS credit or debit card. Fees are inclusive of taxes.

Frequently Asked Questions

It’s a clinical diagnostic, not a get-to-know-you session. The first hour is both of you describing what you think is happening; the second is where the underlying pattern — the dynamic you can’t see because you’re inside it — gets named. You leave with a written summary of what’s going on and a clear next step, on the same day.

Fifty minutes is built for individual therapy and isn’t long enough for couples work. The first hour is taken up just hearing both sides. The second hour — the part most people have never had access to — is where the real diagnosis happens. Two hours also means the session can be closed properly, so you don’t leave with the lid off and nowhere to put it.

Then come on your own. The 90-minute individual coaching session is built for exactly this — working out your own side of a dynamic you’re both stuck in, and moving in a direction that often brings a reluctant partner along next time. You can’t drag someone into therapy, and you shouldn’t try.

The assessment is the entry point and must come first. The two-hour follow-up sessions are for couples continuing after the assessment or after an intensive — the structure that keeps the work from unravelling once you’re back home. Both run two hours and are clinical and skills-focused.

The two-hour assessment and the individual coaching are both bookable directly through the website — pick a time, complete the intake, and arrive ready to work. Prices are mentioned on the booking page.