Transform Your Relationship
from Powerless to Empowered
Customized evidence-based therapy for International Couples from a Certified Gottman Method Therapist. Understand each other better, improve communication, resolve conflicts, and build a stronger relationship. Available online.
Before breaking-up, try to break free from dysfunctional patterns
I am a psychotherapist and Certified Gottman Therapist, and I’ve been trained directly with Julie and John Gottman. I’m Gottman Seven Principles Workshop Leader and American Psychological Association International Affiliate. I have also a background in cognitive-behavioral and dialectical-behavioral therapy.
I routinely work in English with international couples, expats, and in long-distance relationships.
I offer online and In-person therapy services in English and Italian, including individual counseling, couples therapy, and coaching.
I also offer marathon couples therapy, an innovative and intensive alternative to the usual weekly sessions. This method involves a condensed and concentrated approach to couple counseling, allowing ample time to tackle specific issues and steer your relationship back on course. Depending on your needs, you will engage in sessions over a single day or over three consecutive days.
Participants in Marathon Couples Therapy benefit from a scientific evaluation of their relationship conducted by the Gottman Love Lab, a unique resource globally. This thorough relationship assessment identifies areas for significant improvement, enabling you to progress toward a stronger, more connected, and hopeful relationship.
Gottman Method
I use the Gottman Method because it integrates emotionally oriented, existential, humanistic and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy techniques, as well as incorporating knowledge from neuroscience and Porges’ polyvagal theory. This multidisciplinary approach allows couples’ issues to be addressed holistically, comprehensively, and effectively.
The Gottman Method is based on several decades of research conducted on thousands of couples by John Gottman, who identified the communication dynamics most typically associated with divorce or relationship breakdown in the short and long term.
As a result of the observations made and the extensive clinical experience of John and Julie Gottman, was developed The ‘Sound Relationship House’ theory, that is the foundation of the Gottman method. This approach aims to consolidate the various components that research has shown to be crucial to relationship satisfaction and stability.
Benefits of the therapeutic process:
gain clarity
Through comprehensive relationship assessments, we’ll identify key patterns and dynamics, giving you a clear roadmap of your relationship’s strengths and areas for growth.
Using a combination of Gottman Method and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy techniques, you’ll learn and practice powerful skills to communicate effectively, manage emotions, and resolve conflicts constructively.
I will empower you with customized action plans between sessions, progressively building your couple’s autonomy and confidence to create the relationship you envision.
Some examples about when get in touch with me:
- when confronting each other about a problem there is a feeling of hurting each other and 'going around in circles' without solving anything;
- you feel criticized, belittled, or not taken seriously by your partner;
- you avoid conflict or explode in an aggressive and disrespectful form of each other;
- you are uncertain or ambivalent about wanting to continue the relationship;
- you have repeatedly considered divorce/break-up, with or without having spoken to your partner;
- there has been a betrayal and/or another important incident that has broken the trust between you and you do not know how to rebuild it
- you have different attachment styles: one perceives the other as too distant, and vice versa the other feels the former as too dependent/attached
- you have difficulty managing parenting and the changes associated with the arrival of a new child
- you disagree in matters of economic/financial management;
- the conflict involves a high intensity of physiological activation (e.g. your heartbeat accelerates noticeably);
- you argue periodically and you feel like that you are dealing with a 'stone-wall';
- you feel emotionally distant and alone when you are together;
- you feel that you are not listened to by the other when making decisions;
- your sexual intimacy is reduced and/or there are problems;
- you have the feeling that you are repeating the same behavioural pattern already acted out with other partners and/or in your family of origin;
- there is an addiction problem, whether behavioural or substance-related (pornography, gambling, alcohol, etc.);
- there is a neurodiverse condition in the couple (e.g. autism, Asperger's, ADHD) that impacts on the relationship and is difficult to manage;
- in the couple there are psychological/health conditions of one of the partners (anxiety, depression, degenerative illness, chronic illness, etc.) that you find difficult to manage;
FAQ
Individual sessions are 50’ or 60’ long. Couple sessions are 90’ or 120’ long. Length varies depending on agreements and needs.
Sessions costs 90€/hr.
Some sliding scales slots could be provided. Subjected to availability.
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Individual and couple therapy and coaching on-line
Gottman Method Certified Therapist
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Coaching
Once you have completed the form, you will be contacted for a 20-minute consultation call
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Dr. Angelo Mussoni. All Right Reserved.
VAT Number 03256950407
Main office: Via Euterpe n. 3 47900 Rimini ITALY