Have you ever wondered whether your decisions are truly your own—or shaped by deep, unconscious ties to your family? In Unconscious Family Loyalties, our couples counsellor and clinical psychologist Dr. Hugo Gonzales explores how invisible expectations and roles passed down through generations can quietly dictate our choices and relationships. With warmth and clinical insight, Hugo offers practical tools for breaking free from these emotional contracts to live with greater authenticity. Hugo is available for couples seeking deeper clarity and connection in their relationships.
Whether you’re working through long-standing dynamics or navigating current challenges, couples counselling can provide the clarity and connection you’re looking for. In fact, around half of all married couples engage in therapy at some point. With the support of a neutral third-party observer, like Hugo or Christine, sessions offer a safe and structured space to build emotional connection, strengthen your bond, and work through issues with greater understanding. Couples counselling can be especially helpful in areas such as:
- communication skills
- conflict resolution skills
- intimacy difficulties
- parenting disagreements
- financial stress
- dealing with infidelity
Christine Weston and Dr Hugo Gonzales
At AB Clinical Psychology, we have two clinicians who offer couples counselling as part of their services.
In his work with couples, Hugo helps strengthen emotional connections, improve communication, and navigate relationship challenges by uncovering deeper dynamics and fostering understanding. His approach is warm, insightful, and tailored to each client’s needs, ensuring they feel supported as they work toward meaningful and lasting change. (Saturday appointments open, with immediate availability.)
Christine helps couples explore their communication styles, psychological defences, stress responses, attachment styles, ‘love languages’ and their psychological, emotional and physical attraction to each other; better understood by appreciating the influences of historical/childhood experiences in families of origin.
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