FINDING GREAT LOVE IS JUST THE BEGINNING
BUILDING IT IS THE REST
A CONSIDERED APPROACH TO LOVE AND GROWTH. EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY FOR COUPLES, IN WODONGA AND ONLINE ACROSS AUSTRALIA, FOR COUPLES WHO WANT MORE THAN THE FAIRYTALE.
“WE WERE TOLD THAT IF IT'S REAL, IT SHOULD BE EASY. THAT LOVE SHOULD JUST WORK”
It's the kindest lie we're ever sold, and the loneliest. Because when it gets hard, you assume something is wrong with you, or with them.
The strongest relationships aren't the ones that never struggle. They're the ones that learn how to build, on purpose, with skill, at every stage. That's the work, and it can be learned.
HI, I’M NATALIE,
A couples therapist and supervisor certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), based in Wodonga and working with couples online across Australia, and the creator of the Great Love Framework.
I work with couples the way I wish we were all taught to love: with both the rom-com and the research. The feeling and the method, together.
WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
FOR EVERY STAGE OF LOVE
Most people think couples therapy is for crisis. It isn't. You can begin at any stage, and come back for life.
THE BEGINNING
You're building the foundation.
Pre-marriage and new commitment.
THE DRIFT
You've lost each other in the everyday.
You’re not broken, you’re just stuck.
THE RECKONING
Something has to change.
Repair and rebuild.
STILL BUILDING
You've built something good, and you want to keep it strong.
LOVE ISN’T LUCK
IT’S A FRAMEWORK YOU CAN LEARN
The Great Love Framework is the method beneath everything I teach. A way to understand what's really happening between you, and what to do about it in the moment it matters most.
WHAT THE PRACTICE IS BUILT ON
Before the sessions, the framework, and the words, there are four beliefs. They are the foundation the whole practice is built on, and they shape every moment we spend together.
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Great love is made, not found. The falling in love is the easy part, the beginning of the story, not the whole of it. What lasts is what you build together, on purpose, and over time.
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You will be supported here, never shamed. There is always a reason beneath the behavior, and you will never be made to feel wrong for the ways you have tried to cope. This is a space to be met with warmth and understanding.
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Feeling and method, together. I believe in the magic of love and in the science of what makes it last. My work holds both the romance and the evidence, the heart and the framework.
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Enter anywhere, return for life. Couples work is not only for crisis. You can begin at the beginning, in the drift, or at the reckoning, and come back whenever you need to. Love has seasons, and all of them are worth tending..
LOVE BETWEEN THE LINES
THE SERIALISED STORY
A monthly chapter on building great love, the rom-com and the research, that grows over a year into a book. Register your interest and you'll be first in when it opens.