Keeping a relationship healthy is hard enough under ordinary circumstances. Add living abroad, or a cross-cultural marriage, and it gets more complicated again.
People come to couples counselling for all sorts of reasons: infidelity, sexual difficulties, differences in parenting style, or simply drifting apart without quite knowing when it started. There is no threshold you have to reach before it’s worth talking to someone.
Sooner tends to work better
Research has found that couples often stay in an unhappy relationship for up to six years before seeking counselling. You don’t need to wait that long, and outcomes tend to be better for couples who come earlier rather than later.
How well couples counselling works depends a great deal on what both people want from it. For some that means communicating more effectively. For others it means learning how to support one another better, or deciding together what happens next. The most useful thing you can do is set those goals openly with the therapist at the start.
Who we work with
We see expat couples, Thai couples and cross-cultural couples in Bangkok. Sessions are in English. Dr. Mason also speaks German and Thai.
If the difficulty is between parents and children, or wider family rather than a couple, see family conflict. If you would rather talk this through on your own first, without your partner in the room, see relationship problems.
Privacy, plainly stated
What you tell us stays with us.
What you share is protected under the same professional confidentiality standards that govern licensed psychologists and counsellors. We don’t confirm to anyone, including family or employers, that you’re a client here.
Like any licensed practitioner, there are narrow, legally defined situations (such as imminent risk of serious harm) where confidentiality has limits. We’ll explain exactly what those are before your first session.
If you’d rather not share your full name at first, that’s fine, tell us what to call you and we’ll go from there. Read more about confidentiality
Get in touch
Reach out, at your own pace.
A message here doesn’t commit you to anything. Ask a question, describe what’s going on, or just say hello, we’ll take it from there.
Your message is treated as confidential. Sessions take place in a quiet, discreet office building, or online.