Couples and Relationship Drama Therapy
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes" - Marcel Proust
I offer couples therapy through a drama therapy approach, supporting partners to explore relational dynamics, emotional patterns and communication in creative and embodied ways. Drama therapy allows couples to work with experiences as they unfold in the moment, helping deepen understanding of how personal history and shared patterns shape the relationship. Sessions are offered online and in person in Johannesburg, South Africa.
How Drama Therapy Supports Couples and Relationships
Even the most loving couples run into challenges from time to time. Sometimes it is possible to weather the storm and the sun emerges again. At other times, however, it can feel as though, in our most intimate relationship, we are caught between a rock and a hard place: a perpetual storm, or endless, featureless cloudy days. Drama Therapy uses creative and embodied techniques, to help partners identify and challenge unhelpful relationship patterns by uncovering developmental and trauma histories which may be playing out between the couple, and practising more helpful relational skills.
Trauma‑Aware Couples Work
Since trauma often has a relational component, aspects of each partner’s personal history may emerge within couples therapy. My embodied and trauma‑informed approach aims to establish a safe enough therapeutic space, allowing these experiences to be attended to relationally within the session. Often, part of healing the couple involves supporting one or both partners to understand and regulate traumatic responses that are activated within the relationship, with the other present as witness.
At times, these experiences may feel too overwhelming to work with directly in the couple dynamic. In such cases, a small number of individual sessions can be helpful, allowing grounding and preparatory work to take place, supporting nervous‑system regulation and emotional capacity before returning to the couple work.
First Session / Once-off sessions
R 1500 (South Africa & SADAC)
50min Session
R1000 (South Africa & SADAC)
Online and In‑Person Couples Therapy
Block of 4-6
R 4200-6200 (South Africa & SADAC)
I ideally like to work in blocks of 4-6 sessions with couples as this allows for a deeper engagement with the work.
Couples Therapy Fees (Online & In-person)
Both online and in‑person couples therapy offer meaningful opportunities for relational work, though the setting shapes how the process unfolds. In‑person sessions allow for shared physical space and more opportunities for direct use of movement and proximity (where appropriate), while online sessions invite couples to work with embodiment, imagination, and interaction within their own environments. Drama therapy adapts well to online work, using creative methods such as metaphor, role reflection, symbolism, and embodied awareness that do not rely on physical enactment alone.
In both contexts, attention is given to pacing, emotional regulation, and nervous‑system safety, with careful consideration of what feels manageable for the couple in the moment. Online sessions can offer accessibility and flexibility for couples where busy schedules, travel or differing locations threaten to interfere with therapy. While in‑person work may feel grounding and having a third, neutral space for therapy can be helpful. Which option works best is couple dependant and together we can attend to which setting best supports presence, safety, and relational engagement.
70-90min Session
R1500 (South Africa & SADAC)
