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Couples Therapy in Mumbai: Relationship and Marital Support
The same fight, in a loop. Long silences. A decision neither of you can say out loud. Couples counselling gives the two of you a calmer room and someone neutral in it. Couples therapy in Mumbai or online can work with both of you together, or with one partner alone.
This is for married, living-in and dating couples, and for anyone thinking it through alone first. Trijog’s psychologists and counsellors meet you together or one-to-one, in person in Mumbai or online. You do not both have to be ready. One of you can start.
- Private, one to one
- In person at our Mumbai centres, or online
- Psychologists and counsellors who do not take sides
Couples Therapy Or Individual Therapy?
Both can help a relationship. Here is a simple way to think about which to start with.
Couples therapy
Best when
You both want to work on the relationship
Focus
Patterns between you: fights, distance, trust, decisions
Format
Both partners in the room, in Mumbai or online
Individual therapy
Best when
Your partner will not come yet, or you need space to think
Focus
Your own feelings, choices and part in the pattern
Format
One to one, in Mumbai or online
Get help now
- Being hit, threatened or controlled by a partner
- Fearing for your safety or your children's safety
- Thoughts of ending your life or harming yourself
Your safety comes first. Call 112 in an emergency, or the National Commission for Women helpline on 7827170170. Couples therapy is not the right first step when there is abuse.
What We Help With
Pick what feels closest to your situation. Not sure which one? That is fine, we can work it out in the first conversation.
Marriage and long-term relationships
For couples who are years in and no longer sure how to reach each other.
Years in, a relationship can go quiet. You manage the house, the money and the children well, and barely talk otherwise. Sessions look at how the two of you actually spend time together, and at what changed.
- Conversations stay on logistics and children
- You feel more like flatmates than partners
- Small kindnesses have stopped, both ways
- Time alone together keeps getting postponed
Naming what changed, rebuilding everyday connection, and working out together what you both want this to look like.
Constant fighting and communication
The same argument, on repeat, however it starts.
Most couples fight about a handful of things, again and again. What matters is how a fight opens and whether either of you can cool it down. Sessions slow the pattern and look closely at the first few minutes.
- A small thing turns into an hour
- One of you pushes, the other goes silent
- Old incidents come back into every fight
- You say things later you wish you had not
Seeing your own pattern, softer openings, a real break when it gets heated, and repair afterwards.
Trust, affairs and rebuilding
After a betrayal, when you are both still deciding what happens next.
An affair, hidden money, a hidden phone. Trust breaks in different ways and the hurt is real. Sessions make room for the injury first, then for honest talk about what each of you needs now.
- Checking phones, messages or location
- The same questions asked many times over
- One wants to move on, the other cannot yet
- Apologies that do not land
Working through the hurt without rushing it, honesty at a pace you can both hold, and a clear look at what rebuilding would take.
Closeness and intimacy
When affection, touch or sex has become hard to talk about.
Desire shifts with stress, sleep, health, medicines, a new baby and age. When it becomes hard to raise, the distance grows quietly. Sessions turn it into an ordinary conversation, at whatever pace suits you both.
- You want closeness at different times
- Touch has become only about sex, or has stopped
- One of you avoids the bedroom
- Neither of you raises it any more
Talking about desire and touch without blame, and checking whether health, pain or medicines are part of it, with a doctor if needed.
Separation, divorce and co-parenting
For couples deciding, parting, or trying to parent well after.
Some couples come to decide, some have already decided. Either way the practical and emotional load is heavy, and children feel the temperature at home. Sessions hold both parts without pushing you in either direction.
- You are stuck between staying and going
- You only talk through the children
- Family and money pressure pull opposite ways
- The children ask questions you cannot answer
Thinking it through without pressure, lowering the conflict children see, and steady arrangements for them if you do part.
Before marriage: expectations, families and in-laws
Talk it through before the wedding, not after the first year.
Money, work, where you will live, children, religion, how much say each family gets. These often go unsaid until they turn into a fight. Premarital sessions put the awkward questions on the table while it is still easy to talk.
- Arranged or love, money has never been discussed
- The two families expect different things
- You are unsure about living with in-laws
- One of you assumes children, the other has not thought about it
Structured conversations about money, living arrangements, family roles and children, plus how the two of you handle a disagreement.
Also Here For You
People often come to us for these too:
Living with in-laws
Shared kitchen, shared decisions, very little privacy. We look at boundaries that are realistic for your actual home, not an imported version of it.
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Parenting disagreements
One strict, one soft, and the children learning who to ask. Sessions help you agree a line the two of you can both hold in front of them.
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Distance, travel and two cities
Different cities, shifts that never match, or a marriage held together over video calls. The strain is real and it is workable.
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Why This Kind Of Support Helps
The relationship is what we work on
Neither of you is the problem to be fixed. The work is on the pattern between you, so nobody leaves the room as the accused.
Family is part of the picture here
In Indian homes a marriage rarely stands on its own. Parents, in-laws, money and what people will say are usually in the room too, so we work with that rather than around it.
Two in the room is a different skill
Couple work is not individual counselling with an extra chair. It needs a therapist who can hold both sides and stay out of the fight.
No Crisis Needed
You can come while things still feel small, or hard to put into words.
How It Works
Reach out
First session
Agree what you are working on
Review as you go
What A First Session Is Like
Mostly listening. Your therapist asks what brought you in now, what a bad week looks like, and what a good one looks like. Each of you gets some time alone in the room, which is routine and helps your therapist check that joint sessions are the right and safe step. Nobody is asked to decide anything that day.
Psychologists And Counsellors
For talking therapy, one to one, in person or online.
A Psychiatrist, If Needed
For a medical opinion when medicine is worth discussing.
Family, If You Want
Joint sessions with the people close to you, only if you choose.
If your partner will not come
Plenty of people start alone, and that is a real option rather than second best. One person changing how they respond can change the pattern at home.
- Come on your own first and see how it feels
- Your therapist can help you invite your partner without it becoming an ultimatum
- A single joint session is allowed, before either of you commits to more
- If your partner never comes, individual work still has plenty to do
If you need help right now
- If anyone at home is being hit, threatened, kept from leaving, or controlled through money or a phone, safety comes before counselling. Call 112. Couple sessions are not a safe step while this is happening, and there is a separate route: a protection officer or a legal aid service under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005.
- If you or your partner is thinking of ending your life or of self-harm, call 112 or go to the nearest hospital emergency. Tele-MANAS is free and open any time on 14416 or 1-800 891 4416.
- Trijog is not an emergency service. If a child at home is being hurt or is frightened, call 112. Outside India, call your local emergency number.
If any of these is happening, please do not wait for an appointment. Call 112 or go to the nearest hospital emergency. Tele-MANAS is free and open any time on 14416 or 1-800 891 4416.
Try A Free Self-Check
Not sure if this is a rough patch or something more? A short mood and stress check takes a few minutes. It is free, it is not a diagnosis, and you can share the result with your therapist.
Mood Check
Stress And Worry Check
Frequently Asked Questions
Fees depend on the therapist and the type of session, and a couple session may be priced differently from an individual one. Ask the team when you book, so there is nothing unexpected later.
What you share stays between you and your therapist. In couple work your therapist will tell you at the start how they handle something one of you says alone. There are a few exceptions, such as when someone’s safety is at serious risk or the law requires it.
You talk, your therapist listens and notices the pattern between you, and then the two of you practise doing it differently. Much of the change happens in the ordinary week between sessions, not in the room.
Either. Many people start alone. If you both come, your therapist will usually also meet each of you on your own for part of the first session.
Tell the team which language you are most comfortable in when you book, and they will match you with a therapist who speaks it.
Say so. You can ask to change therapists, or to stop. A poor fit is common, it is not a failure, and nobody will ask you to justify it.
Visit Our Centres
Meet your therapist in person at one of our three Mumbai centres, or join online from home.
Powai
406, 4th Floor, B-Wing, Powai Plaza, opp. Nirvana Park, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai 400076
Phone: 1800 202 7180
Time: Mon to Sat, 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
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Bandra
Office No. G6, Bandra Nicholas C.H.S Ltd, Sherlyn Rajan Road, Rizvi Complex, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050
Phone: 1800 202 7180
Time: Mon to Sat, 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
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Prabhadevi
Dr. Palep's Polyclinic, Manoj Co-Operative Hsg Society, Shankar Ghanekar Marg, opp. Rachana Sansad College of Architecture, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400025
Phone: 1800 202 7180
Time: Mon to Sat, 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
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Start With One Conversation
You do not need the right words ready. Tell us what has been going on, and we will take it from there.
If you are thinking of ending your life or harming yourself, or you feel unsafe right now, call 112 or go to the nearest hospital emergency. For free support any time, call the government’s Tele-MANAS helpline on 14416 or 1-800 891 4416. Trijog is not an emergency service. Outside India, call your local emergency number.
Educational content, not therapy or a diagnosis. A Trijog therapist can help with what is yours specifically.