Short-term couples therapy

Short-Term Couples Therapy to Build a Strong, Healthy Relationship

Living without a family support system is a deep feeling of having no one to lean on
not in times of joy, nor in times of crisis. A deep sense of not belonging, of having no roots to hold on to, to cuddle with, and to find comfort in.

When you carry everything alone, you deal with a high emotional load and need a stable space that teaches beneficial communication, emotional separation, and genuine relief for the relationship.

Could you stop maintaining the relationship in survival mode? In therapy, I will help you build a healthy, stable, and supportive relationship that enhances your well-being and eases emotional burdens. Therapy offers a safe space for beneficial communication and emotional separation, making relationships more fulfilling.

What happens to a relationship when there is no family to support it from behind?

If you found yourself in three sentences or more , it may be your time to start therapy in a couple's constellation:

“Everything falls on me - I have no one to consult with”

The emotional burden, the decisions, the responsibility – it all stays between you. Sometimes it brings you closer, but mostly it wears you down. Without family support, you are on the front lines, alone.

“I feel alone in the world”

The relationship has become the only place where you have a sense of belonging. All needs – emotional, social, practical – are concentrated in one relationship. It's too much.

“I am worn out”

When everything depends only on you, there is no respite. Even the small moments turn into drama. A simple quarrel gains the power of a war.

“I argue about how to raise the children”

Your past is different. The parental figures are not. The gaps between you become a permanent arena of conflict – rather than a shared conversation.

“I expect my partner to be everything for me”

The expectations are burdensome. The boundaries blur. And you forget what it is to be two – without losing yourselves.

Therapy in a couple’s constellation will allow you to build a stable internal base,
one that holds even when there is no family or supportive emotional backing behind you.

Is it right for you? Let’s talk

In couples therapy, you will receive an experience that will bring you back to the good foundation of your relationship

Feel more together and less alone.

Discover each other anew,
with fewer defenses and more closeness.

Talk without fear and without falling.

Learn to communicate in a way that allows both understanding and personal freedom.

Identify patterns before they explode.

Build a relationship that holds
even in moments of crisis.

Argue less - and understand more.

Live knowing that you both carry the relationship together
and will not feel alone in it.

From the clinic

What do those who have already been in therapy say?

Hi, I'm Sivan Avni

I am Sivan, an expert in couples therapy for relationships without a supportive family system

I accompany couples who seek to build a stable, vibrant, and present relationship together – whether facing communication challenges, trust issues, or emotional disconnection. It is possible to create a new couple’s space to develop in together, one that allows you to be as you truly are – with the differences, gaps, vulnerabilities, and the desire to meet truly. To this end, I developed the approach of Couples Constellation Therapy – an emotional-systemic therapy that brings your couple’s story together with the family patterns that have been ingrained beneath the surface, and allows movement towards an intimate partnership that does not depend on similarity – but on presence.

My approach is based on a unique combination of: Family Constellation, Differentiation and worthiness, tools from the Gottman method, and Integrative Somatic Psychology for trauma treatment.

Therapy is a journey designed to help you rediscover the possibility of being in a relationship without losing yourself. Through structured sessions, you will explore your relationship patterns, gain new insights, and learn practical tools to foster a healthier, more fulfilling connection. This clarity and confidence will help you feel safe and supported on your path forward.

What does the process include?

Couples therapy in the couple's constellation approach is a sensitive and structured process connecting systemic vision, conversation, movement, and practice.

We will create a couple's language based
on closeness, not aggression

We will identify patterns from the past
that manage us in the relationship

We will practice emotional separation - a basis
for a relationship that holds without suffocating

We will build an independent couple's identity
separate from the families of origin

How does it work?

A few technical and practical details

During therapy, we will explore together the roots of your difficulties – from the daily routine to the patterns that came from your family of origin. We will combine conversation with experiential couple exercises to ensure you can actually experience the change in your body, not just talk about it.

How long does the treatment last?

Each session is an hour and a half, the average treatment process lasts 16 sessions (four to six months).

How much does it cost?

₪600 per hour and a half session
paid in advance when booking the session.
(Bit/Paybox)

Where does the session take place?

The session takes place at the Tivon clinic or securely online via Zoom.
(in a secure manner)

I get asked a lot

Answers to frequently asked questions about couples therapy

Is couples therapy possible with only one of the partners? And is it possible to add the partner to me later?

It is possible to conduct individual therapy focused on the content of a relationship. The constellation shows again and again that when one of the partners changes the dynamics, there are healing ripples that spread throughout the system. However, it is important for me to qualify - this is individual therapy and not couples therapy, which in its essence is therapy with both partners.

The therapeutic alliance between me and you is created at the beginning of the process, whether it is a couples therapy process or an individual therapy process, so it is not accurate to add the partner to an existing process after a therapeutic alliance has already been established in an individual setting.

When you change the way you talk, listen, and touch each other, the children feel it, even if not a word is said. In a healthy relationship, children encounter a new language of closeness, boundaries, and trust. They learn what intimacy based on reciprocity is, what softness within conflict is, and what a relationship that allows freedom and not dependence looks like. Instead of just talking about beneficial parenting, you are demonstrating it. This is one of the deepest gifts you can give them.

Basically, in online therapy, my clinic is the Zoom room where we meet. You sit in front of a Zoom screen on your computer, on the sofa in your living room. With coffee, tea, a blanket, and slippers, and I meet you on the screen in ZOOM, which is a secure platform that protects your privacy.

Online therapy is just as effective as couples therapy in the clinic, and studies since the Corona era from around the world prove this as well.

Online therapy is especially suitable for those who live far from my physical clinic and for those whose availability for treatment does not align with the clinic's morning opening hours.

A meeting lasts about an hour and a half and costs ₪600.

Payment is made in advance upon booking, in order to reserve the time for you in my calendar.

You can book a meeting through the website or by phone and sending Paybox / Bit/bank transfer.

An average process lasts 12-16 meetings

Weekly in the first half of the process

And then we space out the meeting frequency to once every two weeks.

I am here to help you rediscover
the genuine connection that lies at the heart of your relationship.

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Ready to begin?
Let’s start this journey together.

Let’s start with a brief introductory call, free of charge and commitment.
Sometimes, this small step changes everything.
The sessions take place
online via Zoom / face-to-face in Tivon, according to your choice

Your journey begins here.

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Your journey begins here.

A few details before we move on to WhatsApp