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Balmain East, Australia

relationshiproom.com.au
Psychologist· Individual & Family Services· Marriage or relationship counselor

The Relationship Room Reviews | Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)

The Relationship Room is located in Balmain East, Australia on 62A Darling St. The Relationship Room is rated 4.2 out of 5 in the category psychologist in Australia. The Relationship Room is a place for all couples and individuals experiencing relationship stress. This stress can present in different ways. Infidelity, intimacy, communication breakdown and disconnect are relevant and common issues we deal with day to day. These problems do manifest in various ways for each couple and affect their ability to function together and alone. The Relationship Room acts as a intervention or a (pit stop) to regroup, rewrite and create positive changes when the opportunity for change to take place arises.

Address

62A Darling St

Phone

+61 295559115

Company size

1-10 employees

Headquarters

Balmain East, NSW

Founded

2014

Amenities

Toilets

Open hours

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amaani hatoum

Such a beautiful practice. The staff are lovely and attentive and create such a great atmosphere. Everyone I encountered was very friendly and professional.

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Bobby M

I can’t give a business like this a one star rating because perhaps for some it might work. It’s such a personal thing. But my experience was anything but positive. A psychologist who in the very first meeting started levelling accusations of aggression when simply using body language to describe frustrating situations in relationships when it supposed to be an opportunity to open up? Accused of cutting off her and my partner talking when quite literally I asked if it would be ok to finish talking before they interjected as it was becoming difficult to see where the dialogue was going. Zero direction and planning from the outset of what we were looking to achieve or how we should steer the conversation and importantly guidance from the therapist. If you wish to spend money on a nice setting but no clarity or professionalism book here. If you want results look elsewhere.

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Qwerty

About six sessions in, we didn't cover any real ground. We did go over each of our individual histories which, whilst I'm not a psychologist, seemed like a waste of time and money, at least for couples therapy. The learnings here are that if I sought out couples therapy again: I would set realistic goals and expect us to have met them in 2-3 sessions time: Typically couples go to therapy when they're on their last leg's - they don't have the liberty to wait 10 weeks for a granular historical analysis, in my view. Ultimately our therapist wasn't the right one for us: We didn't set any goals or proceed with anything solution-oriented. I can't rate her higher as although she didn't work for us, she may work for some.

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JJS

I've seen many psychologists and psychiatrists over the years. We were referred by my GP as being one of the better relationship counseling service providers. Beyond the opposite. My partner and I went in for a session, and after just one session we both felt the therapist was extremely biased towards one of us. This is absolutely wrong. A therapist is there to be impartial and provide insight and help. They did nothing of the sort. Without going into major details, of course, I created a problem in our relationship not my partner, and the moment we walked out my partner even said that he felt as if this therapist took only his side and point of view. Which of course in any other circumstance would be correct, but not when seeking help with a relationship. I'd avoid at ALL costs. I provided my GP with the feedback as well and I wasn't the first with this feedback. Although we had booked individual sessions in the future. We cancelled them with well more than the 48 hours notice required. And yet we were harassed several times, calls, emails, SMS's from reception and even the therapist themself. Calling to see if and when we wanted to make another booking to come in. This made our opinion of The "Relationship" Room even more appalling. And after reading another review saying that it was mainly a waste of money, I couldn't agree more. That's an hour we can never get back. But if you truly value an impartial "mediator", please do yourself a favour and look elsewhere.

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Jocelyn Bell

I went here with my ex partner for about 8 sessions. Rachel is a lovely person. She uses Gottman Therapy, which is evidence-based, which is why I chose her. She also screened up front for mental health diagnoses, which seemed sensible. Unfortunately we didn’t gain anything tangible from the sessions, so overall it was an expensive experiment. My main disappointment is that Rachel doesn’t start a series of sessions by identifying the level of commitment each party has to the relationship. Some questions about commitment to change would have quickly established that the counselling time would be better spent negotiating a separation. A friend who is a clinical psych starts the first joint session by asking each partner (starting with the one who didn’t book the session) to score out of 10 how much they’re willing to change to save the relationship. A big discrepancy in scores makes it clear that the goal should be negotiating separation, not rebuilding the relationship. Rachel also often didn’t identify a goal for the session, so it tended to drift. She let my partner dominate most joint sessions (over 80% of airtime). She seemed to be too polite to rein him in, so I didn’t feel I was heard by her or by him. She also didn’t do a quick review at the end of the session about whether we’d found it helpful, which is common practice for clinical psychologists. That would have helped her improve her effectiveness. I think Rachel could be great if your relationship is still strong, and you’re both committed to strengthening it. But she’s not the right choice for a relationship in serious trouble.

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Monique Pitre

Lovely atmosphere and clinic space, staff are welcoming and friendly. It has been a great space for my husband and I.

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Tahyna (Tozzi) MacManus

The Relationship Room is fantastic. Wonderful, knowledgable and very thoughtful towards clients and their needs. Stunning location and very comfortable.

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Dr Anna Cohen

The team at the relationship room are incredible.

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