Couples Counselling Dublin 9

D9 Therapy & Wellness

Couples Counselling in Dublin: Finding the Right Therapist for Your Relationship

Understanding your relationship, improving communication and finding the right support together.

Relationships can be some of the most meaningful parts of our lives, but they can also bring challenges that are difficult to navigate alone. Whether you're experiencing frequent arguments, struggling to communicate, feeling emotionally disconnected or trying to rebuild trust, couples counselling can offer an opportunity to understand each other better and work towards positive change.

At D9 Therapy & Wellness in Santry, Dublin 9, we understand that no two relationships are the same. Every couple has their own history, experiences, communication styles and challenges. That's why finding a therapist whose experience and approach align with your needs can make an important difference.

You don't need to be on the verge of separation to attend couples counselling. Sometimes, seeking support earlier can help prevent smaller difficulties from becoming bigger problems.

What Can Couples Counselling Help With?

Couples counselling provides a confidential space where both partners can explore their relationship with the support of a trained professional.

Some common reasons couples seek therapy include:

  • Communication difficulties: Feeling unheard, misunderstood or struggling to express your needs without arguments.
  • Frequent arguments: Repeating the same disagreements without finding a resolution.
  • Emotional disconnection: Feeling more like housemates than partners, or noticing that affection and closeness have faded.
  • Trust and infidelity: Working through betrayal, jealousy, dishonesty or difficulties rebuilding trust.
  • Intimacy and sexual difficulties: Navigating differences in sexual desire, intimacy, affection or sexual concerns.
  • Family and parenting challenges: Managing disagreements around parenting, family expectations or relationships with extended family.
  • Major life transitions: Adjusting to marriage, parenthood, relocation, bereavement, financial pressures or other significant changes.
  • Considering separation: Exploring your feelings, understanding your options and navigating difficult decisions with greater clarity.

Couples counselling isn't about deciding who is right or wrong. It is about understanding the patterns that develop between partners, recognising each other's experiences and finding healthier ways to move forward.

Which Couples Counsellor Might Be Right for You?

At D9 Therapy, we have several therapists offering couples and relationship counselling. Each brings a different professional background and therapeutic approach.

Depending on what you would like to work on, one therapist may be a particularly good starting point.

1. Virginia Pop – Cultural Differences, Communication and Relationship Transitions

📍 Based at 10 Lilmar Avenue, Santry

Virginia is a qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist with a Master's degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy and an integrative therapeutic approach. She also has a background in social care.

Virginia works with couples experiencing:

  • Repeated arguments and communication difficulties.
  • Emotional distance and feeling misunderstood.
  • Cultural differences, family expectations and differing values.
  • Challenges associated with migration and adapting to life between cultures.
  • Trust issues, jealousy and relationship betrayal.
  • Grief, loss and significant changes within a relationship.
  • Differences in intimacy, sexual desire and relationship expectations.
  • Parenting, financial pressures and other life stressors.
Virginia may be a particularly good match if: You and your partner come from different cultural backgrounds, are navigating different family expectations, or are finding it difficult to understand each other's perspectives. She also has experience supporting couples through relationship uncertainty, grief and major life changes.

Virginia offers couples counselling in both English and Romanian.

2. Sinéad Ní Fhionnachta – Family Dynamics, Conflict and Complex Relationship Challenges

📍 Based at 10 Lilmar Avenue, Santry

Sinéad is a qualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist with an MSc in Systemic Psychotherapy from University College Dublin (UCD). She has over 15 years of experience working therapeutically with children, young people, adults and families.

Her approach considers how our relationships, family histories, experiences and wider environments influence the difficulties we experience.

Sinéad works with couples experiencing:

  • Ongoing relationship difficulties and conflict.
  • Communication challenges.
  • Family disagreements and complicated family dynamics.
  • Separation and changes within family structures.
  • Addiction-related experiences and their impact on relationships.
  • Bereavement, grief and loss.
  • Emotional difficulties affecting the wider family.
  • Challenges involving parenting and relationships across generations.
Sinéad may be a particularly good match if: Your relationship difficulties are connected to wider family dynamics, parenting, separation, family conflict or longstanding patterns that involve more than just the two partners. Her systemic approach can help couples explore how these different influences affect their relationship.

Sinéad also works with individuals, families and young people.

3. Alex Bogomoletz – Communication, Emotional Reconnection and Rebuilding Trust

📍 Based at 307a Swords Road and 10 Lilmar Avenue, Santry

Alex holds degrees in Counselling and Psychotherapy and Psychology and has additional certification in couples therapy. He is a pre-accredited member of the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP).

His integrative approach draws on Person-Centred Therapy, Reality Therapy, Gestalt, CBT and Existential approaches. His couples work is informed by the Developmental Model of couples therapy, including differentiation and vulnerability cycles.

Alex supports couples experiencing:

  • Frequent arguments and recurring disagreements.
  • Communication difficulties.
  • Emotional distance and disconnection.
  • Trust and betrayal issues.
  • Sexual and relationship difficulties.
  • Difficulty expressing deeper feelings and emotional needs.
Alex may be a particularly good match if: You find yourselves caught in the same arguments, struggle to communicate without becoming defensive, or feel that you have gradually become disconnected from each other. His approach focuses on understanding each partner's experience, improving communication and developing a stronger emotional connection.

Alex welcomes couples across all gender, sexual and relationship diversity.

4. Noelle Shebani – Trust, Emotional Connection and Relationship Difficulties

📍 Based at 307a Swords Road, Santry

Noelle is a pre-accredited therapist with the APCP and holds a BA (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her additional training includes trauma care, perinatal support and breathwork.

Noelle offers couples therapy in a supportive, non-judgemental environment, helping partners explore the difficulties affecting their relationship.

She works with couples experiencing:

  • Communication difficulties and misunderstandings.
  • Emotional disconnection.
  • Trust issues and infidelity.
  • Intimacy and sexual concerns.
  • Ongoing conflict and recurring relationship patterns.
Noelle may be a particularly good match if: You are struggling to communicate, feel emotionally distant from your partner or want a supportive space to address trust, intimacy and ongoing disagreements.

Her approach aims to help partners better understand what is happening within their relationship and develop healthier ways of communicating and connecting.

5. Seán Wright – Sex, Intimacy, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity

📍 Based at 307a Swords Road, Santry

Seán is a fully accredited psychotherapist with the IACP. He has a particular interest in sexuality, intimacy, identity and relationships and is an affirming therapist for LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent clients.

He is also a Certified ADHD Clinical Services Provider and is undertaking specialist postgraduate training in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy.

Seán supports couples and relationships experiencing:

  • Differences in sexual desire and intimacy needs.
  • Difficulties with sexual connection and satisfaction.
  • Communication difficulties and emotional disconnection.
  • Infidelity and rebuilding trust.
  • Sexual performance anxiety and other psychosexual concerns.
  • Questions around sexuality and identity.
  • Relationship challenges involving ADHD and neurodivergence.
  • Difficulties within non-monogamous and polyamorous relationships.
Seán may be a particularly good match if: You want to work specifically on sexual intimacy, differences in desire, sexuality, identity or difficulties discussing sex within your relationship. He may also be a good fit for couples navigating neurodivergence or non-traditional relationship structures.

Seán takes an inclusive, sex-positive and non-judgemental approach to relationship therapy.

6. Abbey Martin – Communication Patterns and Practical Relationship Skills

📍 Based at 307a Swords Road, Santry

Abbey is a Counsellor and Psychotherapist with an MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy, specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Her approach combines CBT with traditional talk therapy, offering emotional support alongside practical skills to help clients manage difficulties.

Her listed areas of experience include:

  • Anxiety and stress.
  • Relationship difficulties.
  • Depression and low mood.
  • Self-esteem and confidence.
  • OCD.
  • Personal development.
Abbey may be worth considering if: You are interested in exploring how thoughts, behaviours and emotional responses affect your relationships and want to develop practical strategies for managing difficulties.

Abbey is listed on our couples counselling page. We recommend contacting her to confirm her current couples-session arrangements and whether her approach is the right fit for your particular concerns.

What If We Don't Know Which Therapist to Choose?

Choosing a therapist can feel like another difficult decision when you're already dealing with relationship challenges.

You don't need to have everything figured out before reaching out. You might know exactly what you want to work on, or you might simply know that something in your relationship isn't feeling right.

The most important thing is finding someone you both feel comfortable speaking with.

At D9 Therapy, we encourage couples to read through the individual therapist profiles and consider their experience, approach, location and availability.

If you're unsure who would be the best match, you can also contact us and explain briefly what you would like support with. We can help direct your enquiry towards an appropriate therapist.

What Happens During Couples Counselling?

The process can vary depending on the therapist, but couples counselling generally begins with an initial meeting where both partners have an opportunity to discuss their concerns and what they hope to achieve.

Sessions may involve:

  1. Understanding the relationship history and the challenges bringing you to therapy.
  2. Identifying recurring communication patterns and sources of conflict.
  3. Exploring each partner's feelings, needs and perspectives.
  4. Developing healthier communication and conflict-resolution skills.
  5. Working towards greater understanding, connection and clarity.

Some couples attend therapy to strengthen an already good relationship, while others come during particularly difficult periods. There is no single reason or stage at which counselling becomes appropriate.

Couples Counselling in Santry, Dublin 9

D9 Therapy & Wellness offers couples counselling at two locations in Santry:

  • 307a Swords Road, Santry
  • 10 Lilmar Avenue, Santry

Our therapists bring a range of qualifications, experience and therapeutic approaches, allowing couples to explore different options when looking for support.

Whether you're hoping to improve communication, rebuild trust, reconnect emotionally, work through intimacy difficulties or better understand your relationship, taking the first step can open up an opportunity for change.

You don't have to wait until things reach breaking point to ask for support.

Ready to Take the First Step?

Visit www.d9therapy.ie to explore our therapists, read their profiles and check availability.

If you're unsure who to choose, get in touch with our team and tell us a little about what you're looking for. We'll help guide you towards a suitable therapist.

D9 Therapy & Wellness
Couples Counselling in Santry, Dublin 9
307a Swords Road | 10 Lilmar Avenue

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