The same argument keeps coming back. You feel more like roommates than partners. Sometimes you care about each other, but struggle to feel heard.
Happy Lab offers couples, marriage and premarital counselling in Jayanagar, Bangalore, and online across India. Work with a Gottman-trained counsellor to understand recurring conflict, explore trust concerns and practise ways of communicating that fit your relationship.
Understand what relationship counselling involves, when to consider it and how to attend.
Relationship counselling gives partners a guided space to talk about their difficulties, understand recurring patterns and work on communicating in healthy ways. At Happy Lab, couples can explore recurring conflict, emotional distance, misunderstandings, differences in needs and expectations, love languages and trust-related concerns.
Consider counselling when the same arguments keep repeating, you feel disconnected or important conversations about family, money, children or intimacy feel stuck. You can also come before marriage to discuss expectations and how you handle differences between you.
Yes. Happy Lab offers online couples and marriage counselling across India, alongside in-person sessions in Jayanagar, Bangalore. Choose the format that works for you when booking.
Relationship difficulties can show up in everyday conversations. Couples counselling offers space to explore what keeps happening, whether you are dating, married or preparing for marriage.
We keep having the same argument without resolving it.
One of us shuts down while the other tries harder to be heard.
We feel more like roommates than partners.
Trust has been affected by secrecy, lying or infidelity.
Money, parenting or family expectations keep becoming conflict.
We care about each other, but feel distant or misunderstood.
A disagreement about chores, money or time together can become a familiar cycle. One of you tries harder to be heard, the other pulls away, and both feel more disconnected.
In couples counselling, we look at how the conversation unfolds, what each of you needs and where a different response might help. Understanding the pattern gives you something specific to work on together.
Express your needs, expectations and vulnerabilities, and listen to your partner’s experience. Discuss subjects you have been avoiding and work on clearer conversations and healthier ways to resolve conflict.
Explore what happens before, during and after disagreements. Notice how criticism, defensiveness or withdrawal can keep an argument going, and identify where you could respond differently.
Try practical changes, such as asking for a pause or expressing a concern more clearly. Review with your counsellor what helped, what was difficult and what to work on next.
Explore relationship and marriage concerns through conversations about the life you want to build together.
We begin with your relationship story, the concerns bringing you to counselling and what each of you wants to work towards. Together, we explore the pattern around conflict and choose practical steps to try.
Our work draws on the Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Transactional Analysis (TA). Your counsellor explains the approach and reviews progress with you.
More about our approachLearn about the counsellor’s training and choose the support that fits your concerns.
Vandana offers couples, marriage and premarital counselling. She holds a Master’s in Clinical Psychology and has completed Gottman Method Level 1 and Level 2 training. Her work helps partners explore recurring patterns and practise changes in how they communicate.
Focus: Couples counselling, relationship difficulties and premarital counselling.Marriage counselling is couples counselling for married partners. Couples counselling also supports partners who are dating or in a committed relationship. Happy Lab offers relationship, marriage and premarital counselling.
Yes. You can begin with individual counselling to explore your feelings and relationship concerns. It is different from working together in couples counselling. Visit our individual counselling page to learn about support for coming on your own.
You discuss what brings you to counselling, your relationship history and what each of you wants help with. Your counsellor explores the concerns with you and discusses where to begin. You can ask questions about the approach and next steps.
Yes. Happy Lab offers online couples and marriage counselling across India. Attend from a private space where you can both speak comfortably. If you are joining from different locations, discuss the arrangements with our team before booking.
In-person couples counselling is available at Happy Lab in Jayanagar 3rd Block, South Bangalore. See the location details on this page.
Counselling can provide space to discuss what happened, its effect on trust and what each partner needs next. Your counsellor can help you explore possible steps. Rebuilding trust takes time, and the outcome differs for each couple.
The current fee and session length are shown when selecting a couples appointment. You can also contact our team before booking.
There is no fixed number for every couple. Your goals, concerns and progress guide the pace. Discuss the plan with your counsellor and review it as the work continues.
Your counsellor explains confidentiality, its limits and how information shared by each partner is handled. You can ask about privacy before booking and at the start of your sessions.
Book couples counselling in Jayanagar, Bangalore, or online across India. Choose a counsellor who offers couples sessions and select an available time. If you have questions about getting started, speak with our team.
