Couples Counselling Bendigo & Regional Victoria
with Jacqui Hogan
Looking for Help in Your Relationship?
Couples Counselling Online
Safe & Convenient Couples Counselling from the Comfort of Home
Hi I’m Jacqui, and I help couples from all over Victoria, including Bendigo, where I used to live.
Now based in McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula, I continue to support Bendigo clients and other regional Victorians with online couples counselling through Zoom.
As an experienced couples counsellor, I’m passionate about helping couples from the country. Whether you’re living on the farm or a professional in town. Together, we can get your relationship back on track with professional, compassionate support, all from the comfort of your own home.
Couples Counselling Retreat
In-Person Couples Counselling at our Private McCrae Location
For couples in the country looking for a more immersive experience, my Couples Counselling Retreat in McCrae is the perfect option. Also known as intensive marriage counselling, this approach is ideal for busy couples, parents, or those traveling from further away.
Over two full days, we’ll work together to repair your relationship, rebuild trust, and strengthen your connection. Regional Victorians often find this weekend retreat to be a transformative way to dedicate time to their relationship while enjoying the peaceful surroundings of the Mornington Peninsula.
McCrae is a relaxing coastal destination, offering the perfect setting to rekindle your connection while spending quality time together. Located just 2.5 hours from Bendigo—and even closer if you’re traveling from towns like Kyneton, Woodend, Macedon, or Gisborne—the retreat offers a convenient getaway to focus on your relationship.
Weekend appointments are available. Reach out to me today to discuss what’s happening in your relationship and to check retreat availability.
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No Barrier for Regional Victorians
‘Couples from the country’ can start Couples Counselling online, or see Jacqui in-person at her private McCrae location on the Mornington Peninsula.
Convenient Online Sessions
Connect with Jacqui via Zoom for effective couples counselling from the comfort of your home—perfect for busy schedules or rural locations.
In-Person Counselling
Repair your relationship at Jacqui’s peaceful and private McCrae location, just south of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula.
Longer Sessions for Deeper Progress
With 90-minute sessions, there’s plenty of time to have your say and feel heard and understood. Providing the space you need to make real breakthroughs.
Couples Counselling Retreat
Fast track relationship repair with our 2-day couples counselling retreat. A top choice for busy couples, devoted parents and those from rural areas seeking an empowering transformational experience.
Get in Touch
Get in touch for a free short chat about what’s going on for you, or let me give you a call back by filling out the form below.
If I believe I can help, let’s get you booked into a 90 minute discovery session with me.
Your discovery session is a welcome relief. It’s a positive experience for most couples, and you’ll feel much more at ease, and hopeful for the future.
How Can I Help You?
For Couples Seeking Hope & Healing
It’s time to get professional help.
I help couples struggling with a range of challenges. Whether it’s ongoing conflict, broken trust, or feelings of hopelessness, these difficulties can feel heavy, but they don’t define your future.
Together, we’ll work to turn things around, restore your connection, and create a path toward a stronger, more fulfilling relationship.
The Challenges You Face
It’s natural for relationships to hit rough patches. You may be experiencing:
- Constant Arguments: Conflict that spirals out of control, leaving you feeling unheard and exhausted.
- Broken Trust: Betrayals or infidelity that have left you devastated and uncertain about the future.
- Feeling Distant: Negative thoughts, resentment, and emotional disconnection that have created walls instead of bridges.
- Communication Breakdowns: Misunderstandings or patterns of criticism and defensiveness. Or perhaps you or your partner withdraw to avoid conflict, but the silence and unresolved issues have created distance between you.
- Unrelenting Stress: Financial pressures, work challenges, and family responsibilities that pile on, leaving little time for intimacy or connection.
These struggles are tough, but they don’t have to be the end of your story.
I work with couples every day, helping them through challenges, just like these.
Repair & Strengthen Your Relationship
Turn your relationship around with effective couples therapy and be supported to save your marriage.
Through compassionate and effective couples therapy, we’ll create a space for healing, understanding, and growth. Here’s what you can expect:
- A New Way to Communicate: Learn how to de-escalate conflict, manage emotions, and truly listen to each other. Together, we’ll replace old patterns of criticism and defensiveness with meaningful conversations built on respect and understanding.
- Restoring Trust and finding Forgiveness: Betrayal and broken trust can make you feel like there’s nowhere to turn, but moving forward and finding forgiveness is possible. We’ll work to process the grief, and create new standards of trust, laying the foundation for forgiveness, healing and empathy.
- Deepening Your Connection: Discover your shared values, create new rituals of connection, and build a vision for a future you can both look forward to. Feel heard, supported, and truly valued by your partner again.
- Releasing Resentment: Let go of the negativity weighing down your relationship. By inviting positive sentiment and kindness into your daily lives, you’ll begin to see your partner in a whole new light. Feel cherished, respected, and truly loved.
- Strengthen Your Connection
Together, we’ll work to reduce stress and create healthy habits and balance in your relationship. Whether it’s setting new, simple boundaries or practising kindness and compassion more often, you’ll build a thriving relationship that’s resilient to life’s challenges. - Creating Fulfilment and Meaning Together
A healthy relationship is one where both partners feel seen, supported, and fulfilled. Through self-awareness and relational growth, you’ll craft a more meaningful life direction and build a rewarding relationship that meets both of your needs.
Change is Just a Conversation Away
Client Success Stories
About Jacqui
Jacqui is a warm and compassionate Couples Counsellor with over 25 years of counselling experience. Jacqui tailors her approach to your needs and preferred learning style.
Jacqui draws upon a lifetime of experience and specialist training. Her most significant Couples Counselling related training includes:
- Gottman Therapy – Level 3
- Relational Life Therapy, Terry Real – Level 3
- Emotionally Focused Therapy – Esther Perel
- Treating Affairs & Trauma – Gottman Institute
- Multi-generational Trauma: Treating the Past to Heal the Present – Terry Real, Relational Life Institute
- Working with Infidelity and Making Love Work – Terry Real, Relational Life Institute
- The Relational Brain – Terry Real & Julianne Shore, Relational Life Institute
- Staying in Love – The Art of Fierce Intimacy, Terry Real, Relational Life Institute
- Grandiose Women and Shut Down Men – Terry Real, Relational Life Institute
Formal education
- Bachelor of Social Work (BASW) – Latrobe University
- Diploma of Counselling Psychology – Ampersand Australia, 2009
My Professional Memberships
- Gottman Relationship Checkup Approved Member
- Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)