Couples and marriage counselling for Lebanon, online
For couples in Beirut and across Lebanon, and for the many Lebanese couples now living between two countries, Dr Philippe Jacquet offers confidential couples and marriage counselling online by secure video, in French and English.
Marriages under strain from the outside
Few places have asked as much of couples in recent years. Economic collapse, savings that disappeared, the port explosion, and the repeated question of whether to stay or leave have all landed inside marriages. Many couples now live apart: one partner working in the Gulf, in Europe or in Africa, the other in Lebanon with the children, the marriage carried on through calls and short visits.
Distance can protect a relationship from daily friction and, at the same time, let two people drift into separate lives without either deciding it. When the family is together again, the reunion is often harder than anyone expected.
What couples work addresses
Couples come for communication that has broken down, conflict that keeps returning, the strain of living apart, disagreement about whether to emigrate, the aftermath of an affair, or intimacy that has gone quiet. The work is not about blame. It is about understanding what is happening between you, and finding a way to speak about it.
Where trust has been broken, the hurt partner often needs attention in their own right first. Betrayal trauma explains why.
In French, in English, or both
Many Lebanese couples move between French, English and Arabic in the same sentence. Sessions can be held in French or English, or both, so neither partner has to choose a language that is not the one they feel in.
Private, wherever you are
Sessions take place online with a practitioner based in London, so both partners can join from different cities and nothing is held locally.
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- Addiction counselling for Lebanon
- EMDR and trauma therapy for Lebanon
- Eating disorder treatment for Lebanon
- Executive coaching for Lebanon
See all therapy services for Lebanon.
Dr Philippe Jacquet is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, a Jungian analyst and an HCPC registered art psychotherapist, with twenty-five years of clinical practice. His Professional Doctorate in Analytical Psychology at the University of Essex examined male eating disorders from the perspective of analytical psychology. Registration can be checked on either public register.
How the work is delivered from here
All international sessions are by secure video, in English or French. Online therapy is not a reduced version of consulting room work: it is the format that lets weekly work survive living abroad, travelling, or relocating. Sessions run in United Kingdom hours, which suits most regions, and if your time zone makes none of it workable, say so when you enquire rather than assuming it rules you out.
For clinicians and treatment services
Dr Jacquet supervises clinical teams in private residential addiction treatment and in a private psychiatric hospital. For treatment centres, psychiatric units and group practices looking for external clinical supervision, including in places where no supervisor of this seniority is available locally, team supervision is also delivered by video. For individual practitioners, see clinical supervision.
Common questions
Is couples counselling available online for Lebanon?
Yes. Sessions are held online by secure video, in French and English, for couples in Lebanon and for couples where one partner lives abroad.
We live in different countries. Can we still do couples work?
Yes. Each partner joins from where they are. Many couples find that sessions are the one place where they are fully present to each other.
Is it confidential?
Strictly. Nothing is disclosed to family, an employer or anyone else without the consent of both partners, save for the narrow legal and safeguarding limits explained at the outset.