Sivan Avni | Couples Therapy for Those Without Family Support
Your relationship can become your emotional anchor – even if it never was.
Sometimes the distance in a relationship isn’t just between partners – it’s generational,
And when there’s no supportive family in the background,
every crisis hits exactly where it hurts most:
in the heart of the relationship.
Who is this for?
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For couples whose relationship has become their only anchor – but it no longer holds everything together.
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For those who feel the distance from their family of origin – physically, emotionally, or culturally – in every silence, every argument, every moment of isolation.
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For those who carry a sense of otherness, even when surrounded by people.
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For those whose relationship is the emotional center of their lives – sometimes the only one.
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For those who feel the absence of family support in the smallest details of everyday life: when there’s no one to call, no safe place to rest.
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For those who were rejected by their families.
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For those who had to distance themselves to protect themselves.
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For those who grew up in families unable to hold them – emotionally or practically.
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For those whose relationship became their whole world – but also a heavy emotional burden.
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For those who feel there’s no safe place to return to – so they try to build one through their relationship, but struggle to succeed.
If your relationship feels like the only home you have – this is where you can begin building it anew.
We don’t choose the family we come from – but every day, we choose how to move forward.
Let’s begin
with what is, toward what can be.
What happens to relationships without family support?
Living without a supportive family means living with a persistent sense of not belonging.
Like you have no roots to lean on, rest beside, or draw comfort from.
When your relationship becomes your only emotional anchor –
it ends up carrying things it was never meant to hold:
Pain.
Unspoken expectations.
Fear of falling.
The hope that this will be the place where you won’t break.
There’s no one to watch the kids so you can catch your breath.
No "wise adult" to calm things down.
No safety net – so you fall on each other.
Even deep love wears thin under these conditions:
Familiar fights on repeat, heavy silences, and tiny missteps that feel like betrayals.
Anger surfaces – but beneath it lies grief for those who weren’t there when you needed them most.
When your relationship is asked to carry what the family system could not –
it frays… then distances.
Right here is where a different movement can begin.
Why does your relationship feel this way?
What used to feel like pressure – can become space for healing.
Your connection can become a backrest. A breath. An anchor.
Not perfect – but real. Close. Evolving.
A space for pain and possibility.
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Less fighting, more understanding
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Spotting patterns before they escalate
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Talking without fear, listening without collapsing
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Feeling together, not alone
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Restoring warmth, closeness, and safe touch
Your relationship can feel like home –
even if you’ve never had one before.
How might your relationship feel after therapy?
What used to feel like pressure – can become space for healing.
Your connection can become a backrest. A breath. An anchor.
Not perfect – but real. Close. Evolving.
A space for pain and possibility.
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Less fighting, more understanding
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Spotting patterns before they escalate
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Talking without fear, listening without collapsing
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Feeling together, not alone
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Restoring warmth, closeness, and safe touch
Your relationship can feel like home –
even if you’ve never had one before.
So what does the process actually look like?
Couples therapy with the Relational Constellation Approach
is a precise, emotionally attuned, and structured journey.
It integrates conversation, movement, practice, and systemic insight.
We’ll uncover the emotional roots of your challenges – even if they stretch across generations.
We’ll learn to set boundaries – without disconnecting.
We’ll build a shared language for closeness – even in hard moments.
We’ll use practical tools – so you can take the healing home.
🕒 Session duration: 90 minutes
📆 Average length: 12–16 sessions across 4–6 months
📍 Location: Kiryat Tiv’on, Israel – or via Zoom
💳 Price: 600 NIS per session, paid in advance
📘 Each session includes couple-focused exercises to practice at home
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What makes my approach different?
I’m Sivan Avni, and I work with couples who live without a supportive family system –
from a place that’s both personal and professional.
I come from this world. I know the feeling of holding it all – alone.
From this journey, I developed the Relational Constellation Method –
a therapeutic approach that connects your emotional history with the relationship you’re trying to build today.
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Family Constellation – to reveal hidden patterns running your relationship
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Differentiation & Worthiness – to stay connected without losing yourself
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Emotional Intelligence – to hold big feelings without collapsing
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Practical Relationship Tools – because understanding isn’t enough – you need language
This approach doesn’t just heal – it restores your sense of value, belonging, and support, even if you never had it growing up.
What do couples say about the process?
A. & D., Online couples therapy
“Sivan changed the way we talk, touch, and understand each other.
She helped us feel close again.” –
S. & R., ages 32 and 35.
Dear Sivan, you are a gift we received at the beginning of our journey that will accompany us throughout our lives. We are confident and hope to return under better circumstances, to preserve and add tools to the box.
The path to you was directed from above and we are grateful for you and for everything that treatment with you has given us! You have changed our lives on every level. A huge thank you.
R & M
Sivan is an amazing and thorough therapist,
Every meeting is a leap forward in progress and growth.
And we are happy that we got there!
Highly recommended.
Every couple who comes suddenly feels like they don't have to hold the whole world together –
And that changes everything.
Frequently Asked Questions
Individual therapy can be provided that deals with relationship issues.
The family constellation teaches again and again that when one partner changes the dynamics,
This has healing ripples that spread throughout the system.
It is important for me to qualify -
This is individual therapy and not couples therapy, which is essentially treatment with both partners.
The therapeutic alliance between you and me is created at the very beginning of the process, whether it is a couples therapy process or an individual therapy process.
I find it inappropriate and inaccurate to include your partner in an existing process after a therapeutic alliance has already been established in an individual setting.
Absolutely. The earlier you start, the stronger the foundation for the future can be laid.
When you change the way you talk, listen, and touch each other,
The children feel it, even if not a word is said.
In a healthy relationship, children encounter a new language of closeness, boundaries, and trust.
They learn what intimacy is based on reciprocity, what tenderness is in the midst of conflict, and what a relationship looks like that allows for freedom rather than dependence.
Instead of just talking about good parenting, you demonstrate it.
This is one of the most profound gifts you can give them.
Online couples therapy is a professional process that takes place digitally using ZOOM, a secure platform that protects your privacy.
The treatment is especially suitable for those who live far from my physical clinic and for those whose available hours for treatment do not coincide with the opening hours of the physical clinic.
Regarding the effectiveness of the treatment, I find it to be just as effective as couples therapy in a clinic, and studies from the last five years from around the world also prove this.
In online therapy, my clinic is basically the Zoom room where we meet. You sit in front of a Zoom screen on your computer, on the couch in your living room. With coffee, tea, a blanket, and slippers, and I meet you on the screen.
What do you need? - Not much!
A laptop or computer connected to the TV screen, a good camera, a good microphone, a stable internet connection, and the children being out of earshot.
A couples session of about an hour and a half - 600 NIS.
Payment is made in advance at the time of booking, in order to reserve the time for you in my calendar.
You can book a meeting via the website on the
The average process lasts 12-16 meetings weekly in the first half of the process, and then we increase the frequency of meetings to once every two weeks.
Want more insights before starting?
Read my blog on:
Intimacy | Conflicts | Emotional Growth | Parenting | Trauma & Its Impact | Toxic Relationship | Family Constellations | Couples Therapy