Reconnect and Strengthen Your Relationship
Relationships can hold incredible tenderness - and, at times, deep tension. When communication breaks down, trust erodes, or silence replaces closeness, it can feel like the ground between you has shifted.
At Lived Experience Solutions (LEXs), I offer online couples therapy and relationship counselling across Australia, helping partners rebuild connection, communication, and emotional safety. Whether you attend together or begin individually, therapy provides a space to understand patterns, repair trust, and rediscover closeness - wherever you are in Australia.
What You Can Expect
Every session is guided by compassion, honesty, and practical tools drawn from evidence-based approaches such as Emotion-Focused Therapy and Attachment Theory. Together, we work to:
Improve communication and emotional understanding
Rebuild trust after conflict, distance, or betrayal
Strengthen intimacy and secure attachment
Navigate grief, health, or parenting challenges as a team
Support respectful transitions when relationships change
At LEXs, sessions last a full 60 to 90 minutes - giving you time to breathe, reflect, and connect without feeling rushed. You and your partner can join from separate locations, making therapy accessible for busy couples, FIFO work, or long-distance relationships.
What Online Couples Therapy Can Help With
Therapy at LEXs can support you through:
Communication breakdowns or feeling unheard
Jealousy, mistrust, or rebuilding after betrayal
Emotional distance or โgrowing apartโ
Parenting and blended-family pressures
Cross-cultural or interfaith relationships
Grief, trauma, or major life transitions
Restoring affection, intimacy, and emotional safety
Sessions are delivered securely online with no waitlists, offering flexible support when you need it most.
A Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive Approach
Having lived and worked across cultures, I understand how language, migration, gender roles, and family expectations can shape relationships. Therapy is not about blame; itโs about understanding patterns and creating new ways of relating.
My practice combines trauma-informed care, cultural humility, and lived-experience insight to help couples communicate with kindness, manage conflict respectfully, and strengthen emotional connection.
๐ Client Testimonials
โMichael helped us find calm again after months of tension and miscommunication. The sessions gave us tools to talk without blame and listen with careโ S. & T., Perth, WA
โWe were living apart for work and struggling to stay connected. Online couples therapy with LEXs helped us rebuild trust and remember why we chose each other.โ J. & R., Brisbane, QLD
โI came to therapy on my own after our separation. Michaelโs support helped me understand my patterns and start healing with compassion - for myself and my ex-partnerโA.M., Adelaide, SA
Take the First Step Toward Reconnection
Healthy relationships are built on empathy, respect, and emotional safety. Support can make all the difference.
Book your first online couples therapy sessionย - or reach out with any questions - to begin rebuilding trust and connection with yourself and your partner. Wherever you are in Australia, LEXs offers compassionate, flexible care to help you reconnect and grow together.
Meet Your Therapist
Michael Elwan
Iโm ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป - an ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ (๐๐๐ฆ๐ช), ๐ฃ๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต, and ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ (๐๐๐ซ๐). Before I was a therapist, I was a carer, a son, a migrant - someone who learned early how love, loss, and silence can shape a life. Those experiences now sit at the heart of my work: helping people find safety in connection again.
For years, Iโve walked alongside couples, families, and individuals across mental health, grief, and suicide prevention. My approach is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and emotionally attuned; rooted in respect, empathy, and the belief that real healing happens when people feel seen and understood.
In 2025, I was honoured to receive the ๐ช๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ - ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ & ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, and to be named a ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ช ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ (๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ), the ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ข๐? ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ, and the ๐ช๐ ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ (๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ).
These acknowledgements mean a lot - but what matters most is what happens quietly in session: when two people begin to talk differently, listen more gently, and start finding their way back to each other.
Because healthy connection isnโt a luxury. Itโs the ground we stand on when life feels uncertain, and the thing most worth fighting for.
