Hendrien van der Bijl- Imago Relationship Therapy

Hendrien van der Bijl- Imago Relationship Therapy 🩷Therapist, married millennial, emotional translator. Helping couples stop living like polite strangers. Take the quiz. Get the guide. Do the work.👇

This weekend was something special.Couples who chose to pause.To show up.To be honest, vulnerable, and brave.It takes co...
09/02/2026

This weekend was something special.

Couples who chose to pause.
To show up.
To be honest, vulnerable, and brave.

It takes courage to slow down in a world that rewards busyness.
It takes courage to turn toward each other instead of away.
And these couples did exactly that.

There were tears, relief, laughter, and so many moments of real connection.
Not because things were broken,
but because something deeply human was allowed to surface.

I’m so grateful to have held this space.
And so deeply respectful of every couple who chose to invest in their relationship.

The next Coming Back to Us date will be announced soon.
If you’d like to join the waitlist, comment “WAITLIST” below 🩷





What does it look like when a marriage doesn’t end, but the connection does? That’s the invisible divorce. It’s subtle. ...
03/02/2026

What does it look like when a marriage doesn’t end, but the connection does?

That’s the invisible divorce.

It’s subtle. It’s quiet. And it matters.

Dive in to discover the small patterns that signal emotional disconnection and what awareness can invite next. Read more, link in caption.

Let me know tour thoughts on this!

Balance isn’t what saves relationships.It often just keeps them quiet.What brings couples back to life is learning how t...
22/01/2026

Balance isn’t what saves relationships.
It often just keeps them quiet.

What brings couples back to life is learning how to hold more:
more truth, more tension, more care, without shutting down.

If your relationship looks fine but feels empty,
this is for you

If this relationship feels like it’s breaking you,I need you to hear this:You are not weak.You are not failing.And you a...
20/01/2026

If this relationship feels like it’s breaking you,
I need you to hear this:

You are not weak.
You are not failing.
And you are not alone.

You didn’t imagine the distance.
You didn’t become “too much.”
You didn’t wake up one day and stop loving.

You tried.
You explained.
You waited.
You softened.
You stayed hopeful longer than anyone knows.

And when nothing changed,
your body did the only thing it could to survive,
it pulled back.

That doesn’t make you cold.
It makes you human.

So many couples sit in this quiet place,
loving their partner
while slowly grieving the relationship they thought they were building.

Feeling alone next to someone.
Feeling guilty for wanting more.
Wondering if giving up would finally bring relief.

If that’s you, please pause.

Because this relationship isn’t trying to break you.
It’s trying to grow you.

Not by asking you to tolerate less.
Not by asking you to abandon yourself.
But by revealing the places where you’ve been carrying too much, alone, for too long.

The confusion you feel?
It has a reason.
The pain you feel?
It makes sense.
The longing you feel?
It’s pointing somewhere important.

You don’t need to decide everything today.
You don’t need to leave or stay right now.
You just need support that understands what’s actually happening beneath the surface.

There is a way forward that doesn’t require you to harden your heart
or disappear from yourself.

I know the path, and I will walk it with you. I have walked it myself and I supported many couples before you in this journey.

If something in you is whispering, “This is me,”
please listen.

Take the leap.
You don’t have to do this alone anymore.






You didn’t stop loving each other.You got tired.Overloaded.Pulled in a hundred directions.Conversations became about log...
17/01/2026

You didn’t stop loving each other.
You got tired.
Overloaded.
Pulled in a hundred directions.

Conversations became about logistics.
Touch became functional.
And the connection you promised to “get back to” kept being postponed.

You’ve probably tried date nights.
Dinner. A movie. A weekend away.
And for a moment, things feel lighter.

But then life rushes back in,
and nothing actually changes.

Because date nights are great for time together,
but they rarely give you the tools to:
• talk about what really hurts
• understand why you keep getting stuck
• change the patterns that pull you apart
• or feel truly seen again

Coming Back to Us is different.

This isn’t about escaping life for a few hours.
It’s about learning how to meet each other differently inside it.

In one intentional, guided day, you’ll:
• slow down enough to really hear each other
• step out of the same old arguments or silence
• feel like a team again, not roommates
• leave with practical ways to stay connected when life gets busy

Many couples say this is the day something shifted.
Not because everything was fixed,
but because they finally felt us again.

7 February | 8–5
R2000 per couple | Refreshments included
Limited spaces available

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to choose your relationship, this is it.

👉 Book your place now.
hendrien@startright.co.za
https://reconnectionevent.lovable.app/


You’re not fighting to be right.You’re fighting to feel safe.Safe to think differently.Safe to feel deeply.Safe to be yo...
15/01/2026

You’re not fighting to be right.
You’re fighting to feel safe.

Safe to think differently.
Safe to feel deeply.
Safe to be yourself without losing the relationship.

If being right actually fixed things,
the relationship would feel better the moment someone “won” the argument.
But it rarely does.

What’s really happening is quieter.
Difference starts to feel like danger.
And without even noticing, your nervous system moves into protection mode.

You react.
You defend.
You explain harder.
You push your point, not to hurt, but to survive.

The shift isn’t learning how to argue better.
It’s learning how to feel safe while being different.

That’s where real connection begins.
Not when you agree.
But when you can stay present, open, and connected, even in the hard moments.

If something in this touched you, your body already knows it’s time.

Comment START and take the first brave step toward a safer, deeper connection.

Address

106 Shirley Avenue
Pretoria
0081

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 16:00

Telephone

+27836102892

Website

https://www.imago.joburg/SRSRQUIZ

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