Shibani Dandekar reveals she went to couples therapy with Farhan Akhtar 2 days after wedding: 'It's like going to gym'

For Shibani Dandekar, couples therapy has been a big pillar in her relationship with actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar. During her appearance on Rhea Chakraborty's podcast titled Chapter 2, she revealed that they started going to couples therapy soon after they got engaged and even made it to their appointment two days after their wedding. Also read: Farhan Akhtar opens up on impact of Javed Akhtar-Honey Irani's divorce on his own marriage: 'Did they deserve this'

What Shibani said

During the conversation, Shibani got candid about her bond with Farhan and how it changed after marriage.

She said, “We started doing couples therapy I think about six months before or after we got engaged. It wasn’t one person convincing the other. It was like this is something that sounds like a smart thing to do.”

She revealed that they went to therapy a few days after their wedding. The actor said that they got married on Monday and their scheduled appointment was on Wednesday. She remembered when she walked in, their therapist was also shocked and questioned them.

Shibani stressed that therapy is important for guiding them.

She added, “It’s like going to the gym. You have to keep working on it. So, there are times when we go for sessions and it’s every couple of weeks and sometimes we go in there and we just look at each other and we’re like we have nothing to talk about. There are days where we go in and we were like we are going to need longer than an hour because let me just tell you some things about this guy right here…There are times where we maybe get into a fight at home and we know we’ve got to see our therapist on Wednesday. So, we will just wait or I will try and wait. I want to get into it right now and he’ll be like ‘Let’s just wait and discuss it on Wednesday’.”

About the couple

Farhan and Shibani, who dated for almost three years, tied the knot at Farhan's family farmhouse in Khandala in the presence of close friends and family members on February 19, 2022. Farhan was previously married to celebrity hairstylist Adhuna Bhabani. The two got married in 2000 and parted ways in 2017. They are parents to two daughters, Shakya and Akira.

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