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Couples Counselling/Couples Therapy

A couple having fun on a bike ride

​I've had the privilege over 10 years of helping many couples from all walks of like, backgrounds, religions, faiths and sexuality. In more recent years, I wanted to gain more knowledge and understanding of couples dynamics because it's a specialism, and very different to individual therapy. I also found in my clinical practice, if either partner had experienced childhood trauma including neglect, this needed to be taken into consideration within the relationship and the couples therapy. 

 

Many years ago I studied Gottmans Method Couples Therapy and in 2024 I studied Relationship Psychotherapy, achieving a Postgraduate qualification (Advanced Diploma), so I can now understand your relationship difficulties and dynamics in a more specialist capacity and on a deeper level, so we can understand root causes of your difficulties whilst focussing on making changes for your future.

 

Common reasons couples seek therapy;

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  • Communication difficulties 

  • Dishonesty - A Betrayal (sexual, emotional or financial for example)

  • Distrust

  • You feel unheard or unseen

  • There's aggressive or passive behaviours affecting your relationship

  • Loss of sexual intimacy

  • The arrival of children has changed your relationship.

  • Help with separation or divorce

 

There may be other reasons, please reach out for an initial consultation.

 

How would I help you?

 

If you come to me wanting help with separating, then I'll help you both manage this, likewise, if you want help to improve your relationship, I'll help you with this too.  I do not have an agenda to keep couples together, but I may point out that couples therapy isn't for you or it may be time to end your relationship.

 

​I've learnt, through my experience of helping couples, that both of you need to be engaged in the work, both want to change or are at least curious, and are willing to make effort to learn  and create the change. If not, couples therapy isn't for your relationship, you may want to engage in individual therapy to explore how you're affected within your relationship.

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If you want help to improve your relationship, then I'll help you from a Cause, Affect and Change lens, creating a more thorough and long lasting change for your relationship not just promising you a quick fix, which isn't possible.

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In your 1st appointment, we'll explore in greater detail your reasons for seeking therapy and what you want change and why. We'll also explore what you love about each other or have lost sight of. This appointment is 1 hr 15 minutes

In appointment 2, I'll meet with you both individually in separate hour long appointments where I will find out about you as an individual,  how you experience your relationship, your past relationships and childhood.

From appointment 3, I will have a good idea about what's impacted your relationship and I will create a roadmap of how we all get you to where you want to be. At times, some people realise couples therapy isn't for them, or that they want to end their relationship. I can support you both through a separation/divorce if necessary.

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Our work together requires regular committed weekly appointments, which is essential to increase awareness and create change

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Cost for each 1 hour appointment £110​​​​​​​​

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A free 15 minute online consultation is required for us all to meet prior to committing, reach out to book this here 

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