Relationship & Couples Counselling

Healing Your Relationship Together

Discover how counselling can help couples overcome struggles, enhance communication, and rebuild emotional intimacy for a healthier relationship.

Being in a relationship when things go wrong can have a huge impact on your day to day functioning. Facing struggles and challenges in the relationship can lead to lots of hurt, pain, sadness, stress and more.

It may be that in your relationship there is conflict which could be impacting various areas including sex and intimacy for romantic couples.

When a couple begins relationship counselling, there is an opportunity for both members to feel heard and improve communication skills. In couple’s counselling you may learn to better validate and empathise with each other and rebuild emotional connection.

In relationship counselling I will give the couple the opportunity to reflect and consider ways of understanding the problems they are having.

For some couples, they may be considering separation, and in these circumstances, I give you the opportunity to consider how you can either work on your relationship, or how to separate safely as well as how to reflect on this and consider ways of reconciliation.

I have received training from The Grove Practice, gaining a Certificate in Couple / Relationship Therapy which has been accredited by CORST at Level 5. This involved 60 hours of continuing professional development.

How I work?

I work with couples in a face to face format, and begin with an introductory session for 1.5 hours, with subsequent sessions being 50 minutes. This initial session offers the opportunity to reflect on what the problem is, what kind of relationship the couple wants and understanding the relationship. The first session is more structured and directive than the rest of the counselling, which reduces the risk of previous cycles of conflict to emerge.

I do not offer a fixed number of sessions, so the couple is welcome to try it out and consider what they would like.

During our sessions I may give out homework assignments, such as providing a communication tool.