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Couples counselling
Couples counselling provides the opportunity for couples to talk in the presence of a professional relationship therapist. These sessions enable the couple to ring-fence time and space to think together about their relationship. The couple therapist will aim to facilitate healthier and more constructive communication, both inside and outside the sessions.
Our job isn't to judge who is in the right or wrong. We instead take a neutral position and observe the couple from our perspective, from the outside looking in. We try to help couples make sense of why their relationship is challenging and think with them about how they can bring about change for a more rewarding relationship.
Every couple is different and faces a different set of challenges. Some of the issues our couples raise include:
Relationship breakdown
Feeling disconnected
Struggling to communicate effectively
Repetitive arguing
Difficulty recovering from arguments
A general sense of dissatisfaction
Lack of intimacy
Sexual issues
Fertility
IVF
Considering becoming parents
Considering marriage
Bereavement
Issues of trust
Cross-cultural challenges
Affairs and betrayals
Postnatal depression
Family issues
Conflict around parenting
Loss of the couple following becoming parents
Problems with extended families
Ambivalence towards the relationship
A wish to consider separation or divorce
Work-related stress
Redundency
Retirement
It may be that you would feel more comfortable talking about your relationship without your partner present and that you would prefer to have individual counselling.
If you feel the problems you are experiencing in your relationship are particularly related to having children or parenting, you might like to consider counselling for parents.