RELATIONSHIP THERAPY & COUPLES COUNSELLING

There are many reasons why people come to couples counselling / relationship

therapy. Unfortunately, the most common reason is when the relationship is in crises or approaching the ‘end of the road!’ 

Some fundamental reasons why relationships break down are due to:

• Unmet needs
• Intimacy issues
• Communication
• Infidelity / betrayal 
• Unresolved trauma
• Cultural differences / barriers

Our aim is to support you both find the right pathway for your relationship, the ‘right’ pathway being what you can both agree on. We incorporate various psychological approaches to provide a tailormade service.

Our framework includes considerations associated with:

• Attachment styles & attachment trauma
• Grief & loss processes
• Unconscious attraction
• Transactional Analysis (TA)
• Generational & racialised trauma
• Conscious & unconscious processes & behaviours

This list is not exhaustive.

You will have an initial joint consultation session where the therapist will:- 

• facilitate some open dialogue between the two of you
• Explore your wants and needs in the relationship
• Explore expectations and intentions
• Agree next steps

Following this, your therapist will meet with you for your individual sessions to get to know a bit more about your history and personal life experiences. This enables the therapist to:- 

• Build rapport
• Get an overview of the personal and relationship challenges from each individual perspective
• Give you an opportunity to ask any further questions 

Depending on the content, dynamic of your relationship and your individual histories, it may be beneficial to schedule some individual sessions before or during the process of your relationship therapy. The following options are possible formats:

1. An initial set of 4 weekly individual sessions each before commencing joint sessions (weekly or fortnightly)
2. An initial set of 4 weekly joint sessions followed by 4 weekly individual sessions each, followed by a review
3. 8 fortnightly joint sessions and 8 fortnightly individual sessions (16 sessions in total) followed by a review

Other options suitable to your circumstances are negotiable and will be discussed and agreed after the full consultation process.

• 1 joint initial assessment session - £120
• 1 individual initial assessment - £60 per person  
• Follow up Individual sessions - £60 per person
• On-going joint sessions - £120
• Initial assessments and joint sessions are 1 hour, it may be recommended that your joint sessions are 90minutes depending on the complexity of the challenges within the relationship 
• Individual sessions are 50 minutes

All sessions are confidential, however anonymized aspects of the work might be discussed in clinical supervision {All counsellors / psychotherapists are required to attend clinical supervision as part of their commitment to ethical practice}