RELATIONSHIP THERAPY

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!’ 

As an Intercultural trauma informed service, we specialize in relationships where there is a history of trauma, childhood neglect and/or relocation separation issues. (Other types of issues are welcome)

Some fundamental reasons why relationships break down are due to:

• Unmet needs
• Communication
• Unresolved trauma
• Unrealistic expectations

Our aim is to support you both find the right pathway for your relationship, the ‘right’ pathway being what you can both agree on. Sometimes the result is not always what you thought the outcome would be. We will support you both within reason to come to terms with whatever the outcome may be and support your healing process where necessary.

We incorporate various psychological approaches to provide a tailormade service.

Our framework includes considerations associated with:

• Attachment styles
• 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 individual sessions each before commencing joint sessions
2. An initial set of 4 weekly joint sessions followed by 4 individual sessions each
3. Fortnightly joint sessions (8 in total) followed by a review. 

Other options suitable to your circumstances might be negotiable 

• 1 joint consultation session - £100
• 1 individual consultation - £50 per person  
• Follow up Individual sessions - £50 per person
• Consultations and joint sessions are 1 hour
• Individual sessions are 50 minutes

 All sessions are confidential, except for aspects that are discussed in clinical supervision {which is a professional requirement}. Full names will not be disclosed.