Relationship Counselling
Relationship Counselling (otherwise known as couples counselling) is a form of counselling whereby both you and your partner simultaneously work with a therapist to try to resolve relationship problems. You may be undergoing a relationship breakdown, marriage breakdown, or merely feel that as a couple you need help resolving problems that you are otherwise unable to work through. While the sessions are still 50 minutes in length, we only meet every other week for relationship counselling, giving both you and your partner the time to act on and review what you discover in each session.
Relationship Counselling gives you and your partner the chance to find out more about one another's needs in a situation which is moderated and contained. I will ensure that the conversation is balanced; by remaining impartial I will ensure that each need that is presented is adequately heard by the other person.
Much of the time, accurately describing each person's problem is the majority of the work in relationship counselling. Once this has happened and we have complete honesty, we can begin to find compromises and solutions to seemingly impassable barriers.
An important point is that if you are in an abusive relationship then I am unable to work with you. You need to end the abuse and, if that is not an option, leave. Counselling can only happen between two people that respect each other as human beings.