Couples Therapy

As your therapist, I will help create a supportive and trusting space in which I can listen carefully and understand the situation from both your perspectives. I can then facilitate effective communication between you and your partner, offering challenge as needed, so that we can work together to identify areas of harmony and tension.

I help couples understand each other’s hopes, dreams, fears and core values whilst also fostering compassion and genuine dialogue, essential qualities for building a successful relationship.

Couples often learn new skills to help them improve the way they communicate their emotions and how they can resolve issues as they arise, rather than letting them build up and create resentment. I can help you identify what you want and what feels like the best way forward in the relationship.

This day long Programme is ideal for couples with busy lifestyles because it can be easier and more convenient to schedule a single day rather than a series of meetings across several weeks. Or perhaps the issues in your relationship have reached such a crisis that the prospect of weekly sessions feels ineffectual and unsatisfactory. Such situations call for a more urgent intervention and the Full Day Accelerated Programme has been especially designed for such times. Whilst some issues will be best understood as awareness deepens naturally over a period of time, the Accelerated Programme can lead to valuable insights in a more efficient and direct way.

Deciding to book an Accelerated Programme is an important action in itself. You are acknowledging that the way things currently stand feels unsustainable, that something needs to change and that you are both ready and committed to take positive action together as a couple.

In a calm, non-judgemental setting, I will guide and support you both through a carefully designed day-long programme comprising three 90-minute sessions, interspersed with breaks and an hour for lunch. I will facilitate the day in an atmosphere that promotes non-judgemental and respectful dialogue, to bring about deeper understanding, clarity and creative solutions.

Couples often report leaving the day feeling relief and hope with new insights and emotional shifts. These often lead to emotional reconnection and more harmonious communication. The programme offers a powerful way of taking effective action and investing in your relationship.

The programme works well either as a ‘stand-alone’ exercise or as a dynamic precursor to regular meetings.

Full Day Accelerated Programme

  • In advance of the day, you and your partner will each be asked to complete a preliminary questionnaire describing your issues and desired outcome, as you see them.

  • I will meet you for introductions, setting the scene and settling in to our day together.

  • While your partner listens without interrupting, we take time to explore your personal statement and how you experience the world; your values, hopes, desires, needs, concerns, regrets, disappointments, fears and triggers

    Coffee Break

  • Here you are invited to discuss with each other the issues and challenges you are currently facing. The emphasis is on therapeutic dialogue and deeper engagement with your emotions. I will focus on understanding your communication style as a couple; the way you listen and respond to each other, especially when feeling vulnerable, angry or hurt.

    Lunch Break

  • In this session, you are encouraged to think about what you do and how you behave when difficulties arise. Some of these actions may be habitual or particularly triggering. Raising your awareness of such moments and learning how you can act differently improves the relational dynamic. Your coach therapist will help you identify your behavioural patterns, both positive and negative, to discover new insights and areas for change.

    Coffee Break

  • Concluding reflections and actions to take away.

  • After careful reflection on what took place during the Programme as a whole, I will write a bespoke, detailed follow-up report, summarising the main themes that emerged and highlighting any actions and learnings to take forward into your daily lives.