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Relationship Counselling

Most couples do not come in because they have stopped caring. They come in because the same conversation keeps happening and neither person feels heard in it.

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You might be here if…

  • The same argument repeats, whatever it appears to be about
  • You have become polite, efficient, and distant
  • Trust has been broken and you do not know if it can be rebuilt
  • A big change - a baby, an illness, a move, a loss - has shifted the ground under you
  • One of you wants more closeness and the other wants more space
  • Trauma responses are getting in the way of your relationship
  • You are deciding whether to stay

None of these need to be true for you to get in touch. If something feels off, that is reason enough.

What the work looks like

In couples work, my job is not to referee or to decide who is right. It is to slow the pattern down enough that you can both see it - what triggers it, what each of you is protecting, and what you are each hoping the other will finally understand. Underneath most recurring arguments sit two people who feel unheard.

We look at how you each learned to handle closeness and conflict, because those lessons usually arrived long before you met. When one person pursues and the other withdraws, both are trying to manage the same fear from opposite directions.

You are very welcome to come on your own. Individual relationship work is useful when a partner is not ready to attend, when you are working out what you want, or when you want to change your own part in a pattern rather than wait for someone else to change theirs.

Not every couple who comes to therapy stays together. What I can offer is a space to work it out honestly, with care for both of you, rather than by attrition.

Approaches I may draw on
Emotion-Focused Therapy Attachment-Based Therapy Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Ready to change the conversation?

Book a free 15-minute consultation to see if we are a good fit - no pressure, no obligation. In person and online appointments are both available.

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Other ways I can help

Trauma & PTSD

Gentle, paced support for single-incident and complex trauma, so the past has less hold on the present.

EMDR Therapy

An evidence-based approach that helps distressing memories lose their intensity and settle into the past.

Anxiety & Stress

Practical and reflective work for worry, panic, burnout and the pressure of carrying too much.

Sexual Wellbeing & Intimacy

A safe, compassionate space to explore intimacy, desire and sexual concerns - without judgement, shame or embarrassment.

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