Relationship counselling can be a very effective way to help you identify where the relationship has gone wrong and work out whether or not you are able to heal the relationship. Rescuing a relationship in crisis is a great challenge for couples as it needs commitment from both partners to work through difficulties and take responsibility for their own contribution. Counselling provides you with the skills to building a better relationship. Most couples found that these skills helped them to build a stronger and healthier relationship.

 

Most couples come when their relationship is in trouble and they want to repair the relationship. This might include recovery from an affair, or dealing with sexual difficulties.

Other couples come to rekindle the flame  in a tired relationship.

Some people seek help to individually work through doubts about the relationship in order to come to a decision whether to stay or to leave. Others have recognized that their behaviour causes problems in the relationship and seek help to change these behaviours.

Some couples seek to prevent troubles by undergoing marriage education (click here) before getting married, or to avoid repeating mistakes a second time around.

Note: While the vast majority of couples I see are heterosexual I am happy to see gay or lesbian couples.

 

Specializing in:

 

Overcoming conflict

 

Improving communication

 

Recovery from an affair

 

Understanding gender differences

 

Sexuality concerns

 

Dealing with violence and / or abuse

  

Rebuilding after divorce / separation

 

Blended family problems

 

Spiritual issues affecting the relationship

 

Containing the impact of past sexual abuse and other traumas

 

 

Benefits of relationship counselling for couples:

Communicate more effectively

Set ground rules for conflict resolution

Learn what makes relationships work, or fail

Understand each other better

Express your feelings to your partner

Feel safe in the relationship

Get more of your needs met

 

Benefits of counselling for individuals 

on relationship issues:

 

Make sense of why your partner does what s/he does

 

Improve communication with your partner

 

Decide whether to stay or to leave

 

Process the grief of separation and finding ways to move on

 

Effective parenting after separation