Relationship Therapy

In a relationship one or both members of a couple can often feel stuck in some way. Perhaps one partner wants the other to change and the other does not want to or know how to. A couple may find yourselves blaming each other or drifting apart. Relationship Therapy aims to address this.

Sometimes communication is difficult or the stress of life, work, children, families, finances, getting older or differing likes and dislikes are more difficult to deal with. There may be things that are difficult to say or that are not heard.

A third person is often needed to help the couple look at what the relationship needs in order to move forward.

Through a greater understanding of what is going on, in old and current patterns in our relationships, we can learn to communicate more safely and clearly with each other. We can understand why things may be difficult and find other ways to handle disagreements. We can reconnect to what we appreciate in our partner and in our relationship.

As you work together with your relationship counsellor and you practice outside the session you can learn to stand back more from feeling emotionally entangled, to look at what you need and to listen and speak more clearly about this.

In this way, greater respect and understanding can return to the relationship and perhaps a new level of connection and intimacy.

A couples counsellor will work with you to help you stay together in your relationship. Sometimes, however, separation is the best thing and if this is the case the couples counsellor can help you handle this as well as is possible.