Couples psychotherapy
Attending psychotherapy for your relationship is good for its health. Our needs and wants in a relationship can alter overtime. We can forget that intimate relationships require regular attention. Often couples come to therapy following a sense of disconnect in their relationship. Couples often know what has gone wrong, but need the structure and skills of a psychotherapist to work toward establishing what they want from an intimate relationship and how to work together to achieve this. Or how to manage the difficult decision to separate.
Together we find a way of talking in the session so that you both feel that you understand each other’s perspective. We acknowledge hurt feelings, establish your vision for a satisfying relationship and specifically what this looks like, so that you can establish what you are working toward. This may involve me structuring the session format and asking you to complete specific tasks during in the session. You will be encouraged to continue the learning from the sessions at home and try to implement the changes agreed during the sessions.
The work can be short-term or longer term and it would be sensible to assume that duration will be dependent upon your wish to work together and your motivation and commitment to change.
Practical information
Booking a consultation is the beginning stage of thinking about working with me. It allows for us to explore expectations and be clear about our roles and responsibilities in working together.
We then put this verbal conversation into a contract, that forms our basis for working together and review this contract as our work progresses. It is a safe and considered way of working together to help you get the best experience from being in psychotherapy. Please talk to me about face to face sessions, or the possibility of using telecommunication applications.
