Couples Therapy, Intimate Partner Therapy, Marriage Counselling
I am able to support you in most concerns in your relationship and your relationship doesn’t have to be in dire straights for you to benefit from Relationship Therapy.
Some of the concerns I can help you with are:
Communication issues & difficulties in conflict
Betrayal, Infidelity & Affairs
Relationship breakdown
Intimate partner violence
Desire Discrepancy & Difficulties around Sex
Trauma & loss which have impacted your relationship
Fertility & Infertility
Opening up relationships and ENM
How I work with more than one person
When I work with more than one person in the room, it is my job to maintain a position of neutrality and ensure there is an equal balance between all of those present. This means, as a relational therapist that I feel it is important to understand in detail what each individual is bringing from their past into their current relationship. There will be space for us to explore this together and there will also be an opportunity for 121 individual sessions with each partner if required or requested. Please note that I do not hold secrets in relationship therapy and therefore you need to be comfortable knowing that anything shared in individual sessions may also be brought into the relationship space with your partner/s.
It can be tempting to blame and shame a partner when there has been hurt or betrayal, however, I feel this is therapeutically unproductive and therefore I will guide you in having your emotions and needs heard in the space without resorting to blame or shame so that everyone can be understood and feel safe to do the work.
I can support with individual concerns within the relationship space, however the focus of relationship therapy is mostly on the relationship itself. Therefore, if I notice that there are concerns which may not be possible to work through in the relationship space, I will discuss options with you such as referring you to a peer for individual sessions. These can be in tandem with the relationship work you may choose to continue with your partner/s.