Counselling for couples

Within couples counselling at The Reparative Room, I work on conflict management and resolution, building friendship within the relationship and establishing goals and shared meaning.

I’m passionate to work on relationship issues. It is so rewarding to help bring dialogue around the underlying and unresolved problems that can inhibit a relationship. If your relationship feels like its floundering, I can help uncover the deeper issues  which may be lying stagnant and causing the same arguments to come up. Whether its problems with conflict, lack of connection, feeling alone within the relationship, an affair or problems with addiction, I can help you to voice and communicate them to your partner in a warm, safe and empathic environment. I endeavour to strengthen your relationship by getting to the roots of your initial bond together, and to the roots of your challenges.

In some cases, I may suggest individual counselling prior to couples counselling. The first 3 assessment sessions of couples counselling will determine whether some individual work will be beneficial.

I have trained with the Gottman Institute and apply the Gottman Method Couples Counselling in my work. The Gottman method derived from over 40 years of scientific research involving over 3000 couples. For more information on The Gottman Institute, visit Gottman.com.

Your questions answered

For couples counselling there is an initial 3-part assessment process which involves the current narrative, taking a history of the relationship, looking at a conflict discussion, an online questionnaire pack to provide detail on different aspects of the relationship, and an individual session for each of you so I can gain each personal perspective. Once this information is collated, it will be analysed so that I can provide feedback on the areas of strength and weakness and formulate a treatment plan and counselling goals.

For the initial assessment process, the sessions are 70-90 minutes long. Sessions after that are 50-60 minutes long.

At the beginning of couples counselling, it is common to attend weekly. Once some progress has been made, there can be more time left between sessions.

In short, yes. During the couple sessions you will be learning ways of communicating better, handling conflict and strengthening your relationship. It is vital to practise the new tools and techniques learnt, to ensure progress is being made and new patterns are emerging.

Couples counselling duration varies. Some couples manage to work through their issues and rebuild in a few months, and some take longer. For situations like affairs and addiction it may be a longer process.

The counselling can be online or in person. The in-person sessions take place on a quiet tree-lined road in Camberley, Surrey, with easy and free parking. Individuals and couples can feel confident that the space is safe, comfortable and private to talk through issues and challenges, and it is conveniently located for clients coming from Frimley, Farnborough, Sandhurst, Bagshot, Lightwater, Yateley, Fleet and the surrounding areas.

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