Effective couples therapy
Psychotherapy and counselling with couples focusses on understanding and supporting the relationship between two adults in an intimate and committed partnership. There are many events and experiences which can disrupt the wellbeing of relationships and lead to distress and discord. I will help you identify and talk about your feelings and understand what is causing distress or blocking your recovery together.
What happens in couple therapy?
In couple therapy I will help you to talk with each other, listen to each other and feel heard by each other. Therapy includes learning to: decrease negative interactions; discover and share feelings and meanings; increase positive interactions.
As we focus on your experience of your relationship, you can develop insight into your needs as individuals and as a couple and find helpful ways to cope or recover when relational needs cannot be met. If needed, we can spend time developing safe and personally effective ways for you to move through conflict when it occurs.
If the events in your life are causing relationship distress, or your relationship difficulties are impacting your day-to-day life and wellbeing, then couple therapy can offer a safe reflective space in which to find ways to recover.
Integrative couple therapy
Couple therapy and counselling can be helpful at any stage of a relationship. Whilst it is more typically used in the middle stages of a long-term relationship, increasing numbers of couples are accessing therapy in the early stages and in the later stages of a relationship.
Integrative couple therapy can be an important resource at times of change and transition, supporting you to identify and process emotional responses to the challenges in your life together.
Psychotherapy for couples is increasingly being used as a support and catalyst for growth in relationships, whether or not there has been a clear rupture in the relationship that needs to be repaired.
CONTACT ME
To find out more about the possibility of healing and nurturing your relationship using couple therapy, contact me using the contact details or the contact form. I will not be taking on new clients from December 2023 onwards.
2 Queen's Gardens, Aberdeen, AB15 4YD
