Couples & Relationship Counselling in Harrogate
Are you feeling stressed, tired and confused with the same issues repeating themselves and ready to walk away from your romantic, family, friendship or professional relationship?
Perhaps you’re struggling to hear, be heard and understand one another and finding it impossible to compromise with your differing opinions and needs, resulting in feeling frustrated and depressed?
Over time relationships change and what we were able to deal with in one instance may not be the same the next. Behavioural changes, breakdowns in communication and a fracture in the healthy rhythm of the relationship can be triggered by such things as;
Life changes with having children, ill health or menopause and manopause; managing the death of someone close; sexual issues, unresolved conflicts, affairs and betrayals; questions around identity and gender; ADHD and Autism misunderstandings; work and financial pressures and differences in personality and communication styles. Unresolved issues in the relationship and challenges with negotiations can often cause an impasse and couples needing help.
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Charles Dickens
The Couples and relationship counselling that I offer focuses on helping adults who are struggling in their relationship to communicate more openly by providing a calm, blame free, safe space for them to share their thoughts and feelings. This enables couples to really hear each other, appreciate one another’s perspective and understand the real messages conveyed.
Couples can then learn from one another with improved self awareness to better understand where their relationship breakdown has occurred and decide if they want a future together.
The next stage of the therapeutic process is to then support couples to work together in the direction that they choose, moving forwards with confidence to develop a stronger and healthier relationship or for some this may be in the direction of an amicable, stress reduced separation.
In addition to completing couples training in 2012 I have undertaken enhanced training to support couples with sexual challenges and navigating ADHD and Autism in the relationship, highlighting differing perspectives and needs.
I’ve worked with many couples who have taken positive steps forward. Book a free telephone appointment to discuss how I can help you.
I support Couples with concerns including:-
- Conflict and arguments
- Poor communication skills
- Neuro diversity misunderstandings
- Affairs and betrayal
- Co- parenting and blended family challenges
- Family rivalry
- Discord with work colleagues
- Intimacy issues