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Couple Counselling

Relationship……. Couple or Marriage Counselling:

Our relationships are one of the most important factors in ours lives.

Lets face it, to a large extent they define us in many ways. Think about it, if you were asked to describe yourself wouldn’t you mention your relationship status?

More than that, think about the last time you were in a happy and healthy relationship. Didn’t you feel protected against the stresses and strains of life? That, no matter what else was happening in your life, you had this wonderful relationship that you enjoyed.

But, if the strain of life actually comes from within the relationship, what protects you then? Nothing: except your own inner strength and self-esteem.

Even for the strongest of us, bad relationships can erode our self-esteem and unbalance our lives. So, relationships form a huge part of our lives, they come up time and time again when talking, living, laughing or crying.

There is no right or wrong relationship: everyone is different. If for example someone decides to stay with their partner if they have been unfaithful this does not make that person weak or stupid. Equally, we can’t assume that would be right for everybody, good counselling is not stereotypical; there are never any absolutes in any relationships.

Through experience, counselling is about not so much what is being said but more about what people aren’t saying through fear of loss or judgment, or purely stuck in the good old fashioned argument rut, where the argument goes round in circles always ending up with both walking away, being further from the point than when starting because the argument was never really about the words being spoken.

Counselling is a way to unravel the communication in a non-judgmental environment.

With the help and guidance…

The result is always a “win-win” situation by ending being stronger than before or parting knowing what went wrong so it doesn’t impact on your next relationship.