Couples Counselling/Couple Therapy
at Harley Therapy™ London
Difficulties in a partnership can cause distress, disappointment, guilt, rejection or loneliness. Increasingly, couples are seeking counselling as a means of improving or rescuing their relationship.
What is Couples Counselling & Psychotherapy?
The purpose of Couples Therapy is to help you stay together as a couple unless you expressly wish to separate, in which case, couples counselling can help you to do that more amicably. In most cases, there is a way forward with Couples Counselling but it requires an effort on both parts and an acceptance that it can be a long and difficult process.
What happens during Couples Counselling?
A Couples Counsellor can take on a number of different roles during the counselling process. They may act as facilitator, mediator, container and/or observer. Couples counsellors work to support you as a couple and will point out patterns and modes of communication over the course of their observations. Couples therapists often encourage each of you to take responsibility for your own choices and actions. Above all, the therapist, rather than sorting out the issues for you, will help you in the way you go about sorting the issues.
What are the benefits of Couples Counselling?
- Talk about all issues in a safe environment.
- Gain confidence in self-expression as a couple.
- Improve communication levels through practice and with therapist feedback.
- Learn to negotiate and compromise with one another.
- Learn to understand what is keeping you stuck as a couple and discover ways of moving forward.
Couples Counselling Services at Harley Therapy London
Harley Therapy London offers marriage guidance counselling, marital therapy and Couples Counselling in London. Please call to book an assessment with one of our London Couple Therapists.
Further Reading on Couples Therapy and Counselling
- Premartial Counselling - Before you Say I Do - Blog post by Psychotherapist
- Quick Facts about Couples Counselling - Short blog post by Harley Therapy London
