T 07798 622 601
E helen@helenactontherapy.com
Seeking therapy as a couple can be a positive experience at any stage of a relationship. Very often it is helpful when one or both partners are feeling misunderstood or isolated, or when couples find themselves repeating negative and destructive patterns. Communication may have broken down and partners may find it difficult to see a way forward. Relationship counselling can be challenging, but it is an opportunity to air hurt and angry feelings in a safe, private and controlled setting. It can offer new insights into the ways you are communicating and experiencing each other, help clarify thoughts and feelings, and can help free you to find new, more positive, ways of relating.
Couples very often come for counselling at moments of crisis and change; exploring these difficulties with your partner in a therapy setting can increase your understanding of each other’s experience and your awareness of how you are relating together.
I provide a warm, supportive and non-judgmental environment, and I do not take sides. As a couples therapist I do not come to the sessions with an agenda; I am not there to tell you what to do or to manipulate you into staying together. I am there simply to facilitate you in finding your own way forward; for some couples this will mean finding a more creative and positive future for the relationship, while for others it may mean helping you to accept and manage the end of a relationship.
During the course of the therapy I may meet with each of you for a pre-arranged individual session, but in general the sessions will be attended by both of you and require commitment from both parties.
Please call me on 07798 622 601 or email helen@helenactontherapy.com if you would like to ask any questions or make an appointment.