Couple Therapy

What is Couple Therapy? 

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In our couple sessions we explore and identify unhelpful patterns of relating and coping and together find the resources within you, your partner and your relationship's space to achieve satisfying and fulfilling ways of being and relating. 

Life events such as betrayals and infidelity, moving home, new jobs, a birth, a loss, a break-up, difficulties in communication, are amongst some of the common themes and events for which couples seek clarity and support. These difficulties can result in couples distancing, triggering past attachment injuries and lead to isolation and feeling stuck in unhelpful dynamics.

The work is focused on the emotional and relational meaning of the difficulties clients experience, with the aim to reach a view of self and self-in-relationships that is fulfilling and connected. 

By exploring and gaining awareness of beliefs and narratives you both hold about past and current difficult events, of yourself and others, and the internal processing of the effects of these, how are replicated in the emotional regulation, thoughts patterns and relational dynamics, will lead to new and healthier beliefs, healed states of being and empathic ways of connecting.

 

You will regain a secure and confident sense of agency in how to live your life with authenticity; find the right fit in your expression and commitment to your and your partners' needs; how you can remain present in your intimate and wider relationships for more connecting and satisfying encounters.

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The way you will start to experience positive change and the course of the therapy process will vary depending on what you have experienced in your life;  whether you and your partner have had previous or different experiences of therapy; whether you may be at different stages of readiness in committing to the therapeutic process or want a different outcome. 

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I encourage a therapeutic relationship of transparency, where you can share what feels it's working, what isn't, so we can review your goals, the pace of the sessions, think about other themes that may be emerging for you unexpectedly; how the therapeutic relationship may be informing new territories to explore and how we can continue to build and shape a safe and containing experience of your understanding and embodying of your preferred change. 

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For couples who experience a sudden change, a difficult news that require prompt understanding and would benefit from dedicating extended hours of therapeutic conversations over the course of a few days or a week, or couples that because of different constrains or preferences in how to approach their impasse situation, are not able to commit to weekly sessions over a long period of time, Couples Immersive might be a good fit. 

Surrounded by the beautiful New Forest and coast of Lymington area, I meet with couples for "Walk and Talk" sessions in different nature locations for a couple of hours every day over the course of a few days. 

 

This approach promotes an immersive and focused exploration of what couples experience , that allows the therapeutic processing to unfold and integrate within the break from their day to day routine and external pressures, enlivened by the benefits of nature being a witness to the soothing and grounding of the internal emotional and nervous systems, rebuilding clarity, empathy and closeness alongside creative and meaningful shared plans to independently and confidently return to satisfying and healthy dynamics. ​