Is Therapy Or Coaching Better For Helping Your Relationship Are you in a place where you know you both need support, but are unsure whether therapy or coaching is better for your relationship? Qualified and experienced in both, I feel that I am in a good...
The Evolution of Marriage Guidance: From Advice to Couples Therapy When I was growing up, struggling couples went to "Marriage Guidance." While some therapy may have been involved, there was probably a lot of advice. That advice, meanwhile, would have been geared towards the traditional family...
As a Human Givens relationship counsellor, my approach to Couples Counselling uses the Human Givens model. In short, a lot of it is about your needs. Everyone has fundamental physical and emotional needs—the"givens"—which contribute to emotional well-being and resilience. In couples counselling, I help partners...
Is Couples Therapy Like the TV Programme? Many people's experience of couples therapy is through watching the TV programme on Iplayer. Putting aside the ethical issues around confidentiality for a moment, it's interesting to consider whether real life couples therapy is like the TV programme? First off,...
Can I Go To Couples Therapy On My Own? I often get asked this by people keen to improve their relationship, but for one reason or another, want or need to come on their own. Of course, the ideal is that you are both there, ready...