Make a positive change with
Couples Counselling
How will Couples Counselling help?
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To stop going round in circles, you both need to be heard.
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Couples counselling creates the right environment for this to happen.
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To stop arguing, you need a plan.
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Couples counselling will give you a plan to focus on the things that really make a difference to communication.
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Turn hostile silence into genuine engagement.
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Couples counselling will show you how to restore engagement (even where you've drifted apart and all seems lost).
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To resolve conflict, you need effective strategies for emotional regulation.
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Couples counselling will teach you what needs to happen before real communication begins.
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For greater intimacy, you need to understand each other’s needs better.
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Couples counselling will foster a much greater understanding with a structured approach to voicing important needs.
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To recover from affairs, you need a proper process and, crucially, an expert practitioner.
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Trying to do this without professional support can actually make things worse when deep feelings of betrayal need to be heard.
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For a successful outcome, you need the right guidance and advice.
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The vast majority of relationships in distress can be turned around fairly quickly, but it's important to act. You'll soon be able to make the changes that build closeness again - and you'll know what needs to happen to break the old pattern.
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Couples Counselling helps break the old cycle
Good Relationships changes lives for the better. You may have been trying for months, even years, to make things right between the two of you. But somehow you keep on getting stuck in the same places, with the same arguments, and stresses and strains.
You can't see eye-to-eye, and both of you are complaining that the other just doesn't understand your point of view. Sounds familiar?
Is Marriage Counselling the same thing?
Marriage Counselling and Couples Counselling essentially refer to the same therapeutic process. However, it's important to many people for the status of their relationship to be acknowledged. At a deeper level, it often useful to explore what the relationship status means to each partner personally, as there can be different expectations and perceptions. These expectations and perception can and do have an impact on the relationship itself.
What situations will Couples Counselling help with?
Help is on hand in a wide range of circumstances, where for example:
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it seems impossible to get along anymore
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there are thoughts or talk of separation
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the love seems to have faded
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there has been an affair
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intimacy and sex are problematic
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different parenting style are causing disputes
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there is arguing over the finances
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unhealthy coping strategies are getting in the way
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the relationship seems very volatile
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wider family issues are causing arguments
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there are some doubts before getting married
Get in contact to improve things right from your very first call. Most people say 'if only we'd sought help sooner!' Good Relationships serves Bath and Bristol, north Hertfordshire, as well as the north London area. It's a first port of call for couples counselling if your relationship feels like a struggle.
Find out more about the service in Bath and surrounding areas.
8 Powerful reasons for agreeing to relationship therapy
Many couples now choose the online option for convenience, extending the reach of the service and making it more accessible.
Find out more about the service options, including the eight-week programme.
Expert support is vital
If you're married or in a long-term relationship, finding an experienced marriage or relationship counsellor is critical. With the right kind of counselling support, you can start to create a much better relationship from the very first session. Commit to the process, work through the stages with an experienced counsellor, and you will be amazed at how much you can achieve together.
Make improvements in couples therapy
Be guided through improvements you'll start to notice immediately:
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stop the arguments so each partner can be fully heard
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understand what triggers each partner and how to respond without escalations
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unpack communication patterns that serve neither partner well
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empower partners to use effective, mindful communication techniques
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understand how past experiences may be affect present interactions
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resolve conflict so both partners feel their concerns have been acknowledged
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connect for greater trust and intimacy
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build a stronger future together with the right foundations
You'll learn the special skills required to resolve conflict and make your relationship a real success you can be proud of. In fact, whatever the issues seem to be, there are six main areas that can be improved in close relationships.
How does relationship therapy work?
Understandably, people often want to know what the therapeutic process involves and the skills that will be learned along the way. We start with understanding what state the relationship is in, and then find a pathway to recovery (if that is desirable for both parties).
Identifying pattens and unhealthy behaviours is key to understanding what could improve. Often, emotional regulation and self-soothing needs to take place so that each person can approach the situation a little more mindfully. Focusing on one's owns needs and then being able to articulate these is important.
Building a robust system for friendship and appreciation is key to laying the groundwork for a positive, enduring relationship that will stand the test of time. And even when this is working and in place, an alertness to one's tone and language in communication is key to maintaining good relationships.
The good news is that all this realistic and achievable with a reasonable level of commitment.
Read more about the high rate of success.
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Transforming habits
Though each relationship is unique, unhealthy relationships tend to show the same patterns of unproductive behaviour. In the presence of these unhealthy behaviours, a relationship cannot prosper or fulfil its potential. Feelings of anger, resentment, upset or hurt can cloud everything else.
Read about 11 telltale signs you may need couples therapy here.
Fortunately, these patterns can be observed and modified with the help of a skilled counsellor. Think of these behaviours as ingrained habits that create an unproductive emotional climate. But with the right intentions and commitment, these habits can be transformed allowing much greater positivity to surface.
See 8 Powerful reasons for doing relationship therapy
A specialist marriage and couples counsellor will help you unravel what is happening in real-time, make skilful interventions, and enable self-reflection. It can be a huge relief to know that happier times are within reach.
Work with experienced Chris Langer, specialist Marriage and Couples Therapist
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Gain a safe place to the explore issues or whatever is bothering you or your partner. Learn the fundamentals of friendship, appreciation and intimacy to transform your relationship. Reduce stress and tension, and reach your true potential together using therapy as the vehicle.
Sometimes, we need the space to work through issues on our own, especially if we feel those closest to us are being affected. Anger, anxiety, depression, or unhealthy patterns of behaviour are all things that can be tackled with very positive results.
When we change for the better, others notice the difference too.