The dialogical is found neither in one or the two partners nor in both together but only in their dialogue itself, in this “between” where they live together. Buber
Our approach to Relationship Counselling
When we shift from “your story versus mine”, we move from a focus on the individual to “the between” of your relationship. This approach to relationship counselling assumes that what occurs in your relationship is co-created.
As you may have experienced, relationship patterns repeat, the same ideas and themes keep knocking on the door. With the support of your therapist you are invited to explore “the between”, to engage in a process that helps you to understand how you got here and to begin to experience your relationship differently. It is a therapeutic process that can allow for an opening and a chance to move beyond the impasse or difficulties unique to your relationship.
Let’s discover what continues to arise between you, which will no doubt make itself known in the therapeutic space and provide you with opportunities to get curious and try out new ways of relating. Relationships matter. We’re here to support you with yours.
As relational therapists we are committed to:
Create a safe environment for our work together
Provide attuned presence, empathy and a balanced alliance with you and your partner
Work with you to identify both patterns of relating that are troubling, as well as the strengths in your relationship
Support the development of healthy relational processes and communication
Raise awareness of each other’s internal experiences
Support you to hold steady to be able to hear what is challenging and to say what might feel difficult.
Focus on the here and now, bringing awareness to relational patterns as they emerge in the room
Explore and experiment with new ways of relating and practical change
Areas of focus:
Deepening connection
Healing from infidelity / breaches of trust
Repair and regathering
Life transitions - any significant change in circumstance, fertility, young families, when it’s just you two again
Mixed or non-conforming relationship and family configurations including polyamorous relationships
BIPOC and LGBTQI+ Respect, awareness, training and experience in culturally safe and sensitive therapeutic practice
Addiction and compulsive sexual behaviours
Sex and intimacy, including problems related to differences in desire
Our practice is informed by the following theoretical frameworks and methods:
Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy
Attachment Theory
Emotionally Focussed Therapy
Gottman Method
Our Psychotherapists and Counsellors
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I am a practicing Psychotherapist with extensive experience in Mind-Body Medicine, Mental Health Therapies, Relational Psychotherapy and a background in Philosophy and Social Theory.
Training and professional development in Gestalt Psychotherapy, Relationship Counselling and a special interest in supporting couples to develop their capacity for relationship: to navigate the challenges that face you, deepen your connection and find fulfilment from shared experience including sex and intimacy.
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I am a consulting psychologist and psychotherapist with over 15 years experience in counselling (both hospital and private practice settings), training in Gestalt Relational Psychotherapy and continuing professional development in relationship counselling.Through both my work and personal life, I am deeply aware of the support, security, and the complexity, our intimate relationships can bring. Hence, my practice is strongly focused on relationships and on helping you strengthen your capacity to stay present and open to each other, to speak and to listen about what matters in your relationship.
“In the beginning there is relation”
Buber
At the heart of our approach to relationship counselling is the belief that “the ultimate basis of our existence is relational or dialogic in nature: we are all threads in an interhuman fabric”. Hycner
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