Riviera Couple’s Counselling
Riviera Couples Counselling: Passionate about healing your relationship
There are many good reasons for seeing an experienced Couple’s Counsellor.
Maybe your relationship is in crisis – you have grown apart as a couple, have frequent arguments or there might have been an affair. Being together no longer is enjoyable.
Sounds about right? Then let’s do some work together. For things really can change for the better with couples’ therapy.
Other couples might not be in crisis, but feel that something is missing.
You might simply want to deepen your relationship and become more emotionally and physically intimate.
““For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.””
I believe Rilke is right about this. However, I also believe that relationships also offer endless opportunity for growth, change, joy, laughter and a deep sense of closeness.
Together, we will find a tailor-made approach to meet the specific needs of the Two of You.
Some couples have a real need to talk about wounds from the past, others want to work on their communication skills so they can relate again. Deep down, for most people it is not the greatest need in a relationship to feel loved, but to feel appreciated, understood – and thus safe. Only when we feel safe in our relationships we can freely, joyfully love – and receive the love from our partner.
Sounds too good to be true? It isn’t: together we will practise ways of listening to each other more deeply, so that you will feel understood, both emotionally and factually. From this, then, greater emotional safety occurs and Love can begin to flow again.
When your relationship goes through stormy times, it can feel very hopeless.
Equally, some couples may choose to come to couple’s counselling to find a way to break up amicably – especially where children are involved.
Here, too, relationship counselling may be of great value: having a third party with you to find a safe and contained atmosphere in which to come to positive solutions for the good of all involved.
My approach to couple’s counselling is holistic, we will together look at influences and stressors in your field, which impact your relationship, as well as your relationship patterns. I have a special interest in Imago Couple’s Counselling, which focuses on heart-felt, authentic and loving dialogue. Where needed, we will combine Imago with techniques from other approaches to suit your needs as a couple.
If you would like to find out more about my approach to relationship counselling, please see my Couples Counselling UK-webpage.
Some couples prefer to have sessions which are longer than the usual 50 minutes, so that together we can get deeper and faster into the process. If you wish, we can try to arrange this. You might just want to talk more, or you might want to be taught new communication skills and to work on specific exercises to improve your relationship. Longer sessions are charged pro rata.
Needless to say, both straight and gay couples and couples from all creeds are welcome – all you need is an open mind, a good heart – and the willingness to work.
If you have any questions about my approach to relationship counselling or wish to book a session, please feel free to contact me.
Counselling Riviera provides Couple‘s Counselling for the French Riviera, Nice, Cannes, Alpes Maritimes and Monaco as well as by Skype world-wide.
