Individual Relationship Therapy

Individual Relationship Therapy (also known as relationship counselling) is a talking therapy which allows you to identify negative behaviours which can be changed in order to improve your emotional wellbeing. Therapy can provide you with new tools and perspectives to improve your mental health. Our counsellors create a compassionate space where you will feel heard and understood.

Typically, clients at London Couples Clinic have between 10 – 20 appointments on a weekly basis and some continue for longer. Appointments are 50 minutes long.

I don’t want attend relationship therapy with my partner

You may not want to attend with your partner as you don’t want to discuss issues such as past traumas in front of your partner. With individual therapy, your counsellor will provide a secure space for you to discuss these matters.

My partner is reluctant to start relationship therapy with me

It is quite common that one partner is keen to start therapy whilst the other may be reluctant to start therapy at present. We would encourage the reluctant partner to have a confidential individual therapy appointment. There they can discuss their reluctance about having couples therapy. If a couple decide to attend together, they will be encouraged to set shared goals for couples therapy.

I’m not in a relationship at present

Perhaps you are apprehensive about future relationships. Perhaps you have unanswered questions about why your last relationship ended. With individual relationship therapy, we can:

help you to understand your needs better
help you to build strategies for your future

Heal from the pain of a relationship ending

Individual relationship therapy gives you the space and time to explore your relationship and work through any issues which you may be struggling with.

What are the benefits of relationship therapy?

Research¹ shows that healthy relationships lead to better mental and emotional health. In addition, healthy relationships benefit our physical health and even our longevity. If we want to thrive, we need to feel connected and heard by those are important in our life.

Footnotes

1 Holt-Lunstad J, Smith TB, Layton JB. Social relationships and mortality risk: a meta-analytic review. PLoS Med. 2010 Jul 27;7(7):e1000316. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316. PMID: 20668659; PMCID: PMC2910600.