Couple counselling
Couple counselling in Wolverhampton, the West Midlands and Staffordshire
Couple counselling provides an opportunity to explore patterns, dynamics and conflicts within a relationship and to address issues which are causing stress within it.
Our couple counsellors work with couples in any kind of relationship: hetero-sexual; gay or lesbian; transgender; married or co-habiting; pre-living together; separating or divorcing; love marriages and arranged marriages.
Sometimes people find that their partner will not attend couple counselling and in such cases you may come on your own for individual counselling. Many people do attend alone and still see positive benefits to their relationship.
To find out more about our one-to-one counselling service click: Wolverhampton Counselling
Violence and abuse is an issue for some people who come to us for help with their relationship. We know that in this situation working with both partners together may not be safe. If this is the case then we would suggest each partner attend individual counselling and/or specialist support from another agency.
Issues that bring people to couple counselling
- Repetitive arguments
- Feelings of distance in the relationship
- Feelings of anger or resentment
- Dissatisfaction
- Jealousy
- Lack of interest in affection
- Sexual issues
- An affair
- Parenting issues
- Broken trust
- Managing a separation or divorce
The above list is not exhaustive. Our team of professional couple counsellors deal with many issues that are not listed.
How can couple counselling help?
With the aid of couple counselling, couples can bring pe
ace, stability, and communication back into the relationship.
Couple counselling can help in a number of ways:
- Communicate in an easier and more constructive way
- Listen to and understand more about each other.
- Resolve conflicts
- Get a solutions instead of going round and round in circles
- Negotiate difficult decisions.
- Recover the love, respect and fun that was previously enjoyed.
- Learn new relationship skills
- Recognise and address destructive patterns of relating
- Examine the impact of change and loss
- Achieve goals and develop solutions for resolving problems
- Think, feel, and respond more effectively with each other at home, at work and in social situations.
Counselling for sexual issues
It is not uncommon for people to experience sexual difficulties at some time in their lives. There are a lot of physical and emotional reasons why sexual issues can happen, for example, stress, a new baby or illness. Sometimes things get better without professional help, but for some people issues can get worse.
Problems such as erectile difficulty, lack of sexual desire and painful sex can have devastating effects on a couple’s relationship. Identifying those problems and taking steps to address them can have positive results. 
Counsellors understand that sexual problems can be difficult to talk about and will endeavour to put you at your ease, helping you to talk about your sexual concerns.
Separation or divorce counselling
Separation or divorce counselling can help explore whether trust can be repaired and the relationship rebuilt. If not, it can allow the couple to split with more understanding and less hostility.
Relationship counselling
Relationship counselling is the process of counselling the parties of a relationship such as mother and daughter, employee or employer, or between a professional and a client. Relationship counselling can help the individuals recognise and manage troublesome differences and repeating patterns of distress.
Making an appointment for couple counselling
If you would like to arrange an appointment for couple counselling or require further information please telephone our Wolverhampton counselling practice on: 01902 827808. Alternatively fill out our online contact form.
We are open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 8:00pm and Saturday 8:30am to 6:00pm.
Our clients come to us via two main routes: either they find us after searching on the web and cover the cost of couple counselling themselves; or an organisation contacts us and arranges and pays for couple counselling for one or more of their staff. We work with both individuals and organisations.
For more information about couple counselling and our fees please click: FAQ - Counselling