The pressure of raising children, financial concerns, unresolved psychological issues or simply the fact that the partners have settled into fixed roles that have become destructive, are all factors which can contribute to the breakdown of a relationship. I seek to help you understand how the relationship has become difficult; what is it about the way you communicate with each other that has become problematic?
Certain dynamics will reveal themselves in the session itself, in the way you talk and listen to each other. Once we have begun to understand what is missing from the relationship, new ways of listening, talking together, understanding and resolving problems can be explored. Negotiating and conflict management skills can be incorporated into a tool box for the couple to take away and try out in the relationship between sessions.