Couples Therapy, Marriage Counselling and Relationship Therapy in Stroud
I offer couples therapy, marriage counselling and relationship therapy in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and online across the UK. I work exclusively with couples and partners who want to better understand their relationship, address difficulties, and find a way forward together.
If something isn’t working between you, couples therapy and relationship therapy can offer a supportive space to slow things down, make sense of what’s happening, and begin to think about change.
Couples therapy in Stroud – face‑to‑face and online
I offer couples therapy, marriage counselling and relationship therapy in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and online across the UK.
What brings couples and partners to therapy
You might be considering couples therapy or marriage counselling because something doesn’t feel right in your relationship right now. You may be experiencing:
- Communication difficulties
- Repeated conflict or feeling stuck in patterns
- Emotional distance or disconnection
- Difficulties with intimacy or sex
- Trust issues or the impact of past experiences
- Big relationship decisions, including whether to separate
Couples therapy offers a space to explore these difficulties together, with support to better understand what is happening between you.
Relationship therapy for non‑monogamous partners
I can work with couples and partners in non‑monogamous relationships, including open relationships and polyamorous relationships.
Non‑monogamous relationships can bring unique challenges around communication, boundaries, trust and emotional complexity. Relationship therapy can support you to explore these dynamics in a way that feels respectful, thoughtful and grounded in your shared values.
Whether you are navigating changes, misunderstandings or deeper patterns in your relationships, therapy can help create more clarity and connection.
My approach to couples and relationship therapy
I am a qualified and experienced individual therapist currently completing specialist training in relationship psychotherapy (Advanced Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy, NAOS Institute). While in training, I offer a reduced fee.
My approach is integrative and relational. I focus on understanding the relationship itself — how the emotional patterns, communication styles and relational dynamics between you shape your experience of each another. My ethos is the relationship is the client.
In our work together, I offer a calm and non‑judgemental space where we can slow things down and explore what is happening beneath the surface. I aim to understand your relationship deeply and will ask thoughtful questions to help make sense of your experience.
Where helpful, I may offer exercises or reflections to support change.
Understanding patterns in your relationship
Over time, we may begin to explore deeper and less conscious aspects of your relationship.
In my experience, some of the most meaningful shifts in couples therapy and relationship therapy happen when partners begin to recognise the patterns that are not serving them — and importantly, understand why those patterns exist.
I am particularly interested in how early experiences and past relationships influence how we connect, communicate and respond to one another in the present. As this understanding develops, it can become possible to make different choices and develop new ways of relating.
I also pay close attention to what happens between all of us in the room, as this often reflects your wider relationship patterns and can open up opportunities for change in real time.
A thoughtful and collaborative space
At the heart of my work is the belief that lasting change comes from understanding the patterns in your relationship — not just managing the surface difficulties.
This understanding develops in a space that feels safe, collaborative and respectful, where both partners can be heard and where the relationship itself is given attention.
Starting couples therapy / relationship therapy:
I offer:
- Online or face-to-face sessions in Stroud
- 50-minute sessions as a minimum
- Free 30-minute consultation – online
Book a free consultation by emailing me – [email protected] – or texting / calling: 07305 483554