About me

I am an experienced couple therapist and work as a senior clinician at Tavistock Relationships where I trained, as well as having a small private practice.

I was a practising divorce lawyer for 5 years but decided that I wanted to work more with the dynamics of relationships than the practical outcomes of their breakdown, though of course it turns out that often it is the quality of the relationship between a separating couple that has the most influence on what the practical outcomes look like.

I still work in the field of divorce and separation consulting to individuals and couples who are divorcing at Family Law in Partnership.

The kind of issues I work on with couples cover all sorts of areas:

Repetitive arguments

Difficulties with sharing their workload

Difficulties with communication

Frustrations with each other

Sex problems

Feelings that the relationship can’t go on

The struggles involved with parenting

Clashes of ideas about parenting

Depression

Becoming parents

Fertility issues

The way I work with couples is to make a time and space to reflect on and think creatively about the dynamics they are struggling with or stuck in.

By working with a therapist a couple can start to get a bird’s eye view on their relationship and this can give them more capacity to see where they’re getting it wrong with each other and start to make changes both in relation to themselves and with each other.

Often just the reality of making a regular time to think about the issues between them starts to help.

Announcing new service for couples – support with the transition to becoming parents

I am pleased to announce I am offering a new brief consultation service to couples who wish to think about their relationship in the context of their transition to parenthood, whether they are expecting a baby or have a child together. Couples can use a series of five sessions with me to think about aspects of their life together in the context of becoming parents.

Examples of what couples can use the time with me to explore include:

Discussing shared expectations of parenthood and making space to air concerns constructively
Taking steps to prepare their relationship for the arrival of a baby
Making dedicated space for themselves within the busy-ness of having children to reflect on issues that come up between them
Exploring mixed feelings about having children
The impact of issues around fertility
Issues with wider family that have been stirred up by having a baby
The impact of having a child on their physical relationship

For this series of sessions I offer an initial consultation to a couple to see if it is appropriate to work together and then following that, if it is possible to work together, we will agree a focus and set up subsequent appointments. For more information please email me here…

About me

Announcing new service for couples – support with the transition to becoming parents

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