About me

I am an experienced couple therapist and have a private practice with couples and individuals as well as working at Tavistock Relationships (where I trained) and Family Law in Partnership. I work with people at all stages of their relationship. For some this is at a moment that their relationship feels in crisis and needs support. However, I also work with people who want to make space to reflect on their relationship even if it is not in crisis so as to make some time and space for themselves. In an initial meeting we can think about what help you are looking for and tailor the work together accordingly. I am the author of Five Arguments All Couples (Need To) Have and Why The Washing Up Matters, a book which reflects my interest in helping couples to cope better with the core challenges we all face in our relationships, including the pressures from daily life. I am regularly asked to comment in the media on relationship issues. 

I used to be a divorce lawyer and I still work alongside lawyers, supporting individuals and couples who are separating or divorcing. This has given me a perspective on what makes relationships stop working and on how to have a good separation, if that is what is decided.   

If you are interested to work with me, please get in touch.   

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.

About me - Joanna Harrison