COUPLES THERAPY
IN PERSON IN LEEDS AND ONLINE
What is couples therapy?
Couples therapy is a space where both partners can bring what's happening between them, with someone impartial helping to hold and guide the conversation. It isn't about deciding who's right, assigning blame, or delivering a verdict on the relationship. It's about slowing things down enough that you can actually hear each other — often for the first time in a long while — and finding a way through together, whatever that ends up looking like.
My role is to stay curious and even-handed, never to take sides.
Who I work with
I work with couples of all kinds, including:
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Married and unmarried couples, at any stage of a relationship
LGBTQI+ couples
Couples navigating non-monogamy or alternative relationship structures
Couples from different cultural, faith, or family backgrounds, including intercultural relationships
Couples at major life transitions — new parents, empty-nesters, blended families, retirement
You don't need to be married, or together for any particular length of time, to bring your relationship here. If your relationship doesn't fit a "typical" shape, that's not a barrier — it's simply something for us to understand together.
What couples therapy can help with
This isn't an exhaustive list, but common areas include:
Communication breakdown — [e.g. arguments that go in circles, feeling unheard, shutting down instead of talking]
Trust and infidelity — [e.g. rebuilding after a breach, or working through suspicion and insecurity]
Growing apart — [e.g. feeling more like housemates or co-parents than partners]
Conflict and repeated patterns — [e.g. the same argument resurfacing in different forms]
Major life transitions — [e.g. new parenthood, career change, illness, relocation, retirement]
Differences in values or expectations — [e.g. around family, culture, faith, money, or parenting]
Intimacy and connection — [e.g. feeling distant, or wanting to feel closer]
Deciding on the relationship's future — [e.g. working out whether to stay together, separate well, or something in between]
"Your mental health is a priority. Your happiness is an essential. Your self-care is a necessity."
What to expect
Couples sessions typically run a little longer than individual sessions, to give both of you enough room to be heard. We'll start with a short initial conversation, then an initial session to understand what's brought you here, before settling into regular ongoing work — reviewed together as we go.
Session length: 90 minutes Fee: £45 Format: In person at my central Leeds practice, and/or online
Before we start
I'm a qualified counsellor and registered member of BACP, working within the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions. I hold professional indemnity insurance and work under regular clinical supervision throughout.
If sex or intimacy is part of what's affecting your relationship, that's also very common — and often woven into couples work directly, or alongside dedicated psychosexual and relationship therapy, depending on what's most useful.
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