Relationships

 

What is Relationship Counselling?

Relationship counselling is when two people in relationship – whether they be in a partnership, a marriage, members of a family or a close friendship – wish to look at themselves and their relationship with each other.

 

…Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! It is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

– Sonnet 116,  William Shakespeare

 

All relationships hit bumpy roads.

To borrow from a song … “There will be trouble ahead”. If there wasn’t trouble it would not be a normal relationship.

Sometimes it is more than trouble, where relationships undergo more serious blocks, failures and ruptures.

My aim as a counsellor is to facilitate
• Communication
• Listening
• Understanding
• Empathy

With these four components, and time and space, what is happening in the relationship becomes clearer. This fosters the chances of finding the right solution for the individuals within the relationship. This may or may not be to stay together.

I have qualifications in
• Working with Couples
• The Person-Centred Approach to Relationship Counselling
• Couples Therapy for Depression.

Words of Appreciation

Counselling

Juliana as a counsellor is an invaluable life mirror who always present and listening.   She knows when and how to intervene at the appropriate moment helping me to face and accept challenging issues. She helps me find my way in life.  Juliana is a warm and caring human being.

 

Counselling

Until I started talking to you, I didn’t realise how much unnecessary mental baggage I was carrying! Thank you for providing space for me to unload, which has enabled me to keep going in a very stressful time.

Counselling

During my appointments with Juliana as a counsellor she was patient and compassionate.  She gave me the time to talk about the pain I was going through at the time and helped me to slowly work through that pain to eventually come to a conclusion in my own time.  She was able to acknowledge how I was feeling without judgment.

Relationships

We have been in couple’s counselling with Juliana for over a year. Juliana is kind, compassionate, non judgemental and a great listener. It has helped us to listen better and understand what each other is saying underneath what we might be reacting too.