Marriage Guidance and Relationship Counselling Bournemouth
Marriage counselling, couples counselling, couples therapy - there are many terms for what you may need if you are experiencing issues in your relationship, but however you refer to it, we're here to listen, help and offer relationship counselling in a non-judgemental and confidential environment.
Relationship issues can have a serious impact, not only on a couple's relationship but also on the wider family. They can also take their toll on your own mental health and self-worth. Couples therapy should therefore be looked at as much in terms of addressing each individual's well being, as the couples.
As a highly experienced therapist, I provide relationship help from understanding the underlying causes of your current difficulties to providing life coaching, behavioural exercises and advice to help address them.
This can be provided in person, but given the current Covid pandemic, or if you live outside the Bournemouth and Dorset area, then we can also help via online counselling.
Understanding relationship issues
To understand why things can go wrong, it’s useful to know what should be right from the beginning.
For a long-term relationship to work, the following factors have to be – and remain – in play:
1. There has to be a CONNECTION
What we tend to admire most in others are the qualities that we hold dearest in ourselves. Sometimes if we find a few key qualities in another person, we begin to idealise them and assume they must have all the other qualities important to us – usually a mistake. If however someone genuinely has these qualities it is likely that a strong connection will be felt towards them.
2. There has to be an IMMEDIATE physical attraction.
Of course, an intimate relationship can grow from friendship, but this can become a brother and sister-type interaction over time, which can increase the chances of an affair.
Attraction is not a choice. It is either there or not. However, attraction on its own is not enough. By itself, it is meaningless because it is instantaneous, involuntary and fleeting. Attraction can also be lost during a relationship and is often a major contributor to break-ups.
3. The absence of ‘deal-breakers’
She might be ‘perfect’ but she’s also a crack addict, or he’s wonderful but he beats me, or she’s an axe murderer but other than that, she’s my ideal woman. I am obviously exaggerating to make a point, but I’m sure you can see where I am coming from. Insecurity, jealousy and emotional instability are more examples of ‘deal-breakers’ for many people.
4. There has to be quality time spent together
This includes SHARED experiences, communication, empathy and support. This can often get neglected and end a relationship. Resentment and dishonesty can also deal heavy blows to relationships.
How Dolphin Hypnotherapy can help
Dolphin Hypnotherapy’s relationship counselling practice in Bournemouth is designed to help you fix what’s wrong in your relationship with sessions that are tailored to getting to the root of a problem rather than trying to prove who is right or wrong and ultimately, make each other feel bad.
Addressing relationship difficulties
Therapy can help you remember the reasons why you got together in the first place and rebuild emotional closeness. Attention will be devoted to honest and open communication, rediscovering each other and practical problem solving with win-win scenarios.
Contact our counselling practice
To find out more about relationship counselling and marriage guidance from a highly experienced relationship counsellor Contact Dolphin Hypnotherapy now or book online using voucher code INITIALAC (and be sure to click apply) for your half-price initial assessment consultation with no obligation.
(Please note that in the event of non-attendance or cancellation with less than 48 hours' notice, our standard consultation fee will be charged).
Alternatively, call us at Dolphin Hypnotherapy Practice on 07790 333431 (24 hours).
First Aid
If your relationship needs some immediate help, try the simple tip of removing the words ‘you’ and ‘but’ from your discussions. If you’re finding this hard, contact us for more help and advice.
We are here to help you take the next step in fixing your relationship.
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