Premarriage Counselling
Any major transition in life benefits from thought and preparation.
When a couple makes the decision to arrange a wedding or a civil partnership, premarital counselling can help them explore their expectations, their plans for the future, and what might be involved when sharing their lives together. Individual styles of relating, which are often based on past family and life experiences, can be explored and understood. The counselling may include identifying the particular elements that their relationship needs to flourish and succeed, and how they will accept and manage their differences.
With the aim of creating a healthy, trusting and secure base to the relationship, our counsellors sensitively offer couples the opportunity to discuss and examine their shared intentions as well as their personal needs, hopes and longings. Finding mutual agreement on important values and principles can help avoid many pitfalls.
Working collaboratively with the counsellor, the couple can consider their attitudes to a variety of important topics:
- Communication
- Decision making
- Beliefs and values
- Sex and affection
- Finances
- Differences and disagreement
- Conflict and managing anger
- Children and parenting
- Family relationships
Coupleworks Therapists
Coupleworks is a group of six highly experienced relationship counsellors and psychosexual therapists.
Since 2004 Coupleworks therapists have offered couples the opportunity to explore and understand their relationships and each other within an empathetic and understanding space.
Coupleworks counsellors offer counselling remotely via Skype and in person at their individual private practices based across London.
Coupleworks Blogs
Summer Holiday Relationship Stress and How to Overcome It.
As a couples counsellor based in North London, with over two decades of experience supporting individuals and partners, I've seen how a summer holiday that's often looked forward to can also be a surprisingly testing time in many relationships. The extra time...
Repairing a rift in your relationship
The current issue of Private Eye (No. 1651 13 -26 June 2025) has, on its front cover, the question ‘Is Bromance Dead? A Photocasebook Special.’ Not surprisingly given the nature of that magazine, the six pictures accompanying the headline chart the relationship of...
Betrayal, Infidelity and Loss
‘The loss of a loved one is one of the most profound experiences of human existence.’ [John Bowlby] The loss of someone greatly loved means the person to whom we thought we were firmly attached has ripped away and our relationship has been torn apart - and we are left...
Summer Holiday Relationship Stress and How to Overcome It.
As a couples counsellor based in North London, with over two decades of experience supporting individuals and partners, I've seen how a summer holiday that's often looked forward to can also be a surprisingly testing time in many relationships. The extra time...
Repairing a rift in your relationship
The current issue of Private Eye (No. 1651 13 -26 June 2025) has, on its front cover, the question ‘Is Bromance Dead? A Photocasebook Special.’ Not surprisingly given the nature of that magazine, the six pictures accompanying the headline chart the relationship of...
Betrayal, Infidelity and Loss
‘The loss of a loved one is one of the most profound experiences of human existence.’ [John Bowlby] The loss of someone greatly loved means the person to whom we thought we were firmly attached has ripped away and our relationship has been torn apart - and we are left...
No Closure: How to Make Sense of the Unfinished
When a partner dies or a relationship ends suddenly, we experience a visceral shock to our system. At that moment, we can’t think about the “why” much less begin to understand what has happened. We need time to grieve and allow ourselves to accept what has transpired....