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

Ready to transition to being a grandparent?

As Kathy wrote in the recent blog for Coupleworks and in thinking about what brings people and couples into therapy, it is often when they are facing a major transition in their lives.  Of course, these transitions happen in a multitude of ways.  It may be through the...

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Change and Transitions

‘Therapy is sought, not primarily for enlightenment about the unchangeable past, but because of dissatisfaction with the present and a desire to better the future… A change in the current situation is required and, once established, however small, it necessitates...

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Why don’t I fancy my partner anymore?

Recently, I've worked with several couples who have shared a common concern: they've noticed a decline in their attraction towards their partner. They've described their relationship as more akin to that of siblings than romantic partners and have confessed that they...

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Ready to transition to being a grandparent?

As Kathy wrote in the recent blog for Coupleworks and in thinking about what brings people and couples into therapy, it is often when they are facing a major transition in their lives.  Of course, these transitions happen in a multitude of ways.  It may be through the...

read more

Change and Transitions

‘Therapy is sought, not primarily for enlightenment about the unchangeable past, but because of dissatisfaction with the present and a desire to better the future… A change in the current situation is required and, once established, however small, it necessitates...

read more

Why don’t I fancy my partner anymore?

Recently, I've worked with several couples who have shared a common concern: they've noticed a decline in their attraction towards their partner. They've described their relationship as more akin to that of siblings than romantic partners and have confessed that they...

read more

Why do we need rituals

Here we are again, coming up to autumn and leaving behind the summer where for many of us there will be breaks from work or study, much needed holidays and time away from the normal patterns and restrictions of everyday life. Autumn brings change and nature puts on...

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