SPECIALISING IN COUPLE THERAPY

A relationship often can look calm on the surface, but underneath we can be paddling like mad to stay afloat. Whether old or new, relationships can sometimes be in trouble. You can feel unhappy and unheard.

Make no mistake, being part of a couple can be hard work. Sometimes we need to get help: an MOT for your relationship.

I will be there for you — by video, on the phone, or face-to-face in my cabin.

Contact me and take that first step.

I have been a relationship counsellor for over 20 years. People come for all kinds of reasons; you don’t have to wait for a crisis.

I will give you the opportunity to talk to me, to each other – a space in which to be heard.

It’s a matter of talking.

FAQs

  • I am based in Southampton, 5 mins off the M27. You may visit me at home in a private setting, on a Zoom call or by phone.

  • From the Counselling and Psychotherapy Awarding Board

    1995 - Certificate of Counselling

    2001 - Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling

    2002 - Advanced Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling

    2005 - Graduate Certificate in Couple Counselling, University of East London School of Psychology.

    Relate Counsellor since 2003

  • Our first session together will be to gather some info about you/both, then as an experienced counsellor I will be able to get the ball rolling; we can talk about what has brought you here at this time. In turn, you can ask me questions - it’s important that you feel I am the right therapist for you.

    I am here to be useful to you - not to tell you what to do, or to ‘save you’.

    It’s never a question of taking sides or being judgemental. I firmly believe couple counselling is pretty unique - as are you!

    You may attend alone or as a couple - (and often a bit of both). Occasionally couple therapy is not the right place for you at this time and we can discuss that should it arise.

  • My charges are £45 per session for a couple or individual.

    Session last approx. 50 minutes.

  • I am a qualified member of The British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy.

    I follow their Ethical Framework for Good Practice.

    BACP's Ethical Framework (BACP 2018) requires members to 'keep accurate records that: are adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the type of service being provided', and to 'comply with the applicable data protection requirements' (BACP 2018: Good Practice,

 

Get in touch.

“I can help you to interrupt patterns of behaviour, strip them down and reconstruct them into more positive outcomes ‒ which will in turn reinforce your relationship.”

jan@matteroftalking.com