What About Relationship Therapy for Individuals?

Relationship Therapy is not just for couples & partners, individuals can also benefit from exploring their relationship to being in a relationship!

If you are currently in a relationship, you might want to have therapy to explore thoughts, feelings or issues that are individual to you. Individual therapy sessions can still potentially offer a benefit to the overall relationship too.

You may want to explore:

• Your communication skills

• Your approach to dealing with conflict

• How you manage boundaries

• Your attachment style

• Your gender or sexual identity

• Different relationship orientations (monogamy, polyamory, etc.)

If you've recently experienced the end of a relationship, you may also want space to process your feelings about the ending, regardless of how it ended.

If you're not currently in a relationship, you may be interested in Individual Relationship Therapy to reflect on what you want to get out of being in a future relationship - what your values and priorities are, and how you might want to set boundaries.

What if my partner doesn't want to come to therapy?

For therapy to be effective (and ethical) everyone needs to be there willingly, even if people feel nervous, uncertain, or a little sceptical. These are all normal concerns which can be worked through in the sessions.

If your partner is not ready or able to join you in Partnered Relationship Therapy, that doesn't need to stop you from supporting yourself and the issues that might be affecting your relationship.

What could be the downside?

If there is an issue within the relationship that you want to work on, then it can be a little tricky if just one partner comes to the therapy. It can often mean that the partner coming to therapy has the burden of taking all the information away and then "teaching" it to their partner. This has the potential to create resentment, if we're not careful about it.

What if my partner decides they want to join later?

Great! That's a promising sign.

We wouldn't be able to open up your sessions - and convert them from individual to partnered sessions - because it's important that there isn't any form of imbalance in partnered therapy sessions.

What I can do in this situation, is support you to find an excellent relationship therapist who could work with you both together.

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