Abingdon Couples Counselling

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Abingdon Couples Counselling

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HOW IT WORKS

The 5 Parts of Therapy

The Assessment sessions

The Assessment sessions

Asessment

The Core Work

Phasing Out

The Ending

Evaluating Outcomes


The length of therapy will depend on the relationship goals and the specific needs of the couple.


An initial consultation that explains the process and explores suitability will need to be taken before work begins. This can be done online, face to face or over the telephone with both partners present.


The Assessment sessions

The Assessment sessions

The Assessment sessions

  Our first three sessions focus on understanding you and your relationship. We begin together, then meet with each partner individually, before coming back as a couple with clear feedback and direction. As part of this process, we will observe a short, structured conversation between you and also ask you to individually complete a comprehensive set of questions outside of the session.

The Core Work

The Assessment sessions

The Core Work

 Following assessment, therapy focuses on strengthening connection, improving communication, and managing conflict more effectively. We work on recognising unhelpful patterns, using repair when things go off track, and developing safer ways to stay engaged during difficult conversations. As the work progresses, we explore trust, commitmen

 Following assessment, therapy focuses on strengthening connection, improving communication, and managing conflict more effectively. We work on recognising unhelpful patterns, using repair when things go off track, and developing safer ways to stay engaged during difficult conversations. As the work progresses, we explore trust, commitment, and shared meaning within the relationship, before consolidating gains and creating a clear plan for maintaining progress beyond therapy. 

The Gottman Relationship Checkup as part of therapy

As Part of the three session assessment, couples will need to complete a set of questions.

 

This clinical assessment consists of 480 carefully designed and researched questions exploring friendship, intimacy, sex, romance and passion, how well you know and understand one another, how emotions and conflict are managed, shared values and goals, and what brings meaning to your lives. There are also focused areas on parenting, housework, finances, trust, and individual concerns*. It takes around 2–3 hours and is completed individually, in your own time and space. The results allow us to clearly identify strengths and areas for development, helping the relationship not just recover, but genuinely thrive.


This is not about judging who is right or wrong, or scoring the relationship as “good” or “bad”, but about gaining a clear, shared understanding of how your relationship currently functions. It gives us a detailed map of what is working well, what may be under strain, and where focused, meaningful change can make the greatest difference 


 * Not all sections may be relevant to every couple, as each relationship is unique.

How this works

Accept the emailed invitation

We will begin by inviting you to Gottman Connect via an introductory email.

Create your profile

Each partner in the relationship will complete a simple registration flow to create their own Gottman Connect account.

Complete the questionnaire

Each partner completes and submits the Gottman questionnaire using unique logins to ensure privacy.


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