Couples Therapy
My Couple Counselling has been most significantly influenced over the last 20 years by:
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• David Riddell (Living Wisdom School) • Kathy King (Lives & Relationships Transformed) • John & Agnes Sturt (Created for Love, Intimacy) • Max & Sandra Palmer (Prepare-Enrich Training)
• Dr Gary Smalley (Keys to Loving Relationships) • Dr Gary Chapman (The Five Love Languages) • Yvonne Pauling (Imago - Couples Weekend) • Dr Harville Hendrix (Getting the Love You Want) • Elliott Connie (Solution Focused Marriage) • Couple courses & counselling I have attended
How would you rate the safety and trust level in your relationship now, from 1-10? If 1 is low and 10 is high? And what would lift it by one point? Wanting faithful, validating, secure, loving connection where you feel seen, heard, understood, known, accepted and valued is part of the beauty and pain of being human. What is your next step toward this?
Couples often come to therapy scared they might split, but their Preferred Future is usually: “still being together;" or "appreciating what we have;" or "creating intimacy, which would change everything.”
If your relationship is worth the investment, why not come and work on it together with me?
"He opened our eyes to many things, including the areas of strength within our relationship."
"When we met Daryl we were in a very difficult place. Daryl approached the situation with genuine empathy and confidence. He opened our eyes to many things, including the areas of strength within our relationship.
Rather than dwelling on my husband’s difficult childhood (which many counsellors have focussed on in the past with my husband) he focussed on us and what we could control. Daryl set us tasks each week, which looking back seem so simple, and yet made such a difference. Months on, I still use these and although we are not perfect, they make a difference.
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We found Daryl’s coaching and advice to be invaluable. Had it not been for the ability to access such a skilled, qualified and genuine counsellor, I don’t know where we would be. Our life couldn’t be more different now than it was a year ago and this is in large part thanks to the work with Daryl this year.” Kind regards, AL.