LGBT Relationship Counselling (Est. 2010)

Relationship therapy can help LGBTQ+ partners untangle complicated, unhappy relationship behaviours. Counselling can be short-term (with a specific goal) or a longer journey of relationship work and self-exploration combined. At first, it might not be clear what your counselling experience will be like, but as the therapy progresses, we develop a path together that helps you and your partner(s).

Counsellor Dean Richardson MNCPS (Accred/Reg), an effective relationship counsellor for LGBTQ+, does not offer “marriage guidance“ (a very old term!). Instead of prescribing “here’s how to do things ‘right'”, he takes a much more effective and therapeutic approach, which you can learn to apply, too.

You may already have a good idea of what you want to work at in relationship counselling. You now need to trust Dean as your counsellor (along with trusting your partner(s), and the counselling process).

You’ll want to learn how relationship counselling can help you deal with and stay safe from (sometimes) very serious, honest, and upsetting topics. You’ll want to discover how you might make use of counselling (not necessarily how others use it; your needs will be distinct from theirs). You will want the therapy process to evolve into one that is tailored to your own relationship’s needs. You’ll want to know that you can use this process at home, too.

It doesn’t matter how much experience Dean has in assisting other lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, fluid, and asexual struggling partners; it’s about the trust that grows from your work with Dean.

How Our Work Develops

I will not try to explain how a counselling process develops that’s unique to each LGBTQ+ partnership, but I can tell you that you and your partner(s) will work with Dean in a therapeutic alliance—one where we all have a say, have ideas, and figure things out together.

This is not a prescriptive process (you describe your problems, and the counsellor tells you what to do). Honestly, Dean doesn’t have such a right! Instead, therapy becomes a safe place where we look at what’s not working and consider substitutions that could work better.

This is the kind of process you’ll want to experience firsthand, to see and feel that it’s maturing sufficiently to handle the work we have ahead of us.

This is how we will proceed: in a clear, trusting alliance that takes the best of what you have and rebuilds the worst of it into the kind of healthy relationship that you want… together.

Video Conferencing Therapy: the ideal solution you’d forgotten all about!

Even in terms of geographic locations, he may be many miles away from your hometown, but he can be right there on your computer, laptop, or smartphone every week.

Why Video Counselling Works.

Why didn’t you consider video counselling? I’ll bet that because it’s been a few years since we were all required to use video technology (in order to stay in our homes). You hadn’t considered that the medium remains the preferred option in a number of significant circumstances. Let’s take a look why…

1. Convenience and Accessibility: Offers partners the flexibility to receive counselling from the safety and/or comfort of their home. There’s no requirement to travel to a therapist’s office. This is particularly helpful when one or both of you are away from your partner during the week for work or travel. You can call in remotely (from your office, hotel room, or even a quiet park bench) to meet with your partner and counsellor.

2. Cost-Effectiveness: Regularly more affordable than in-person therapy (even before costs of commuting, parking, and childcare). If you’re living in a major city (Brighton, Edinburgh, London, Liverpool, Manchester), then remote video counselling won’t attract a high pricing structure, regional weighting, or income supplement as counsellors working from your home town.