Couples Counselling

Rebuild Connection • Strengthen Communication • Understand Each Other

Every relationship goes through ups and downs. But when stress builds up, communication breaks down, or life throws unexpected challenges your way, it can feel hard to find your way back to one another.

Whether you're navigating parenting, neurodiversity, family pressures, or emotional disconnection—you don’t have to face it alone.

Why Do Relationships Feel So Hard Sometimes?

Our ability to connect in relationships often has deep roots. Early attachments with caregivers can shape how we relate to others—especially if those relationships were inconsistent, overly critical, or emotionally distant. These patterns can carry over into adult partnerships and even into our parenting.

I’ve been married for over 35 years, and I know both personally and professionally that relationships need care, empathy, and honest conversations. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, many couples have faced new pressures—rising anxiety, shifting priorities, and life transitions that stretch even the strongest relationships.

And if you're parenting—especially a child with additional needs, disabilities, or neurodivergence—the emotional load can feel even heavier.

Common Relationship Challenges I Support:

Parenting a child with additional needs, disabilities, or mental health challenges

Different parenting styles or values

Miscommunication—especially in neurodiverse relationships

Loss of intimacy or emotional closeness

Feelings of anger, resentment, or anxiety

Sexual dissatisfaction or mismatched needs

Repetitive arguments or growing tension

Difficult relationships with extended family

Life transitions, trauma, or grief

Deciding whether to stay together or separate

You don’t have to wait until things are at breaking point. Counselling can also help couples in a healthy relationship deepen their connection, grow together, and build long-term resilience.

How I Work with Couples

I provide a safe, confidential, and supportive space where you and your partner can:

Talk openly without judgement

Learn practical communication tools

Understand each other’s emotional worlds

Reconnect with what brought you together

I blend several approaches tailored to your unique dynamic:

Attachment-Based Therapy

Understand how early relationships influence emotional closeness and current patterns.

Creative Communication Coaching

Use hands-on, practical techniques to improve how you express, listen, and relate to one another.

Neurodiverse Relationship Strategies

Tailored tools to support couples where one or both partners are autistic, ADHD, or neurodivergent—building mutual understanding and connection.

Solution-Focused Tools

Quick, goal-oriented strategies you can use straight away to shift stuck patterns and make progress.

I also offer individual counselling for one partner, where this supports your joint progress.

Let’s Strengthen Your Relationship—Together

Whether you’re facing a rough patch, looking to reconnect, or exploring your future together, couples counselling can make a powerful difference.

You can choose from:

Face-to-face sessions in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Online sessions for flexibility and comfort

Ready to Begin?

I offer a free 15-minute Zoom consultation to explore how I can help.

📞 Call Julie: 07412 651 894

📩 Email: hello@juliewalescounselling.co.uk

Let’s work together to make your relationship feel more connected, supported, and understood—no matter your journey.

Testimonial:

“We are putting our focus on some of the material that you have sent through and getting into a routine of regular catch ups. We would both like to thank you for your time, support and insight during the online sessions."