Relationship & couples therapy
Relationship difficulties can be painful, confusing and exhausting, whether you’re struggling with communication, conflict, trust, emotional distance, or problematic patterns that keep on repeating. At The Clearing, we offer relationship therapy and couples counselling to help you better understand what’s happening between you and others, improve communication, and find healthier ways of relating.
Find the right therapist for youHow relationship difficulties can manifest
Relationship problems aren’t always about one big issue. Sometimes they build slowly through repeated misunderstandings, disconnection, or unspoken feelings.
- Frequent conflict or arguments
- Feeling distant, disconnected, or misunderstood
- Difficulty communicating needs or feelings
- Repeating the same problematic patterns in your relationship
- Trust issues, jealousy, or fear of abandonment
- Struggling with closeness, intimacy, or vulnerability
- Feeling unsure whether to stay in a relationship
- Trying to heal after a breach of trust
You don’t need to relate to all of these for support to be helpful.
How relationship therapy can help
Relationship therapy isn’t about blame or deciding who is “right”. It’s about creating a safe space to understand what is happening, how patterns have developed, and what might help you relate differently.
Understand the patterns
Explore the dynamic between you and the way each persons' past experiences may be influencing the current difficulties.
Improve communication
Support clearer, more compassionate conversations, where needs, feelings, and boundaries can be expressed more safely.
Build a healthier connection
Work towards a relationship that feels more authentic, secure, and supportive of each other's needs.
Couples counselling
Couples counselling can help partners understand the patterns they are caught in and find more constructive ways to communicate, repair and reconnect.
Couples counselling is not about taking sides. It offers a structured, supportive space to understand the relationship and work together towards change.
Is this what you're looking for?
This support may be helpful if you:
- Keep having the same arguments
- Feel communication has broken down
- Are emotionally distant or disconnected
- Feel trust has been damaged
- Are navigating infidelity, uncertainty, or a major change
- Are struggling to move on
Book now if you want to:
- Find a safe space to understand what is happening
- Understand each other better and rebuild connection
- Address repeating negative patterns
- Understand your own role in the relationship issues
- Forgive each other and find a way forward
Therapists offering relationship and couples counselling
Several members of our team work with couples and family members to overcome relationship difficulties. You can explore our therapist profiles below to find someone whose approach feels right for you.
Jade
BACP Registered Psychotherapist
Area of focus
- Relationship difficulties
- Couples counselling
- Attachment issues
- Compulsive relationship patterns
- Anxiety linked to relationships
Approach
Integrative psychotherapeutic counselling, with a strong focus on attachment styles and how to build healthy relationships.
Availability
Online / telephone
Elizabeth
Senior Accredited Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Area of focus
- Attachment & relationship patterns
- Emotional overwhelm, numbness or shutdown
- Neurodiversity (ADHD & autism)
- Self-esteem & identity
- Anxiety
Approach
Depth psychotherapy drawing from the psychoanalytical, systemic & existential schools.
Availability
Online / telephone
Sharon
UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist
Area of focus
- Anxiety & panic
- Emotional regulation & overwhelm
- Relationship difficulties
- Shame & self-criticism
- Trauma & EMDR
Approach
Integrative psychotherapeutic counselling, centring on Transactional Analysis. EMDR is offered subject to assessment.
Availability
Online / telephone
Annette
BACP Registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
Area of focus
- Anxiety & low mood
- Relationship difficulties
- Existential issues
- Adjustment to change
- Jungian oriented psychotherapy
Approach
Integrative psychotherapy drawing from Transactional Analysis, Jungian Psychology & CBT.
Availability
Online / telephone / in person
Location
Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
We also offer support with:
- Anger & emotional regulation
- Anxiety
- Attachment & relationship patterns
- Bereavement & loss
- Burnout & Stress
- Child & young person therapy
- Compulsive behaviours
- Depression
- EMDR for Trauma
- Emotional numbness & shutdown
- Neurodiversity (ADHD & Autism)
- People-pleasing & boundaries
- Self-esteem & confidence
- Trauma
We are here for you
Whether you know what you need or are still figuring things out, we’ll take things at your pace. To help you decide whether it’s right for you, we offer 50% off your first session, giving you a gentle, low-pressure way to begin your journey toward feeling better.