Co-counselling Services
Description of Co-counselling Process
- Preliminary telephone call to establish whether the co-counselling process fits with what the clients aim to achieve
- A series of sessions, typically inn the range of eight to twelve, although this varies according to specific circumstances
- Sometimes one therapist interviews one of the clients while the other sits and listens in order to give feedback from this observer perspective
- Review sessions are conducted on a regular basis to track progress against clients’ expectations
- Sessions typically last for 50 minutes although some clients prefer less frequent but longer meetings
- Session frequency is flexible. A longer interval between appointments can sometimes be effective in helping clients to achieve their goals through putting into practice what they’ve learnt from the process
- Liaison with doctors, specialist psychological resources and other professionals and onward referral where appropriate
Beneficial Outcomes
- Couple decides to stay together
- Couple decides to part amicably
- Separated couples reconcile
- Couple re-negotiates the terms of their relationship
- Trust restored in the relationship
Benefits of this Method
- Balances gender
- Creates a neutral environment
- Opportunities for peer therapist conversations
- Improved communication, mutual understanding and emotional/sexual intimacy
- Reduction in conflict
- Allows for more flexible therapeutic methods/techniques
- Clients benefit form the varied approaches and experience of two therapist
Clients who Benefit
- Couples contemplating divorce/seperation
- Ex-patriot couples struggling with the dual demands of new jobs and integrating into an alien culture
- Couples from different cultural backgrounds trying to understand/reconcile these differences
- Separating/divorcing couples wishing to do so amicably
- individuals wishing to devise a set of pre-marital understandings