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Imago Relationship Therapy Sowerby Bridge
The Wharf Practice 2 Warehouse
HX6 2AG Sowerby Bridge |
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Rachel | Imago Relationship Therapist
Introduction
My name is Rachel. I am a psychotherapist and Certified Imago Relationship Therapist.
After more than 25 years as an individual therapist, I'm of the opinion that the one thing we all have in common is a longing for safe human connection and that our deep suffering always comes down to a sense of disconnection.
It's for this reason I undertook a training that I felt explained most of the suffering experienced by clients in my practice and in my own personal life - Imago Relationship Therapy offers a story of relationship that makes perfect sense to me and invites a way out of the power struggle and into the kind of relationship we haven't even dreamed of - because our imagination is limited to only being able to picture what we already know.
I believe Imago Relationship Therapy offers the simplest and most effective way to support and guide you back into loving connection with your partner (or family member), no matter how far apart you may have drifted or how angry, dissapointed or hopless you may be feeling.
Using a combination of mindfulness and guided communication techniques, you'll be able to get to the heart of the matter, share what is really going on for you, listen and be heard in a way that resonates on a deep and healing level.
This process will invite your curiosity, a necessary componant for understanding - because once you really get what is going on for each of you, you will be able to make decisions together about how your relationship could better serve you both.
Whether you've been together for 3 months or 30 years, are in crisis or simply want more harmony, fun, intimacy and sex, putting aside time to really focus on getting the love you want and learning how to give the love your partner wants, can set your relationship (back) on track.
I'm happy to work with any couple bringing any issue though I have a special interest in same sex couples and those from the LQBTQIA+ community. I have lived, loved, played and worked in queer and trans spaces most of my adult life and have an inside perspective on the subtle and not so subtle nuances of difference, which might be reassuring for some couples to know.
If you would like to know more or book an appointment, please send me a message.
Rachel
Online therapy
Online couples therapy works very well, whether you're in the same place or not. It's a simple process, so if you get tech-anxious, don't worry, I'll be happy to talk you through it.You will be invited to use use my personal zoom room, which will be open a few minutes before your session time. If you prefer a different video platform, let me know.
Qualifications and registrations
- Full member of the National Register for Hypnotherapists & Psychotherapists (MNRHP), registered with UKCP
- Certified member of IMAGO UK
- Diploma in Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (DHP) from Centre Training (CTS - 1995) as well as further training certificates in psychopathology & ethics, DID, Narcissism, Sexuality & Human Development and Research methods.
- I qualified as a counsellor supervisor in 2000 and have supervised personal development groups for certified training programmes and newly qualifed practioners in the North West.
- Advanced Acceptance and Committement Therapist (ACT - a mindfulness based behavioural approach) 2019.
- Certified as an Imago Relationship Therapist in 2022.
- Currently In training to be a Getting The Love You Want workshop presenter.
I offer therapy in
Specialisations
- 1. Affairs
- 2. LGBTQI+
- 3. Comminication
- 4. Neurodivergence
- 5. Long Distance
- 6. Co-parenting
- 7. Transitions
- 8. Big decisions
Specialisations and Expertises
Affairs/cheating: There is life after the affair, if both partners are willing to work through the issues and commit to developing a different kind of relationship together.Communication breakdowns: Learn a new ways to listen and speak that ensures you are heard.
Intimacy blocks: Clear the path to connection by learning what gets in the way for your partner and agreeing to help them with that.
The Invisible Divorce: When you have lived parallel lives for so long that connecting feels impossible and even bizarre to consider. There is a way to build a new bridge that feels easier to cross, if you're both willing to work at it.
The sexless marriage: Not always, but often sex falls off the menu becuase there's no room for it amongst all the unresloved disappointment and resentment. Sex and closeness often return when safety is restored and we have let go of the old versions of ourselves and our partner that we might have held onto, and opened ourselves to possibitly of meeting a different version of each other.
Most common issues I support people with:
AffairsInfidelity
Emotional affairs
Communication problems
Neurodivergence
Arguements
Step and co-parenting
Jealousy and insecurity
Therapies offered
- ✓ Couples counselling
- ✓ Couples therapy
- ✓ Imago relationship therapy
- ✓ Marriage counselling
- ✓ Online relationship counselling
- ✓ Premarital counselling
- ✓ Relationship Counselling
Areas of counselling I can help with
- ✓ Addicted to love
- ✓ Adultery, affair, infidelity
- ✓ Attachment issues
- ✓ Autonomy in relationship
- ✓ Cheating
- ✓ Closed or open relationship
- ✓ Communication problems
- ✓ Cultural differences
- ✓ Divorce
- ✓ Emotional infidelity
- ✓ Family problems
- ✓ Fear of abandonment
- ✓ Insecure in relationship
- ✓ Intimacy issues
- ✓ Jealousy
- ✓ Marriage problems
- ✓ Midlife crisis
- ✓ Relationship anxiety
- ✓ Relationship fights
- ✓ Self love
Fees
Sessions are usually booked fortnightly, although there are occasions when a couple is in crisis and may prefer to come weekly for a while.Imago sessions are 90 minutes long and are charged at £150 per session.
A taster session of 60 minutes is available for those who want to invest a little less to find out if Imago (and me) is right for them. This costs £100.
Availability (Opening hours)
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | In person and online |
| Wednesday | In person and online |
| Thursday | Chorlton office |
| Friday | Chorlton office |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
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- ✓ United Kingdom
- ✓ (Online) Couples counselling
- ✓ Relationship counselling