A six-session couples programme with Kelly and Stephen Elliott. Individual work with each of us, then joint work with both of us. Built for parents who want to change the atmosphere their family grows up inside.
Book a Free ChatTraditional couples work puts you both in the room from session one. Which often means one person talks and the other defends. Nothing lands, nothing shifts, and by session four you're both wondering why you're paying for a version of the same argument you have at home.
We built our couples programme differently. You each get real, private, same-gender space to be honest with yourself first, before we ever ask the two of you to be honest with each other. By the time you come together in the joint sessions, the ground has already moved.
Six sessions. Two practitioners. One shared piece of work: the family you're building together.
Long after they've forgotten what you said, your kids will remember what home felt like. The unspoken tension. The silence at dinner. The way you two looked at each other on a bad Saturday. They absorb all of it, even when you think you're hiding it well.
That doesn't make you bad parents. It makes you real ones. But it does mean that the work you do on your relationship isn't only for you. It's for them. The atmosphere they grow up inside becomes the internal weather they carry into their own adult lives, their own future relationships, their own future families.
Three phases. Six sessions. Two practitioners in your corner. Individual work first, so that by the time we all come together, the joint sessions have somewhere real to go.
The man works one-to-one with Stephen. Same-gender, same side of the room. This is where he gets honest about his part of the pattern, without needing to defend it. Trauma-informed, body-based, and grounded in a lived understanding of what it's like to be the man in the house.
The woman works one-to-one with Kelly. Same-gender, same side of the room. This is where she gets honest about what she's carrying, what she's needing, and what she's stopped asking for. With a practitioner who understands the load of being the mum in the house.
Now the four of us are in the room. Both of you, both of us. This is where the individual work gets translated into a new way of being in the relationship. Not scripts, not techniques, but a real shift in how you meet each other and, by extension, the atmosphere at home.
This programme is designed for couples who are still in the relationship, still want to be, and want the version of it their children actually deserve to grow up around.
A defined package with a defined price. No surprise session fees, no upselling, no "let's book a few more" partway through.
Not sure yet? A free 30-minute chat with either of us costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Because people speak more freely when they're not being watched by their partner, and often more freely again with a practitioner of the same gender. The man works with Stephen. The woman works with Kelly. By the time we come together in the joint sessions, both of you have already done real work on your own story, so the joint sessions can actually go somewhere.
This programme is designed with parents in mind because family wellbeing is our focus, and because the "atmosphere at home" angle matters most when kids are absorbing it. But the six-session structure and the individual-then-joint model work for couples without children too. The best way to know if it's right for you is a free chat with either of us.
In parallel, usually. You and your partner each book your own individual sessions in the diary with your practitioner, on your own schedules. The joint sessions come after the four individual sessions are done, so all four of us are in the room together with the foundations already laid.
Same intent, delivered differently. Traditional marriage counselling puts both of you in the room together from session one, which often means one person talks and the other defends. Our model gives each of you space to be honest with yourself first, with a practitioner who understands your side of the room, before we bring the four of us together.
Both. Individual sessions can run online, so you can fit them into work and school-run life. Joint sessions can be either, but many couples choose in person for the joint work because being physically in the room together deepens what's possible.
Common. Really common. If one of you wants to start and the other is hesitant, book a free chat and we'll talk to the more hesitant partner ourselves. No pressure, no sales pitch. If it's not the right time, we'll say so.
Book a free chat with either of us. We'll ask a few questions about where the two of you are, tell you honestly whether the programme is the right fit right now, and if it is, we'll get you both booked in.
Book a free 30-minute chat with either of us. We'll listen properly, tell you honestly whether the couples programme is the right fit right now, and if it is, get you both booked in.