Welcome; this is the first step towards healing relationships.
The Therapists Chair is a counselling, supervision, and holistic practice established in the Burnley area for over 25 years. It is currently located at 81 Manchester Road, Burnley ( the Banyan Wellness Centre), for Online therapy available via Zoom.
Contact: 07928299517 via text or e-mail: sandra.williams.pscyhotherapy@husmail.com
All relationships need a little nurturing at times. Therapy can help redefine goals and understand perceived and realistic expectations, promoting better communication.
All relationships need certain aspects to run smoothly, such as:
Security: Physical and emotional vulnerabilities are protected, honoured and preserved without actual or anticipated danger. When communication becomes unmanageable, and silence or heightened emotions are part of everyday life, therapy can help understand the process.
Validation: To be validated and affirmed as being significant, that thoughts and feelings are essential to another, and that someone cares about how things are for us. Has the compassion become less than when you first began the relationship? Therapy can help to unfold the confusion.
Acceptance:
Human beings need acceptance by a stable, dependable, and protective other. They need to look up to, rely upon, feel protected, and be encouraged by a reliable significant other or others. They also need confirmation that personal experiences are meaningful and validated and to be in the presence of someone who understands the differences and similarities. If you feel misunderstood or misunderstand your partner’s needs, therapy can help bring about a better understanding.
Self-definition: To know and express uniqueness and to receive acceptance. To make an impact on another person, have an influence that affects another positively, making a positive difference in the world of another’s personal life. To have another person initiate, the impetus for making contact comes from the other, someone who reaches out to us.
As relationships develop and outside hobbies, interests, or work continue, disruption in the interplay or the returning stage can usually occur and is possible to heal. Therapy can help you understand the relationship’s ever-changing landscape and find a different outlook. It can also help you understand your identity and role in the relationship.
To express love: To have love received by another, express gratitude and affection, do something for someone else, and accept our gifts. Are you feeling underappreciated, and the love appears to have disappeared? Therapy can help us find a way forward together. Or to arrive at a mutual understanding. When emotions and thinking change towards the relationship, the dynamics can also vary, and addressing this in therapy can ease the way forward with a better understanding to suit everyone.
It is possible to begin relationship recovery however far that has broken down; however, therapy can also help with a mutual understanding of the best way forward, helping maintain individuality and compassion.
Addiction recovery
Where one partner is in recovery from an addiction, the focus might still be on their past habits and the problems surrounding that. Therapy can help identify and separate the responsibility in a healthier, more understanding and compassionate way. No one person can change another, and leaving addiction can be akin to the loss of a past life, and not everyone is ready for that; in that case, individual therapy can help with taking care of yourself.
Cost £80 per 60 minutes price increase in April 2025