Why couples therapy has such an important role in physical as well as mental health support

By Andrew Balfour, CEO of Tavistock Relationships

On 7th May 2019 we moved from our Warren Street site to new premises on Hallam Street:

Hallam House, 56-60 Hallam St. W1W 6JL.

How our approach to the mind helps with problems with intimacy in a relationship.

By Marian O'Connor

Sex therapy or psychosexual therapy –what is the difference?

How can I help my children after divorce or separation?

by Krisztina Glausius and Leezah Hertzmann,  an extract from When Parents Separate: Getting it Right for the Children
A Guide for Parents, Tavistock Relationships

How our Psychosexual therapy expertise helps with female desire in mid life and beyond 

By Marian O'Connor

A journalist from the Telegraph phoned me last week to ask how the menopause affected women’s sexual functioning. As always, when it comes to sex, there is no straightforward answer.

Changes and Challenges I: When Two Become Three, Four or More

By Elle Sidel and Damian McCann

Do you often feel at the end of your tether when it comes to parenting? Do you find yourself searching for advice and support, perhaps turning to parenting experts or therapists, only to be left feeling that, however helpful or sensible such expertise and support may seem, it somehow doesn’t quite resolve your situation? Do you experience more difficulties in your couple relationship after becoming parents? Do you worry about the impact of such difficulties on your children?

How to understand your rights in marriage or as a couple living together. And why it is important.

Hazel Wright, Solicitor and Mediator
Trustee of Tavistock Relationships

For many of us cohabitation (living together) is a very natural state of being in the world today.

Finding out more about each other by sharing each other's living arrangements seems common sense. Additionally many opt to cohabit and ‘commit' together without considering marriage at all.

But there are important legal ramifications about these decisions that may come as a surprise.

Tavistock Therapists impart their expert advice about divorce and separation to callers on ITV’s This Morning programme

Our specialist couple therapists helped viewers struggling with their relationship or wanting advice on divorce or separation, running a phone in clinic on ITV’s This Morning show, which addressed Divorce and Separation.

Why it is beneficial to seek help early in your relationship, with key figures leading the way and breaking taboos.

John Fenna explores our recent coverage in the media (via our therapist Joanna Harrison) on this high profile insight into marriage counselling.

Evolution of a psychotherapuetic institution over 70 years

As we celebrate our seventh decade of couple therapy, training and research, we reflect on how our couple work has evolved to meet the changing needs of couples and relationships.

Kate Thompson

A couples therapy practitioner explores the ideas behind relationships involving more than one partner

By Dr Damian McCann

The 21st century is witnessing some dramatic changes to the traditional couple relationship, including the rise of polyamory and open relationships.

How understanding emotions can help with divorce or co-parenting

A blog drawn from our publication 'When Parents Separate:Getting it Right for the Children:A guide for parents'  by Krisztina Glausius and Leezah Hertzmann. In this extract we take an overview of the process of separating and explain precisely why a range of feelings stirred up make the task of co-parenting so challenging. 

Are there messages in the programme about young people, relationships and mental health?

John Fenna

Head of Marketing & Communications

Whatever your views on Love Island, it’s certainly putting relationships in the spotlight. We receive a large rise in media enquiries, asking questions about relationship issues triggered by the events of the show, during its airtime for a start.

In conversation with Kate Thompson - a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist, faculty staff member and clinical lecturer at Tavistock Relationships, where leading training programmes in Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychosexual Therapy are offered. 

Our Couple 50+ service helping relationships in mid-life, explored in the Sunday Telegraph

The trend of couples approaching mid-life and facing challenges in their relationship has been a focus of our work since launching our Couple 50+ MOT service. And the growing appeal of the idea of ‘checking in’ with each other with some form of counselling to help ‘keep things on track’ has been picked up by the Sunday Telegraph in an interview based article in its female orientated magazine Stella.

Finding solutions for children should be the new focus says Sir Andrew McFarlane

by Hazel Wright

Trustee

The Family Court judges will have a new leader on 18th July 2018. Sir Andrew McFarlane is to be the new President, ie the leading judge for all family courts. When Sir Andrew was a barrister, his specialism was the law relating to children.

What kids ask themselves when their mums and dads split up

by Krisztina Glausius and Leezah Hertzmann,  an extract from When Parents Separate: Getting it Right for the Children
A Guide for Parents, Tavistock Relationships

Some people believe that it is almost impossible to help parents in conflict develop a way of collaborative parenting together. This is not our experience. We find that most parents feel that despite the anger, loss and hurt that can follow the breakdown of their relationship, they still want to do their best for their children. This blog acts not so much a ‘How to’ guide, but more a ’What to avoid and why’, we explore what is important for children involved.

Our survey finds they understand the value of good relationships for themselves and their children.

To celebrate the launch of our new parenting service Tavistock Relationships surveyed hundreds of couples with children who visited our social media pages. There were some interesting results - showing that today’s couples are acutely aware that their relationship affects their children.

We need radical approaches to supporting relationships, not criticism of social care

Andrew Balfour

CEO - Tavistock Relationships

With life expectancy in the UK increasing, and the number of people aged over 65 set to increase by 51% between now and 2030, social care systems will increasingly encounter the kinds of difficulties which relationship support services are set up to address.

Working with pregnant parental couples effectively

Honor Rhodes, OBE, Director of Strategy, Tavistock Relationships and Trustee of the Early Intervention Foundation