Contents
- 1 About Open Relationship Couple Counselling.
- 2 Therapy for Open Relationships.
- 3 A Non-Normative Approach to Open Relationship Counselling.
- 4 Distinct Approach for Couples.
- 5 About Havant Online CounsellOR
- 6 Couple Counselling Fees.
- 7 Couple Counselling
- 8 Appointments for Counselling.
- 9 Planned Breaks.
- 10 Got a Question? Don't Hold Back…
Havant Open Relationship Counselling.
About Open Relationship Couple Counselling.
For when couples in Open Arrangements need Counselling Support.
When looking at the counsellor’s website, you may have been left wondering: “well… do they?! 🤔”
Open Relationship Couple Counselling from Counsellor Dean Richardson MNCPS (Accred/Reg) would be the service you’d consider when your open relationship is in difficulties.
An effective therapeutic service, for two adults, that invites a couple-in-open-relationship-conflict to develop their own, unique, insightful approach to resolving relationship problems…
…with the added bonus of needing no further counselling sessions once they’re done!
Dean RIchardson is the counsellor who offers open relationship counselling to couples who are struggling to maintain (or develop) their own boundaries within their relationship when others are invited through an open agreement.
Therapy for Open Relationships.
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Non Prescriptive
A difficulty that non-traditional relationships may have with some counsellors is finding someone who accepts their relationship without judgement. Dean’s approach works with pretty much any form of adult couple relationship!
Unlimited Sessions
Suitable for…
Private counselling near me serving the UK Nationwide over Zoom & Skype, plus locations in and around, Havant, Petersfield to Waterlooville, Cosham to Portsmouth & Southsea, Southampton to Chichester, Fareham to Gosport, Hayling Island, Emsworth, Westbourne, Rowland's Castle, local residents anywhere in between and regularly further afield!
A Non-Normative Approach to Open Relationship Counselling.
Counselor Dean Richardson MNCPS (Accred/Reg) is a fully qualified and experienced couple relationship counsellor.
He employs effective couple-therapy theoretical frameworks that have been around and developed since the 1970s.
Such an integrated approach works for non-traditional couple relationships (such as open relationships) because:
(a) the approach doesn’t attempt to prescribe what the couple should be doing and
(b) the approach doesn’t refer to “What a normal couple in this situation would do is…”
In this way, open relationship counselling focuses on the couple’s own relationship (not someone else’s belief about how a successful relationship ought to be).
Dean’s approach to open relationship couple counselling employes two main therapeutic approaches:-
- Systemic (Family/Milan Associates) – an approach that sees relationships as a system (think: computer, or washing machine). A system has processes (behaviours that make us love our partner), and triggers (things that kick off an argument). By discovering what a marital system the couple has (unknowingly) created together, the couple and Dean can begin making changes that affect and improve the whole marriage,
- Psychodynamic – an approach that recognises unconscious processes. Such processes might be past experiences being replayed in the marriage (eg early childhood abuse), or poor parental relationships. Transference is a phenomenon where we respond to a person as if they were someone from our past. This can leave the other person confused and not understanding what role he/she has found themselves in. Whilst these experiences can introduce poor experiences into the marriage, by working together the couple and Dean can discover how to resolve the conflicts and… finally… put them to rest.
These two extraordinarily powerful approaches require no traditional form of couple relationship at all!
Distinct Approach for Couples.
As a couple in an open relationship, you may be interested in more information about my distinct therapeutic approach.
I’ve included more details to couple counselling on my main Counselling for Couples page.
It’s worth a read if you’re interested in what couple work we could be doing together
About Havant Online CounsellOR
You could choose any counsellor in and around Havant, 'natch!
Yet, when you think that this may be the most personal, private and possibly vulnerable you're going to be with someone professional, you'd probably choose:
- someone you can grow to trust,
- someone who demonstrates highly competent skills, ethics and sensitivity.
- someone who speaks plain English (rather than psychobabble),
- someone who's as happy to use base/swearing language as much (or as little) as you do,
- someone who considers himself a frank, no bullshit counsellor, particularly you when you're in need of an authentic response (rather than an "hmm"),
- someone who would become an equal part of your therapeutic partnership (e.g. doesn't just sit mostly in silence for 50 minutes).
Counsellor Dean Richardson MNCPS (Accred/Reg) - a simply private choice.
Couple Counselling Fees.
Couple Counselling
Counselling for an Adult Relationship- Suitable for individuals
- Suitable for couples
- Suitable for groups
- Payable weekly
- Available in Havant
- Available Skype/Zoom video
- 50 minute session
- 90 minute session (£125.00)
How Counselling Fees Work.
Unlike NHS services (where you have already paid through NI taxation), private counselling will cost you some money.
Couple Counselling sessions are weekly, and last for a standard 50 minutes (with the option to book 90 minute sessions if you both prefer). Although sessions are once a week (except for holidays), you may also attend more than once a week if all three of us think that this would be helpful.
Our sessions will continue one or more of us thinks that we've done enough; then we'll have a conversation about bringing our counselling work to a close.
Fees are payable on the day of our session.
You may pay your counselling fees online (e.g. by a bank transfer, credit/debit card payment or PayPal) or pay in person (cash, cheque [made out to Dean Richardson], credit/debit card).
Restricted Income: If I have spaces available, a lower fee is negotiable should your income make private counselling a struggle to afford. This is not charity (you still must contribute a fee) and it will involve discussing your income and expenditure with the aim to discover a rate that you can afford responsibly. I do not always have any lower-fee spaces available, so please ask when you first get in contact.
Appointments for Counselling.
NB: My Core Practice Hours are: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays from noon to 9pm (last session 8pm). I am unavailable outside of these times.
Decide on your preferred Weekly Day & Time.
When you make Contact with Dean, refer to the table below for the currently available weekly appointment times. Sessions are 50 minutes in length (as standard) and can be extended to 90 minutes by prior arrangement.
| Couples & Individual Video Counselling (Zoom, Skype…) | |||||||||
| Monday Appointments: | This day is not available for bookings | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday Appointments: | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm |
| Note: the afternoon appointments are being considered by new clients. | |||||||||
| Wednesday Appointments: | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm |
| Waiting list available (contact me to discuss…) | |||||||||
| Thursday Appointments: | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm |
| Note: the afternoon appointments are being considered by new clients. | |||||||||
| Friday Appointments: | This day is not available for bookings | ||||||||
| Weekend Appointments: | This day is not available for bookings | ||||||||
TIPs:
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| Day of Week | Times of Day |
|---|---|
| Couples & Individual Video Counselling (Zoom, Skype…) | |
| Mon: | Not available |
| Tue: | 4pm-6pm |
| Note: the afternoon appointments are being considered by new clients. | |
| Wed: | Waiting List (contact me) |
| Thu: | 3pm or 4pm |
| Note: the afternoon appointments are being considered by new clients. | |
| Fri: | Not available |
| W/E: | Not available |
 | Book your preferred appointment(s) by completing my Contact me for Counselling form… |
 | Is your preferred appointment not available? Register now for free notifications… |
 | Due to a busy time few appointments are currently available. Cases do conclude from time to time and you're welcome to reserve your preferred appointments for when they become available (get in touch…). |
 | Times shown in red are regularly the first to be booked. |
Counselling sessions are (at a minimum) weekly, last for up to 50 minutes, and on the same day/time each week.
There are options for you to meet with your counsellor more than once a week.
There are also options for you to choose up to 90 minute sessions too.
(Shift-workers: my regular weekly approach & limited hours may not be able to accommodate your shift pattern very well).
Fees are due before or on the day of the session (payable online via banking app transfer, credit/debit card or PayPal, in person using cash, card or cheque [made out to Dean Richardson]).
Ending counselling: Our time together continues for as long (or as brief) as we both think it's being helpful… and when one of us thinks "maybe that's enough" we can begin to look at bringing our work to a close (it can be helpful to bring up the idea of ending counselling to talk it through, just in case our work has brought up something difficult like avoiding difficult feelings, can't say something, acting out etc). Then we'll plan how we'd like to say "goodbye".
Planned Breaks.
The following table lists the dates of my planned breaks this year (i.e. when I am not available).
- Thursday 19th December 2024 to Wednesday 1st January 2025 (14 days).
iCal Subscription
You can incorporate Dean's Planned Breaks (setting your own alerts, colours, highlights etc) into your personal, online calendar (GMail, Outlook, iCloud Calendar etc) by using the iCal protocol.
The iCal URL for Havant Counselling is: https://iCounsellor.co.uk/iCounsellorBreaks.ical
Example: Embedding iCal using Google Calendar…
- Go to your Google Calendar.
- Under the section Other Calendars click the + button (titled: Add other calendars).
- Select From URL.
- Enter this URL: https://iCounsellor.co.uk/iCounsellorBreaks.ical
- Click Add calendar.
After a few seconds Google will display "Calendar Added". You may now exit out of Settings back to your calendars to see that Dean's planned breaks have been added to your calendar. You may also customise the new calendar's colours, name, alert settings (etc) if your calendar app allows.
Got a Question? Don't Hold Back…
Got a question about Dean Richardson's counselling services in Havant (Hampshire)? Want to make contact, maybe asking about a first appointment? Send Dean a message any time…
