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This section can be a helpful starting point if you’re unsure about therapy. It answers some common questions in a straightforward way, so you can get a sense of how we work, what to expect, and whether it feels like the right fit before making contact. Meet the team here to see who is available or fill in the contact form and we will get in touch to help.


Why Do Couples Avoid Conversations About Sex & Intimacy in Relationships?
Conversations about sex & intimacy in relationships are often some of the hardest for couples to have. Many people stay silent because they want to protect their partner or avoid making things worse. This article explores why those conversations become difficult, why silence is often protective rather than uncaring, and how couples can begin reconnecting. Find out how therapy can help.

Derek Flint - BSc : Dip. Couns. : PNCPS - Accred.
9 hours ago7 min read


Why Is Communication About Sex in Relationships So Difficult?
Communication about sex in relationships can feel surprisingly difficult, even between people who love and care for one another. Many couples avoid talking about intimacy because they fear upsetting each other or making things worse. Understanding why these conversations become difficult is often the first step towards feeling closer again.

Maria Konstantinelli - MA : MNCPS (Acc.) : MBACP
Jun 285 min read


Why Do Couples Stop Having Sex? Understanding Desire, Intimacy and Relationship Changes in Psychosexual Therapy
Many couples experience changes in their sex life at some point in their relationship. While this can feel worrying, frustrating, or even painful, it is often more common than people realise. This article explores some of the reasons couples stop having sex, how desire changes over time, and how psychosexual therapy and relationship therapy can help couples reconnect.

Maria Konstantinelli - MA : MNCPS (Acc.) : MBACP
Jun 215 min read


Relationship Therapy Kent: Why Good Relationships Still Run Into Difficulties
Many people assume relationship difficulties mean something is wrong with the relationship or with one of the people in it. In reality, even healthy and caring relationships can face periods of stress, misunderstanding, distance, or conflict. Relationship therapy offers a space to understand what is happening, improve communication, and strengthen connection.

Maria Konstantinelli - MA : MNCPS (Acc.) : MBACP
Jun 103 min read


Why Do I Keep Repeating The Same Patterns In Relationships?
Many people come to counselling feeling frustrated, hurt, or confused by relationship patterns that seem to repeat despite their best intentions. Some feel stuck in the same arguments, attracted to similar types of partners, or caught between wanting closeness & fearing vulnerability. As therapy progresses, people often describe feeling more understood, more aware of the patterns influencing their relationships, and more hopeful about creating healthier, more fulfilling conne

Derek Flint - BSc : Dip. Couns. : PNCPS - Accred.
May 314 min read


Why Do Relationships Sometimes Feel So Difficult?
Relationships can bring closeness, comfort, and connection, but they can also trigger anxiety, conflict, emotional distance, and feelings we struggle to explain. This blog explores attachment, emotional safety, intimacy, and why relationships sometimes feel harder than we expected and how relationship therapy can help you get back on track.

Maria Konstantinelli - MA : MNCPS (Acc.) : MBACP
May 244 min read


Mother’s Day: When It's Not Straightforward
Mother's Day in the UK is often presented as a warm and joyful day. Cards, flowers, family lunches and social media posts celebrating loving relationships. For many people that is exactly what the day looks like. But for others, the day can feel much more complicated.
Behind the cheerful images can be grief, distance, unresolved relationships or the quiet feeling that something important is missing.
If Mother’s Day feels difficult for you this year, you are far from alone.

Derek Flint - BSc : Dip. Couns. : PNCPS - Accred.
Mar 144 min read


Jealousy Counselling – How to Repair a Relationship
Jealousy Counselling. How to Repair a Relationship. For many couples, jealousy therapy or counselling for jealousy provides a supportive space to understand what is really happening beneath these feelings and how the relationship can move forward in a healthier way | Relationship Counselling | Ripple Effect | Therapy for Jealousy | Relationship Counselling in Kent | Couples Therapy Kent | Couples Therapy West Malling | Counselling Kings Hill | Counselling West Malling | Thera

Maria Konstantinelli - MA : MNCPS (Acc.) : MBACP
Mar 135 min read
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