Elisabeth A Marriner MBACP (accred) FPC (wpf) TR(Tavistock Alumni)

About me

I am an individual psychodynamic psychotherapist (WPF 2003) and specialist couple psychotherapist (Tavistock Relationships 2012) I work in private practice and as a visiting clinician at Tavistock Relationships

My private practice is in a quiet, discreet and comfortable private practice room, 5 minutes walk from Gloucester Road Tube Station and Studland Street, Ravenscourt Park

I offer a safe place to think about what's been happening in your relationship with a view to improved understanding, curiosity and communication with each other. My role as therapist who ensures both feel heard, understood and not blamed.
I use a Psychodynamic approach as well as a more cognitively based approach where appropriate.

I have worked with same sex and heterosexual couples from a wide range of cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds, a wide range of ages from the young and newly committed, couples in middle age and couples approaching retirement. I have experience working with anxiety issues and depression, issues associated with traumatic events, the impact of affairs, conflict and anger management within couples, separation and divorce, parenting/step parenting difficulties, sexual difficulties.

All work is confidential and subject to the strict ethical guidelines of FPC, BACP, and Tavistock Alumni.

An initial consultation for couple workis an opportunity for us to explore current difficulties, the history of your relationship and wider family issues on both sides as well as finding out about you as individuals. This will include your extended family histories and early experiences. This can be helpful in understanding underlying dynamics and possible repeating patterns in your couple relationship.

Together, we'll talk about how counselling might help. I offer regular weekly 50 minute sessions. Sometimes things can feel easier after a few sessions and sometimes it can take a few months work.