Relate Dorset and South Wiltshire
About us
We support anyone dealing with break-ups, arguments, affairs, problems with sex, step-families, retirement, a new baby, or anything else that can affect a relationship.
Our services are available across Dorset, South Wiltshire and Somerset. We offer Relationship Counselling for couples or individuals, Children and Young People’s Counselling, Sex Therapy, Family Counselling, Family Mediation, Separated Parents Information Programmes, Supervised Contact, and Workshops. We also have rooms available to hire in Poundbury for meetings or training events.
Training, qualifications & experience
All Relate Dorset & South Wiltshire counsellors are Relate accredited and are subject to and have available an experienced Supervisor.
Member organisations *
Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
BACP is one of the UK’s largest professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Therapists registered with the Association fall into a number of different membership categories such as Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP and Registered Member MBACP (Accred), each standing for different levels of training and experience. MBACP (Accred) and MBACP (Snr Accred) members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
Registered members can be found on the BACP Register, which was the first register to achieve Accredited Voluntary Register status issued by the Professional Standards Authority. Individual Members will have completed an appropriate counselling and/or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but will not appear on the BACP Register until they've progressed to Registered Member MBACP status.
All members are bound by a Code of Ethics & Practice and a Complaints Procedure. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
All issues as they may impact on relationships.
Additional services for separating couples : Family Mediation, Supervised Contact and Separated Parents Information Programme.
Children & Young Peoples Counselling, Therapeutic mediation and Family Therapy
Therapies offered
Fees
As a charity dedicated to supporting relationships in crisis we retain a not for profit business model, returning any surplus into bursary funding for those unable to meet the current charges. We have to charge to cover our overheads and each session costs significantly more than the fee you’re charged, typical prices are:
£51 for an evening appointment
£46 for a daytime appointment
£56 for Sex Therapy
£56 for Therapeutic Mediation
£46 for Young People’s Counselling.
If you think you’ll find it difficult to pay, you may be able to access our bursary scheme, and we can discuss this with you when you speak to our our inquiries team.