Therapy Reviews for Relationship Counselling

I cannot recommend Maggie enough. I had tried counselling before and thought it wasn’t for me. I now realise that finding the right counsellor makes all the difference.

I went to see Maggie when I felt I was no longer able to cope and everything in my life was going wrong. I couldn’t understand why. Maggie was very incisive in identifying the issues. My sessions with her have not only helped me gain an understanding of my habits and patterns but also given me the tools to break the bad habits and understand what is important. As a result I feel in control, grounded and confident in all parts of my life and most importantly, I feel capable of moving forward in my life. My only regret is that I hadn’t found Maggie sooner.

We are very grateful to find Tania who helped us and our marriage tremendously. This was our first time to find solutions through couple counselling and Tania provided us with a safe space to speak up and engage with each other. She set our expectations very clearly at the beginning and gave us very useful observations when we ended our sessions. We like her calm yet assertive approach to our issues, some of which were very difficult to talk about. The techniques that Tania gave us will continue to help our marriage move forward.

​​Karen has helped me turn my life around. From a complete relationship knot and career uncertainty, Karen unlocked my thoughts and guided me through making decisions about my future. Even though I had open conversations with friends, it was Karen’s expertise and guidance that really made me see clearly the path ahead. She prepared me for what to expect and walked through what happened at each turn. I will be forever grateful for what Karen did for me and can recommend her without hesitation.

I had sessions with Paul throughout the pandemic which was an extremely challenging time for me. I struggled to cope with the negative emotions that arose from the end of a long-term relationship as well as the feelings of anxiety, isolation and loneliness being in lockdown by myself.

Paul was so easy to talk to and provided me with the kind, caring and empathetic ear
that I needed during significant life changes and the intense emotions that came with it. Initially, I felt quite anxious being so emotionally vulnerable with a man, but Paul helped me work through that fear and anxiety, and I soon felt safe opening up during our sessions.

Paul is incredibly kind, supportive, patient and empathetic. He’s also sharp and alert which was helpful during my many rants and tangents – he really helped keep me on course. Our sessions had a huge impact on my life; I quit smoking, I take better care of myself, I am more emotionally and financially stable, and I am in a secure relationship. Paul would give me full credit for all of that, but I owe a great deal to our sessions.

I highly recommend working with Paul and I have his contact details neatly stored if I need a little extra emotional support in the future. Thank you Paul.

We saw Tania for Couple’s Therapy and she provided an excellent service. She was insightful and provided practical advice. Thanks to her careful support we are able to communicate more effectively and lovingly with one another. At every step she was sensitive and accommodating to what would work best for us. Tania also did a great job pushing us to improve, so that our progress didn’t stagnate. We are thankful for the positive changes we have been able to make in our relationship.

I came to see Maggie when I was struggling to make sense of my life and maintain control, I was in the middle of having an affair and thinking about leaving my wife and child and had lost a great deal of trust in my emotions and feelings. I truly felt my life was falling apart and had stopped making any sense.

Maggie worked slowly with me to assess what was truly making me happy, steps to cope with everyday life whilst I explored bigger issues and slowly but surely led me to a much deeper understanding of myself.

My relationship with my wife has vastly improved. We are able to communicate more openly and can now provide each other with space, companionship and appropriate support when needed. I have regained my enjoyment in our journey of building a life and family together.

I am now happier than I have ever been and feel more confident to move forward with my life with much stronger ability to cope with anything life throws at me in the future.

I’ll never be able to thank you enough.

I have seen Maggie for a short batch of sessions, on 4 occasions, over a period of several years. She has provided me with invaluable support through many problems I’ve needed help with, from post-natal depression and general mental health issues, to career decisions I needed an objective view on, to more recently, work/life balance conundrums and parenting struggles I’ve been facing. Without fail, each time, Maggie has been able to very quickly distil the crux of what’s likely to be at the root of the issue, and given me highly insightful and actionable advice that I can take and use, even long past attending one to one sessions.

Maggie has a great nature and manages to be highly professional while also being very sensitive to what your emotional needs might be at that time. Maggie, and the services she provides, have been absolutely transformational for me in coming to terms with childhood trauma and understanding its impact on my present, while also not allowing it to dictate my future. I cannot recommend Maggie highly enough.

Working with Judy Harrison has been a transformative, rewarding and life changing experience. As a new mother, juggling a number of challenges personally, with my career and family – Judy provided invaluable support and tools to help untangle the weeds and provide clarity and hope amidst overwhelm and uncertainty. Judy is kind, compassionate, wise and vastly experienced and I’m so grateful I decided to reach out to her and that I was so expertly guided and supported by Judy throughout.

I want to express my gratitude to Amanda for being a crucial support during a challenging time in my life. As a first-time therapy participant, I needed someone to help me navigate personal and professional relationship difficulties and provide objective insights.

Amanda created a welcoming and safe place, making each session an opportunity to gain practical tools for making sound decisions in complex situations. Her expertise and tailored approach have been invaluable.

I highly recommend Amanda to anyone seeking a dedicated and skilled therapist. Thank you for your support when I needed it the most.

When I started working with Judy I was having a difficult time both at work and in my personal life. There were a number of issues I was facing specifically around relationships with people in my life and my confidence. Working with Judy helped me to understand these relationships and importantly how to change them for the better.

Judy gave me invaluable help and advice, and shared a number of tools that will always stay with me and help me deal with difficult situations in the future. I am now in such a good place and feel confident to be able to deal with the pressures of life on my own. Judy was so supportive and non-judgmental, I know I would ever have been able to achieve any of these changes without her help. Thank you much.

I came to Maggie not at a point of crisis but at a time when I felt I needed to take stock of where I was in life and to understand and change negative patterns of behaviour after years of struggling with issues related to a traumatic event earlier in life.

I’m so glad I did. Maggie helped me investigate earlier life experiences and dissect the way my life choices and decisions had been affected by them. This allowed me to realise why I had been repeatedly making unhelpful life decisions and not moving forward in the way I wished to.

After a period of working with Maggie I genuinely felt a huge shift take place. I now look at and experience situations, relationships and emotions from a different perspective and feel emboldened to move forward with more confidence and positivity. It’s been a personal revelation for which I’ll always be grateful.

Having been married for about 30 years we had drifted apart. We decided to renew our relationship but this was a challenging path and it initiated a number of traumas for us both. We needed impartial help and professional advice. We had 8 sessions with Judy at Klearminds over a period of 7 months. These included one longer “emergency” session when we were finding ourselves coming off the rails. 

Judy was clearly very experienced and enabled us to understand what was happening between us and she gave us tools and frameworks to help us rebuild trust and confidence. Although we will always carry scars, our relationship and marriage is on firm ground and is stronger now than it has been for 20 years or more.

I have always been open to counselling but my partner never has; however earlier this year when we were going through make or break marriage difficulties, my partner found Klearminds. I am very thankful he did, as we found Paul instrumental in making us stay together by understanding each other’s views. We have finished our initial sessions with Paul and will continue with sessions as and when required. Thank you for all of your help Paul!

When my partner proposed and all was meant to be rosy and wonderful, I hit a complete crisis of confidence and was left wondering whether I was making the biggest mistake of my life. After much emotional confusion I decided to find someone to talk to who could provide professional and detached advice.

My time with Maggie was extremely helpful in untangling firstly what all of my conflicting feelings actually were and then getting a real understanding of what was driving them. We ended up looking at a great deal more than the just my fears about getting married and in doing so I was able to gain real clarity not only regarding my engagement but many other aspects of my life.

Without Maggie’s help I think I’d either still be floundering in unhappy confliction, or I’d have come to some very different, rash decisions I’d have had to live with ever after. Most importantly I’ve been left with excellent tools and strategies to help me handle problems that may arise in the future. Thanks Maggie!

This Financial Analyst and working mother had to deal with redundancy, a difficult new job, relationship challenges, child rearing and her own history of being unsupported and bullied in the past. Here’s what she says:

I started to see Maggie for ways to help me deal with old patterns of thoughts which lead to increased levels of stress and low confidence. She really helped me understand the roots of my thinking, how things had changed through time and ways in which I could shape my thoughts differently and break free of my old patterns. As a result, my stress levels have vastly improved and I have a very different outlook on life. I have also been able to break away from old patterns of thoughts which has been very positive in helping me deal with new situations. Maggie has a great ability to be empathetic. She is a great listener and can tailor therapy sessions to your needs and how you can best work through your sessions.

When I first started seeing Maggie I felt very unmotivated, lonely and exhausted. It seemed the more I tried to fix things myself, the worse they got. I sought counselling as a last resort, when I simply didn’t know what else to do.

Our sessions were hard work at first. Maggie was very good at challenging the negative way I thought about myself. But she was also a brilliant listener and our sessions were incredibly motivating. She was very good at explaining why I felt the way I did. She made me see that I wasn’t “crazy” or even unusual, which made me feel less isolated. Aside from being someone understanding to talk to, Maggie taught me through exercises to help me practice thinking about myself and my life in a more positive light.

Maggie helped me get to know myself better. She helped me identify things about life that I enjoy, and taught me to feel good about those things! She also helped me identify the things that I didn’t like, and to find the strength to get rid of them! My relationships with my friends and family have greatly improved. I have gone from tolerating life to loving it, including the bumpy bits. I cannot recommend Maggie enough. I will be forever grateful to her.

I had a great experience with Klearminds. Karen helped me through a difficult moment in my life, when I had just moved to the UK and had lost my bearings. She then subsequently helped me through a separation, and I am very glad I was talking to her at the time and not going through it alone. Karen was really professional, provided great advice, and had a very accurate understanding of my situation. I would absolutely recommend Karen and the team at Klearminds.

This very busy, professional couple wanted to stop arguments which were occurring with increasing frequency. They were really concerned their relationship would break up. They wanted to improve their communication skills so they could trust each other and save their relationship. After 4 double sessions with Maggie, here’s what they have to say:

We found Maggie to be a huge help in our request for improving our communication skills. Maggie will teach you how to think about your behaviour and what it is linked to so you understand you a whole lot better. This is an invaluable technique, not just for you as a couple, but for you and all your relationships. She is also warm and fun which really helps!:)

We now communicate better and understand one another… invaluable and life changing. Many thanks again.