Orah Bradshaw

I work using a framework called A Recipe For A Good Life, a structured programme of steps that I have developed.

Morning Sessions run from 9.30am to 12.20pm and include a 10 minute break. The fee is £256.

Afternoon Sessions run from 1.30pm to 4.20pm and include a 10 minute break. The fee is £256.

To begin with, I ask couples to book both a morning and afternoon session on the same day, at a cost of £512. Further sessions are then usually booked as either a morning or afternoon session on a fortnightly basis.

If you have initially come to see me as part of a couple and we have agreed that individual work would best support your needs, I am happy to offer one-to-one counselling.

individual sessions last for 80 minutes. The fee is £128.

I offer focused one day intensives to couples who want to understand their relationship more clearly and are willing to engage thoughtfully in the work of change.

Many couples arrive feeling stuck in repeated patterns of hurt, misunderstanding, or distance. Often there is a sense that both partners are trying their best, yet something keeps going wrong. My role is not to take sides or to offer quick fixes, but to help you slow things down, make sense of what is happening between you, and find more workable ways of relating.

My work is structured and purposeful. I use a framework I have developed called A Recipe For A Good Life, which helps couples identify their habitual patterns, understand the emotional systems driving them, and learn practical ways to respond differently to challenge, conflict, and repair. The focus is on building emotional safety, increasing mutual understanding, and supporting more honest and respectful connection.

I work with couples through counselling intensives rather than open ended weekly sessions. This allows us to work in depth, make good use of our time together, and create momentum for change. Couples who work best with me are those who are prepared to reflect, take responsibility for their part in the relationship, and practise new ways of being with each other between sessions.

Counselling with me is not about blame or diagnosis. It is about clarity, responsibility, and developing the capacity to stay engaged with one another, even when things are difficult. I plan to help you improve communication, repair conflict and strengthen emotional and physical connection. I offer time efficient work so you feel closer safer and more understood.

Although my work is focused on the relationship, I pay close attention to each individual within the couple. Each partner brings their own history, patterns, sensitivities, and ways of coping, and these matter. At the same time, the relationship itself has its own dynamic, rhythm's, and pressures.

As part of our couples work, I will sometimes spend time with partners individually, within the overall structure of the work together. This helps each person reflect on their own responses and responsibilities, while keeping the focus on how these show up in the relationship. Individual sessions are always held in the service of the couples work, not as separate or parallel therapy.

This approach allows us to work at depth supporting personal insight alongside relational change, without losing sight of the shared task of building a more workable, respectful, and honest relationship.

My work with couples is informed by an understanding of how attention, emotion, and nervous systems operate in close relationships. I draw on mindfulness-based approaches and relational neuroscience to help couples slow things down, notice what is happening in moments of stress, and stay present with one another during difficulty. These ways of working are always used in service of the relationship, rather than stand alone individual therapy.

Couples don't just change by accumulating insights; they change by experiencing a different rhythm. Focused one-day intensives for couples improve communication, repair conflict and strengthen emotional and physical connection.

You contact me by e:mail and we will arrange a brief phone conversation with each of you. I will encourage you to ask any questions and we will assess together whether you are ready and safe for counselling at this time. This also gives you an opportunity to get a sense of what it might feel like to work with me, and whether I am the right counsellor for you.

Where appropriate, we will begin ongoing work as soon as possible. This work is structured in the form of counselling intensives, which include morning and afternoon session blocks on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.