Luke Brownlee-Williams
Bristol Relationships – Relationship Counselling Whether you’re in crisis or simply feeling the strain, the truth is the same: we live in a complex world, and it puts real pressure on the people we love most. Many of the couples I work with aren’t in crisis at all. They are two capable people with full, busy lives who have noticed the relationship has quietly slipped down the list. The conversations have narrowed to logistics. The closeness has thinned, without either of you ever deciding it should. Nothing is broken. It has just gone under-tended for a while, and you both feel it. Others arrive at a harder moment, when something has come to a head. Both are welcome here. Married or not, together a year or twenty years, whatever shape your relationship takes — if the two of you want to look after it properly, you’re who I’m here for.
Many of the pressures pulling at relationships today are real and largely designed that way: phones built to hold your attention longer than any partner can, the quiet drip of comparison on social media, pornography that reshapes what we expect of each other, a culture that treats constant distraction as normal. None of it is a personal failing — but left alone, it wears away at closeness slowly, and it’s far easier to tend to early than to repair late.
I work in a structured way, rather than open-ended, because you deserve to know where this is going. Every couple starts with the Foundation Package (£495) — four 90-minute sessions designed to give you real clarity before committing to anything longer. We begin together, mapping what’s actually going on. Then I meet each of you individually, so I properly understand both sides. Finally we come back together and agree a plan for the work ahead. By the end you’ll know what’s really happening between you, what to do about it, and whether you’d like to carry on.
Plenty of couples do. Some leave having found what they came for. Both are good outcomes. If you continue, ongoing sessions run fortnightly at £145, and like everything here they’re a full 90 minutes — because an hour rarely gets past the surface, and a fortnight lets real life happen in between.
A block discount is available if you’d rather commit to a stretch upfront. Throughout, a simple Commitment Framework keeps us honest about effort and attendance — gentle structure, not pressure. You can expect me to be warm, direct, and practical. I won’t sit in silence waiting for you to fill it, and I won’t let one of you carry the whole conversation. I care as much about what happens between sessions as what happens in the room. Sessions are available [undefined var], so we can work together wherever you are — Bristol, Stroud, or anywhere you can find a quiet hour and a decent connection.
Foundation Package: £495 Ongoing: £145
