Relationship Issues Counselling in Edinburgh
I am an accredited therapist providing support to both individuals and couples.
Our relationships are constantly evolving and sometimes we find that we get stuck in the same argument or that we cannot seem to communicate as well as we would like to. I consider your relationship as my client and I will work with each of you to identify and break unhelpful, historic patterns to help you communicate your needs within the relationship.
I am an accredited therapist providing support to both individuals and couples.
Our relationships are constantly evolving and sometimes we find that we get stuck in the same argument or that we cannot seem to communicate as well as we would like to. I consider your relationship as my client and I will work with each of you to identify and break unhelpful, historic patterns to help you communicate your needs within the relationship.
As a fully accredited psychotherapist, I understand that trauma can leave you feeling stuck in painful relationship patterns - it can bring anxiety, a sense of dread and unsafe, or feeling numb and empty.
My approach is gentle, non-judgemental, and deeply human. I’m here to understand what lies beneath the surface - your stories and emotional patterns that shape how you relate to yourself and others. We will work together to understand these deeper roots, helping you find relief, clarity, self-compassion, and lasting change.
As a fully accredited psychotherapist, I understand that trauma can leave you feeling stuck in painful relationship patterns - it can bring anxiety, a sense of dread and unsafe, or feeling numb and empty.
My approach is gentle, non-judgemental, and deeply human. I’m here to understand what lies beneath the surface - your stories and emotional patterns that shape how you relate to yourself and others. We will work together to understand these deeper roots, helping you find relief, clarity, self-compassion, and lasting change.
My goal in working with clients is to provide a safe, secure space within which we co-create a therapeutic relationship - in which a deep understanding and honouring of the client’s experience is paramount.
Hi, I'm Neil. I believe that therapy can be life-changing and have seen this from both sides of the therapeutic process. I bring to my practice my own experience as a person in a complex and often difficult world. This experience has helped form my values as a person first, but also as a therapist.
My goal in working with clients is to provide a safe, secure space within which we co-create a therapeutic relationship - in which a deep understanding and honouring of the client’s experience is paramount.
Hi, I'm Neil. I believe that therapy can be life-changing and have seen this from both sides of the therapeutic process. I bring to my practice my own experience as a person in a complex and often difficult world. This experience has helped form my values as a person first, but also as a therapist.
The foundation of the therapeutic work, however, is the relationship between the client and therapist.
You might feel stuck, unhappy or in distress. You might have experienced something difficult, or you are not even sure what is wrong. Maybe you feel your problem is too small to bring it to therapy. I offer a safe space where together we can work to make sense of your experience.
I'm an integrative practitioner, which allows me to tailor the process depending on individual needs. I draw on a range of approaches such as transactional analysis, psychodynamic and person-centred models to provide the support you require in exploring issues and difficulties you are struggling with.
The foundation of the therapeutic work, however, is the relationship between the client and therapist.
You might feel stuck, unhappy or in distress. You might have experienced something difficult, or you are not even sure what is wrong. Maybe you feel your problem is too small to bring it to therapy. I offer a safe space where together we can work to make sense of your experience.
I'm an integrative practitioner, which allows me to tailor the process depending on individual needs. I draw on a range of approaches such as transactional analysis, psychodynamic and person-centred models to provide the support you require in exploring issues and difficulties you are struggling with.
I have worked with clients of all ages and a with a wide variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, workplace problems, academic issues, extended grieving, boarding school trauma, relationships (either as individual client or couples), divorce or separation, redundancy, and retirement.
I offer counselling and psychotherapy on a wide range of issues based on my training in Transactional Analysis, which I finds provides a flexible and responsive approach to therapy and counselling. Throughout our work, I want you to understand the therapy process and feel comfortable that we are focussing on your needs. I work both short and long-term with clients as their needs arise.
I have worked with clients of all ages and a with a wide variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, workplace problems, academic issues, extended grieving, boarding school trauma, relationships (either as individual client or couples), divorce or separation, redundancy, and retirement.
I offer counselling and psychotherapy on a wide range of issues based on my training in Transactional Analysis, which I finds provides a flexible and responsive approach to therapy and counselling. Throughout our work, I want you to understand the therapy process and feel comfortable that we are focussing on your needs. I work both short and long-term with clients as their needs arise.
I offer therapy to individuals and couples who want to explore the issues affecting their relationships or causing distress in other areas of their lives.
I have 14 years experience with additional qualifications in supervision, and relationship work. I have helped individuals and couples of all genders and sexual orientations and worked with many clients struggling with the impact of neurodiversity on relationships . I also help clients going through the pain of divorce to navigate this and move on.
I offer therapy to individuals and couples who want to explore the issues affecting their relationships or causing distress in other areas of their lives.
I have 14 years experience with additional qualifications in supervision, and relationship work. I have helped individuals and couples of all genders and sexual orientations and worked with many clients struggling with the impact of neurodiversity on relationships . I also help clients going through the pain of divorce to navigate this and move on.
Taking the first step towards therapy, or returning to therapy, can be difficult. Yet working through your experiences can help to process life more meaningfully. Being a qualified psychodynamic therapist means that I understand how even the smallest of issues can play such a huge part in what you may be feeling inside. We can work through this together, as I invite you to share your issues in a warm, empathic, yet well-held space.
Taking the first step towards therapy, or returning to therapy, can be difficult. Yet working through your experiences can help to process life more meaningfully. Being a qualified psychodynamic therapist means that I understand how even the smallest of issues can play such a huge part in what you may be feeling inside. We can work through this together, as I invite you to share your issues in a warm, empathic, yet well-held space.
In my experience, getting to know who you are brings inner peace and leads to more fulfilling relationships with others.
I work relationally based on psychodynamic and person-centred approaches. In other words, l am interested in exploring how our early life experiences might have shaped our present self and, in turn, how we relate to others. It is my personal aim and ethical responsibility to offer a safe and trusting therapeutic space.
In my experience, getting to know who you are brings inner peace and leads to more fulfilling relationships with others.
I work relationally based on psychodynamic and person-centred approaches. In other words, l am interested in exploring how our early life experiences might have shaped our present self and, in turn, how we relate to others. It is my personal aim and ethical responsibility to offer a safe and trusting therapeutic space.
I work with adults, couples and teenagers experiencing anxiety, low mood, relationship or family difficulties, grief and loss, separation or divorce, questions around identity, or feeling stuck in familiar patterns.
My approach draws on psychodynamic, person-centred and IFS approaches, helping us understand what may lie beneath the surface and how past experiences can continue to shape the present. I offer thoughtful, engaging and collaborative therapy tailored to each person and their needs.
I work with adults, couples and teenagers experiencing anxiety, low mood, relationship or family difficulties, grief and loss, separation or divorce, questions around identity, or feeling stuck in familiar patterns.
My approach draws on psychodynamic, person-centred and IFS approaches, helping us understand what may lie beneath the surface and how past experiences can continue to shape the present. I offer thoughtful, engaging and collaborative therapy tailored to each person and their needs.
I work with adults, couples, parents, adolescents and families experiencing difficulties in their relationships, emotional wellbeing or family life.
My approach is mainly psychodynamic, with systemic family therapy informing my work with couples and families. I offer a space to slow down, understand what lies beneath current difficulties and explore recurring patterns. We can work individually, as a couple or with family members, depending on what would be most helpful.
I work with adults, couples, parents, adolescents and families experiencing difficulties in their relationships, emotional wellbeing or family life.
My approach is mainly psychodynamic, with systemic family therapy informing my work with couples and families. I offer a space to slow down, understand what lies beneath current difficulties and explore recurring patterns. We can work individually, as a couple or with family members, depending on what would be most helpful.
People seek psychotherapy for a broad range of reasons. Often when other avenues have already been explored but perhaps you have been experiencing recurring and enduring patterns of behaviour and difficulty in some part of your life. Something needs to change.
People seek psychotherapy for a broad range of reasons. Often when other avenues have already been explored but perhaps you have been experiencing recurring and enduring patterns of behaviour and difficulty in some part of your life. Something needs to change.
Hello, my name is Anna Planedin and my main approaches are psychodynamic and emotionally focused couples therapy.
I aim to provide an open, accessible and compassionate space. Psychodynamically, I pay attention to unconscious relational processes between us and find links between what feels distressful for you in the present and what occured in the past. I often bring attention to bodily cues to prompt deeper exploration of emotional states and the meanings you make.
Hello, my name is Anna Planedin and my main approaches are psychodynamic and emotionally focused couples therapy.
I aim to provide an open, accessible and compassionate space. Psychodynamically, I pay attention to unconscious relational processes between us and find links between what feels distressful for you in the present and what occured in the past. I often bring attention to bodily cues to prompt deeper exploration of emotional states and the meanings you make.
I am experienced in supporting people with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, self-doubt, family conflict, career transition, and workplace stress.
I was trained in the modality of Transactional Analysis. Therapists in this field have the skills to work at psychotherapeutic depth, looking into every aspect of your life to find understanding of the patterns that shape your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, but we will always shape this process towards a goal of eliciting change.
I am experienced in supporting people with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, self-doubt, family conflict, career transition, and workplace stress.
I was trained in the modality of Transactional Analysis. Therapists in this field have the skills to work at psychotherapeutic depth, looking into every aspect of your life to find understanding of the patterns that shape your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, but we will always shape this process towards a goal of eliciting change.
In the busy pace of today's world, it can be difficult to find the time to sit with our thoughts and feelings. It can also be challenging to lay them out before someone else or to speak from the heart without fear of judgement.
In the busy pace of today's world, it can be difficult to find the time to sit with our thoughts and feelings. It can also be challenging to lay them out before someone else or to speak from the heart without fear of judgement.
Our clients come to us at turning points — carrying anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, or the sense that something isn't right.
Chai Counselling offers integrative therapy — drawing on person-centred, psychodynamic, and relational approaches, adapted to what each client actually needs. Anxiety, addiction, and trauma;Cross-cultural relationships and intercultural couples
(TCKs) and Adult TCKs
Pre- and post-marital counselling; family therapy
Bilingual - English& Korean; LGBT+
Our clients come to us at turning points — carrying anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, or the sense that something isn't right.
Chai Counselling offers integrative therapy — drawing on person-centred, psychodynamic, and relational approaches, adapted to what each client actually needs. Anxiety, addiction, and trauma;Cross-cultural relationships and intercultural couples
(TCKs) and Adult TCKs
Pre- and post-marital counselling; family therapy
Bilingual - English& Korean; LGBT+
With time, as you start to feel safe enough to talk in depth about the things that have been troubling you, therapy can become a very real relationship of trust and openness.
Each person is unique, and I will listen carefully to the 'music beneath the words' before tailoring my integrative approach to fit you. This may include asking how your early relationships have fixed 'ways of being' that are hard to shake. Other times, we might look together at how your body is expressing, or holding onto, your emotional experiences.
With time, as you start to feel safe enough to talk in depth about the things that have been troubling you, therapy can become a very real relationship of trust and openness.
Each person is unique, and I will listen carefully to the 'music beneath the words' before tailoring my integrative approach to fit you. This may include asking how your early relationships have fixed 'ways of being' that are hard to shake. Other times, we might look together at how your body is expressing, or holding onto, your emotional experiences.
I can offer support if you are feeling overwhelmed by specific situations, personal relationships or just life in general.
Starting therapy can be daunting, it was for me too. But slowly, you will be able to overcome your fears, open up and build trust with another, these are the first brave steps to a new chapter. My ultimate goal is to help you gain awareness, develop healthy coping mechanisms, and achieve a greater sense of wholeness and life satisfaction. I provide a safe space where you can share any worries or concerns. Here, you are welcome to be yourself.
I can offer support if you are feeling overwhelmed by specific situations, personal relationships or just life in general.
Starting therapy can be daunting, it was for me too. But slowly, you will be able to overcome your fears, open up and build trust with another, these are the first brave steps to a new chapter. My ultimate goal is to help you gain awareness, develop healthy coping mechanisms, and achieve a greater sense of wholeness and life satisfaction. I provide a safe space where you can share any worries or concerns. Here, you are welcome to be yourself.
At core, my practice is also deeply relational, and I often invite reflection on what might be happening in the here-and-now of the therapeutic encounter as a way of gaining a deeper understanding of your current situation.
You might be experiencing a range of different thoughts, emotions or bodily states that you find difficult to make sense of, and that might be unsettling to you. Or you might feel stuck with a specific issue, perhaps something that has come up before that you feel is holding you back.
Whatever might be going on for you, I can support you to gain a better understanding of your current difficulties. In my experience, this can help you to act from a place of self-understanding and curiosity, rather than in reaction to unconscious behavioural patterns that might have once been helpful but no longer feel supportive now.
At core, my practice is also deeply relational, and I often invite reflection on what might be happening in the here-and-now of the therapeutic encounter as a way of gaining a deeper understanding of your current situation.
You might be experiencing a range of different thoughts, emotions or bodily states that you find difficult to make sense of, and that might be unsettling to you. Or you might feel stuck with a specific issue, perhaps something that has come up before that you feel is holding you back.
Whatever might be going on for you, I can support you to gain a better understanding of your current difficulties. In my experience, this can help you to act from a place of self-understanding and curiosity, rather than in reaction to unconscious behavioural patterns that might have once been helpful but no longer feel supportive now.
Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, or self-esteem, I'm here to help.
I work primarily with CBT, an evidence-based approach that helps you overcome negative thoughts, unhelpful habits and emotional distress. I also draw on other approaches where helpful, tailoring therapy to what works best for you. I see individuals and couples, and I offer sessions in English and Greek.
Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, or self-esteem, I'm here to help.
I work primarily with CBT, an evidence-based approach that helps you overcome negative thoughts, unhelpful habits and emotional distress. I also draw on other approaches where helpful, tailoring therapy to what works best for you. I see individuals and couples, and I offer sessions in English and Greek.
Together we can work on new relational experiences.
My schedule is open Tuesdays and Fridays through November 2026/
Just Human Therapy is a humanist, feminist, LGBTQ+ affirming online counselling service based in Scotland. Going to therapy can feel tough, so I aim to make it as approachable as possible. Often this isn't a quick fix, but an explorative, collaborative process to come back to who you are and what you need. If you're struggling with low mood, lingering trauma affects, or non-stop worry, I can support your steps forward.
Together we can work on new relational experiences.
My schedule is open Tuesdays and Fridays through November 2026/
Just Human Therapy is a humanist, feminist, LGBTQ+ affirming online counselling service based in Scotland. Going to therapy can feel tough, so I aim to make it as approachable as possible. Often this isn't a quick fix, but an explorative, collaborative process to come back to who you are and what you need. If you're struggling with low mood, lingering trauma affects, or non-stop worry, I can support your steps forward.
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Relationship Issues Counsellors
What types of relationship issues can therapists help with?
Therapists who specialise in relationships work with individuals, couples, and families on a wide range of issues. Common concerns include communication problems, infidelity, intimacy difficulties, and navigating major life transitions such as marriage, parenthood, or caregiving. Family therapists may also address parent–child conflict, sibling rivalry, or other complex family dynamics.
What are the different types of therapy for relationship issues?
Relationship issues can be addressed through different types of therapy depending on whether you’re seeking help as an individual, couple, or family. In individual therapy, the focus is often on helping an individual understand how their own patterns, attachment style, and past experiences may be shaping their current relationships. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), attachment therapy, and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) are three common forms of individual treatment that can help individuals understand their current relationship dynamics and improve their relationship quality. Couples therapy often uses other forms of evidence-based treatment, such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) or the Gottman Method. Rather than focusing on the individual, these approaches focus on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional bonds between individuals in a relationship. Similarly, family therapy often focuses on communication but also examines how larger-scale dynamics—such as how parenting styles, generational differences, or sibling roles—may shape family relationships.
What actually happens in a therapy session for relationship issues?
The structure of a session depends on whether therapy involves one person or multiple people. In individual sessions, the focus may be on exploring personal patterns, role-playing difficult conversations, practicing listening skills, or setting goals for handling conflict. In couples or family sessions, each person is encouraged to share their perspective while the therapist helps uncover underlying emotions, highlight unhelpful interaction patterns, and guide more constructive communication.
How can I find an effective relationship therapist?
Finding a therapist who is a good fit for your needs, either for individual, couples, or family therapy, is critical to ensure effective therapy. Psychology Today’s online directory makes it easy to search for therapists who specialise in relationship issues, as well as related topics like marriage counselling. The platform offers filters to help you find a provider who fits your needs, such as gender, location, and fees. While the Psychology Today directory also offers the ability to filter by insurance type, it’s important to note that insurance may not cover many types of relationship therapy, such as couples counselling, so it’s important to inquire with your insurance plan about specific coverage details if intending to use insurance for therapy.