If you live in High Wycombe and you and your partner keep landing in the same argument — or you've simply drifted, talk less, and miss the closeness you used to have — couples counselling can help. I'm Keeley Taverner, a Psychotherapist, BACP Accredited and author of Why Love Hurts, working with couples just down the A404 in Marlow and online right across the UK.
This page explains how I work with couples from High Wycombe, how to reach the Marlow practice, and the kinds of relationship difficulty I support people through — together as a couple or, where it helps, individually.
Couples therapy for High Wycombe — a short drive down the A404
There's no dedicated couples therapist on every High Wycombe high street, and the right fit matters more than the nearest postcode. My consulting room is at The Courtyard in Marlow — roughly six miles south of High Wycombe, about fifteen minutes down the A404 from Handy Cross and the M40 (J4). For many couples in Hazlemere, Downley, Booker, Loudwater, Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green it's an easier, calmer journey than heading into central London or Reading — and a deliberately quiet, private setting to do this kind of work.
BACP Accredited is the higher tier of membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy — one step beyond Registered. My clinical practice, supervision and ethics have been independently assessed against the BACP standards, and my membership is verifiable on the BACP public register.
What relationship counselling with me looks like
Whether you think of it as couples therapy, relationship counselling, marriage counselling or just "getting some help before this gets worse," the work is the same: a confidential, even-handed space where both of you can be heard, where I help you name the pattern you keep getting stuck in, and where you learn to speak more honestly and less destructively to each other. I don't take sides and I won't tell you whether to stay or go — that's yours to decide. What I offer is a steadier way of understanding what's happening between you.
Common reasons couples from High Wycombe get in touch include constant arguments, communication that's broken down, the strain of parenting or money, feeling more like flatmates than partners, and rebuilding after a breach of trust. Where an affair is the heart of it, my dedicated infidelity and affair recovery counselling page explains the rebuilding work in more depth.
Couples sessions, individual sessions, or both
Most couples come together, but you don't have to. If only one of you feels ready, individual relationship counselling is genuinely useful — and sometimes a hesitant partner joins later, once they can see it isn't an ambush. If one of you is also carrying the after-effects of a past toxic relationship or controlling ex, that often needs its own space alongside the couples work. We'll shape the right mix together.
Counselling in High Wycombe and the surrounding area
In-person sessions are based in Marlow, an easy reach from across the Wycombe district — and online sessions cover the rest of High Wycombe and beyond. Couples and individuals come to me from:
- High Wycombe town centre and Eden (HP11, HP13)
- Hazlemere, Tylers Green and Penn (HP10, HP15)
- Downley, Sands and Booker (HP12, HP13)
- Loudwater, Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green (HP10)
- Bourne End and Wooburn (SL8)
- Marlow Bottom and the SL7 villages
By car, the Marlow practice is a straight run down the A404 — around fifteen minutes from most of High Wycombe and well served from the M40 (J4, Handy Cross). If getting here isn't practical around work and the school run, online couples therapy by secure video works very well, including when the two of you are in different places.
Couples therapy near me — Marlow, in person or online
If you've been searching for "couples counselling near me" or "a couples therapist near me" from High Wycombe, the Marlow practice is one of the closest specialist options — and a short, low-stress journey. Online sessions are held over an encrypted platform, never recorded, and held to the same BACP confidentiality and UK GDPR standards as in-person work; you can read the detail in my privacy & data protection policy. For more on how couples and relationship work fits across the wider county, see my counselling across Buckinghamshire page.
The simplest first step is a free, no-pressure 30-minute consultation by phone or video — a chance to ask questions and see whether we're a good fit before either of you commits to anything.
