The Spark provides counselling and mental health support services for individuals, couples, families, children and young people across the UK.
We first started offering counselling to couples almost 60 years ago. We’ve grown since then and now support individuals, families, children, and young people too.
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Sheena Innes
my counselor, kat, has been so amazing and made me realise that I can feel better and more positive bout myself and my changing life. Lots of talking has given me different insight into things and let me become happier person again. Thanks for everything ❤️❤️ x More...
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What inspired you to start your own business?
The Spark provides hundreds of hours of professional counselling online each month to individuals and couples.
As a highly trusted expert provider of counselling for 59 years, our counsellors are inspired by making a lasting difference to people's lives.
Why should our clients choose you?
Whatever your concerns or needs, The Spark has the right person to help you. Our friendly and professional Appointments Team will support and guide you to your first online meeting with your experienced counsellor.
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We provide individual, couple and relationship counselling online across the UK.
Appointments at a time to suit you are available online and in-person from 9am - 9pm Monday-Friday.
Counselling for Couples
Couples counselling or couples therapy is a form of relationship counselling. It is aimed at improving communication and dealing with issues within an intimate relationship. This type of talking therapy involves a couples counsellor and both individuals in the relationship working together.
The motivations to seek support through counselling are unique to each relationship. However, several issues are common including:
Major life events like starting a family, bereavement or changing careers
Communication issues and conflicts
Emotional and mental health issues
Financial issues and disagreements
Parenting challenges such as differing parenting styles and approaches to discipline
Family conflict between parents and kids or within an extended family
Trust or jealousy issues when an affair or breach of trust has been discovered
Falling out of love or losing connection as a couple
Relationship and Marriage Counselling
Marriage counselling or marriage guidance counselling as it is sometimes known is a form of relationship counselling. The focus of marriage counselling is to improve communication between spouses and address specific issues that are causing relationship problems.
The reasons people try counselling are specific to each relationship however there are a number of common issues such as:
Communication problems
Trust, jealousy and infidelity issues within the marriage
Major life events like starting a family, infertility, bereavement and redundancy
Financial issues
Parenting challenges
Family conflict
Losing your connection as a couple or falling out of love with each other
Counselling for Individuals
We are all unique and so are the life events we experience. Individual counselling sessions consider how we react to each experience, why we feel the emotions we feel and why we respond to circumstances in certain ways.
These experiences may be from early childhood, past relationships or recent events. Counselling with The Spark offers the chance to explore them and develop a deeper understanding of their impact upon you.
Counselling with The Spark gives you the opportunity to understand and explore the issues you are facing.
Working with one of our counsellors you will find a safe, confidential and non-judgmental space in which to discuss past and present issues. You will be able to freely express your own unique feelings and emotions.
The motivations to seek support through counselling are unique to each person. Some common issues for people to seek counselling include:
Mental health issues such as anxiety or depression
Past events in their life
Big life changes