Dr Catherine Rashid MBACP

Couple and Relationship Therapy

For individuals and couples who want to improve the quality of their relationships.

Online across the UK.

In-person: Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

We know ourselves through our relationships

Maybe you are in a relationship crisis. Or you want to foster a long-term, loving relationship which grows with time. Perhaps you are wondering how to love and work and parent, and also keep hold of yourself.

Our intimate relationships shape the quality of our lives. They also touch the deepest and oldest parts of us. That is why they can feel sticky, and maddening, and exhilarating, and painful.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy can gently uncover the ways we relate to each other, consciously and unconsciously. It aims to be kind and truthful: for when you are in crisis, and for when you want to look at things more deeply. It can also build resilience into the future of your relationship. My practice is compassionate, confidential, safe, and professionally regulated (MBACP).

My expertise: the craft of relationships

I offer a unique combination of:

Specialist psychodynamic relationship psychotherapy;
Diplomatic expertise;
Mindfulness and endurance psychology.

My work is informed by many years of reflection on the art of long-lasting relationships.

Diplomacy

I have a PhD on British community relations from the University of Cambridge. I worked as a British Diplomat for ten years, specialising in conflict resolution in the Middle East. I led political teams on Kosovo, Bahrain, Amman, South Syria, and Yemen, as well as G7 Presidency negotiations.

Relationship psychotherapy

I qualified as a couple and individual psychotherapist with the world-renowned Tavistock Relationships (TR). I am a registered member of the BACP and a clinical associate member of the West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy. I am still a visiting clinician at TR.

Mindfulness and Endurance

I am a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy teacher for couples and groups. I also co-lead twice-yearly outdoor trail running retreats in the North Yorks Moors, drawing on my experience in ultra-marathon running and coaching.