On This Page...
Counselling following an HIV Diagnosis.
If you are in a relationship – regardless of either of your sexualities – and you are having relationship problems after an HIV test gave a positive result then contact Dean Richardson today to arranging a no-obligation initial session to see if couples counselling could be helpful for both of you.
It has not been unusual for a couple – gay, lesbian or straight – to come to see Dean Richardson for private couples counselling after one (or both) have been diagnosed as HIV-positive.
- Sometimes the couple counselling is about dealing with the shock of receiving a positive diagnosis.
- Sometimes the counselling is about dealing with trust issues raised by one partner being diagnosed.
- Sometimes the diagnosis is cathartic in releasing other matters that have been delayed – but now need someone to help the couple discuss.
Whatever the core reasons of seeking couples counselling, Dean is a qualified and experienced couples counsellor who works with couples that have received a positive HIV diagnosis (amongst many other couple relationship reasons for counselling). His couples counselling service in Portsmouth can help a couple negotiate their way through difficult problems resulting from HIV diagnoses.
The GU clinic may give you and your partner support after an HIV positive diagnosis, but longer term therapy is available privately through meeting with Dean.
Arranging a Couple Counselling appointment.
You don’t need to be referred to Dean via your local GUM clinic, nor your doctor, you can make your own appointment directly. Initiating private counselling is totally up to you both and can be arranged very quickly.
Dean is a systemic and psychodynamic qualified couples counsellor that is ideal for assisting a couple in finding their own newly inspired solutions to their own relationship conflicts. Dean’s couple counselling is a confidential service that can compliment the medical treatment that you will continue to receive through your GUM clinic and/or your doctor.