Relationship Coaching with Sara Taylor
There are 3 stages to our Love Relationships. 1. The Romantic Stage
Every relationship begins with love, hope, and the desire to feel deeply connected. This is the stage where two people feel strong chemistry and excitement.
Including:
Intense attraction and fascination
Idealising each other (seeing mostly the positives)
High dopamine and oxytocin in the brain
Desire to spend lots of time together
Conflict tends to be minimal or overlooked
Emotionally, people often feel:
“I’ve found my person.”
Energised and hopeful.
This stage usually lasts 6 months to about 2 years.
Warning! and important thing to know:
The brain is literally in a romantic intoxication phase, so partners often don’t yet see each other fully.
2. The Power Struggle Stage
This is the stage where the relationship becomes real.
The romantic projection fades and each partner begins to see:
Personality differences.
Emotional wounds.
Attachment styles.
Unmet needs.
Common experiences include:
More frequent conflict.
Arguments about needs, time, sex, money, or parenting.
One partner pursues connection while the other withdraws.
Old childhood patterns surface.
Many couples think something has gone wrong here, but in reality this stage is normal and necessary.
What is actually happening:
The relationship is moving from fantasy → reality.
Each partner is learning how to love a real person instead of an idealised one.
This is the stage where most relationships either grow or end.
Some couples can spend years in this stage. It's ugly. So if you're finding you are:
Having the same arguments time and again.
Feeling unheard or misunderstood.
Experiencing emotional distance or loneliness within your relationship.
Having communication that turns into criticism or defensiveness.
If one of you is withdrawing while the other pursues.
Experiencing a loss of intimacy or emotional closeness.
Feeling unsure whether the relationship can improve, you are not alone. These patterns are incredibly common, and they can be changed.
Promise! And with my help you can grow together into the...
3. The Conscious Partnership Stage
Coaching options
Individual relationship coaching:Sometimes one partner wants support in understanding their relationship patterns, communication technique, personal boundaries.Individual coaching can help you:Gain clarity about your relationship.
Improve your communication skills.
Understand your emotional triggers.
Decide what you want moving forward.Couples coaching:Couples sessions focus on helping both partners understand their conflict patterns and practice healthier ways of reconnecting.Sessions often include:Identifying your relationship "conflict dance".
Learning repair conversations.
Rebuilding emotional safety.
Strengthening intimacy and trust.
Couples who work through the struggle stage enter a deeper form of love.This stage is characterised by:Emotional safety.Realistic expectations.Strong friendship.Mutual respect.Repair after conflict.Supporting each other's growth.Love becomes less intense but more stable.Instead of:“You complete me.”It becomes:“I choose you, even when things are hard.”This stage is sometimes called companionate love.The brain chemistry changes here as well:Less dopamine rush.More oxytocin, safety, and bonding.This is the stage where couples build:Long-term commitment.Family.Shared life purpose.
Why work with me
I bring both professional counselling training and real-life experience supporting people through emotional challenges.My work is grounded, compassionate, and practical. Clients often tell me they feel:
Deeply heard.
Understood without judgement and
Hopeful about their relationship again.I strongly believe that most relationships do not fail because love disappears, but because couples were taught how to navigate emotional conflict. My system takes you both on a journey of rediscovering your passion for each other and reconnecting with each other on a deeper level so that you can become the oldies who have fun, smile with each other, hold hands while they walk down the street and deeply love each other.
Session details
Sessions are available:Online via video using WhatsApp
In a confidential and supportive setting.Duration: 60 minutes
Take the first step
If you are ready to understand your relationship more deeply and learn practical tools, I would be honoured to support you.Small changes in how couples communicate can transform the entire relationship. You do not have to navigate this alone.
Together we can begin creating the relationship you both truly want.
Contact Sara at Restore Counselling for Professional Support and Guidance.
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Grief Counselling
How long is a piece of string? Same question really. There is no timeline for grief. BUT we can find peace after a devastating loss. Grief is an individual journey where there is no ‘right’ and no ‘wrong’ way to do it. The pain of grief needs to take you on a journey and you need to sit with the pain, FEEL the pain. Grief is an emotional journey where you will feel bad when you think about the loss, and feel good when you think about the fun times you shared. Patience is essential as is Empathy for yourself. Be kind to yourself when your mind starts with the ‘if only’s’. Anne Lamott said “my mind is like a bad neighbourhood, I try not to go in there alone”. When it starts the blame game, call me and we can go through the lies your mind is telling you and start to make sense of what it is doing to you, putting some strategies in place to protect you and your broken heart.
Contact Sara at Restore Counselling for Professional Support and Guidance.
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Helping your child with issues like
Bullying & Friendship Issues.If your child is a victim of bullying, is being excluded, or is finding it difficult to make friends, my individual, one on one therapy sessions
can help.
Anxiety & Depression.If your child often feels frozen and unable to make choices that will move them forward then they may be feeling anxious and depressed. I can help them to explore these heavy feelings and work with them so they can move forward.
GriefIf your child is grieving then they need help, now! I can help them to cope with practical solutions. It is vital that they do not grieve alone.
ADD & ADHDIf your child has been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD then I can help them to work through the obstacles associated with these conditions. My daughter is ADD and will not accept the use of ADHD for her. She says that she is not hyperactive!
All our children are individual and with the use of multi-media they often feel lost in this world. When they are unable to cope a counsellor is able to help them navigate their lives, help them to feel good about themselves and help them to move forward positively to their fabulous, individualistic life with their family and friends. I am able to work with NDIS using your plan or the company that is managing your plan. FREE MELTDOWN SUPPORT GUIDE
Anxiety & Depression.If your child often feels frozen and unable to make choices that will move them forward then they may be feeling anxious and depressed. I can help them to explore these heavy feelings and work with them so they can move forward.
GriefIf your child is grieving then they need help, now! I can help them to cope with practical solutions. It is vital that they do not grieve alone.
ADD & ADHDIf your child has been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD then I can help them to work through the obstacles associated with these conditions. My daughter is ADD and will not accept the use of ADHD for her. She says that she is not hyperactive!
All our children are individual and with the use of multi-media they often feel lost in this world. When they are unable to cope a counsellor is able to help them navigate their lives, help them to feel good about themselves and help them to move forward positively to their fabulous, individualistic life with their family and friends. I am able to work with NDIS using your plan or the company that is managing your plan. FREE MELTDOWN SUPPORT GUIDE
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Contact Sara at Restore Counselling for Professional Support and Guidance.