relationship counselling
Philosophy and Values
Core Values: Caring, Supportive, Sensitive, Enabling, Respectful.
- Marriage Care is a faith-based organisation of people concerned about marriage, relationships and family life.
- Marriage Care is an organisation that takes its inspiration from the Catholic tradition of marriage as the best unit for family life.
- Marriage Care is an organisation committed to the life-long support of marriage, relationships and family life through the provision of reliable, relevant and accessible services.
- Marriage Care’s purpose is to promote the relationship of marriage as a vocation of love with the power to transform individual lives.
- Marriage Care believes that marriage is a covenant between two people and a sacramental union. Marriage is the basic family unit and fulfils essential social, psychological, emotional, sexual and biological functions with the potential to heal, sustain and enrich both of the partners, family and the wider community.
- Marriage Care believes that marriage can be, for most people, the chief means of personal fulfilment. As a reflection of Gospel values, it is committed to working with those whose relationships are in danger of breaking down.
- Marriage Care accepts those who come to the organisation for help, support or education without any judgement or discrimination in relation to their marital status, creed, race, age, gender or sexual orientation.
- Marriage Care is a client-centred organisation and those who come to the organisation for help, support or education are always its first concern.
- Marriage Care believes in the uniqueness of the person and everyone’s capacity for self-determination and the pursuit of personal growth and wellbeing.
- Marriage Care believes that the intimate expression of sexuality communicates love and commitment.
- Marriage Care recognises that all long-term, intimate relationships are dynamic and likely to experience periods of difficulty, and so it is right that people can seek help without prejudice or stigma.
- Marriage Care believes that its work, experience and expertise entitle it to speak out publicly in support of marriage, relationships and family life.
- Marriage Care believes in the importance of educating children and young people about marriage, relationships and family life to enable them to make their own informed choices.
- Marriage Care believes in the benefit of working in partnership with other agencies in the same field.
- Marriage Care believes in excellence and is committed to continual review and improvement of its standards and the skills of those working with it.
