Free Online Relationship Support Sessions for Serving and Veteran Naval Couples
Thanks to funding from Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC), Marriage Care is pleased to offer free support for your relationship, as part of RNRMC’s Strengthening Families programme.
Our online relationship support sessions are available for any serving or veteran couple or individual in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines or Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
This is an opportunity for you and your partner to spend some quality time together in a safe, relaxed, and confidential space. You can share as much or as little as you like, while exploring practical ways to build a stronger, more resilient relationship – especially in preparation for the challenges that come with the deployment cycle.
NEW – provision of individual couple sessions:
We also now provide sessions for couples who would like to book more bespoke individual sessions with just themselves and a facilitator.
We believe that by creating space for you to talk about the unique pressures Naval service can place on your relationship – how and why stress can arise, and what can help – you, and your family, will feel more supported, strengthened, and better equipped to thrive.
If 1:1 sessions are something you’d like to book please contact karen@marriagecare.org.uk
We hope that this preventative opportunity may reduce the need for counselling. However, Marriage Care can also offer counselling should you wish or need to go deeper.
What to expect
Please note this is not counselling.
We provide online group sessions, or individual-couple sessions.
Group sessions:
- There are 6 evening sessions held on: Oct 12th, 19th, 26th, Nov 2nd, 9th and 16th
- All sessions will begin at 7.30pm. Most are around 1.5 hours in length, with one slightly longer one that is 1hr 50mins.
Individual Sessions:
- Arranged between the couple and the facilitator.
What you will need
- Ipad or laptop and a stable internet connection.
- A quiet location with no distractions
- Pens and paper will be useful. For Session 1 you will need some art materials; for Session 5 it would be helpful if you could bring some pebbles/buttons or similar
Please note: Babies and children cannot be present at the sessions.