For women in decades-long relationships · Online, Australia-wide
Do I stay, or do I go?
For women in decades-long relationships who are quietly asking the biggest question of their lives. In 6 to 8 sessions, get clear on whether to stay or go, without losing yourself along the way.
A$165 per session · Usually 6 to 8 sessions · Online and completely confidential
Part of you wants to leave. Part of you can't imagine it.
After decades together, your relationship is woven through everything. If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone.
Deciding, then undeciding
Every week you make up your mind. Every week you change it again.
Afraid of what it would cost
The family, the finances, the friends, starting again at 55 or 65.
Guilty for even wondering
You made a promise and built a life. Who are you to want more?
Not recognising yourself
You've grown and changed, and you no longer know who you are beside your partner.
Three paths. I'll walk any of them with you.
Stay, differently
With your voice, and your boundaries, intact.
Not yet
Room to find your answer before you act on it.
Go, gently
Leaving well, without it destroying your inner world.
I know this crossroads from the inside
I'm Deidre Brooker. I met my partner at 16, and more than 40 years later we're still together. Now in my sixties, I'm a therapist who helps women in decades-long relationships make this decision with clarity, so they don't have to face it alone.
“It was as if we were given permission to be who we are right now, in the tension of what we’ve walked in and who we choose to become.”
Kat, women's group program
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