Relationship and Family Therapy (RAFT) Ltd, formerly known as Relate Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch, is a registered charity (No. 1120017) and a company limited by guarantee (No. 6109030). We are proud members of the Relationships England and Wales Network — one of the UK’s largest providers of relationship, family, and sex therapy, with a national presence through 25 centres. We have been supporting individuals, couples, and families in our community since 1958. Last year alone, we delivered more than 2,000 counselling appointments.

We offer:

• Relationship counselling
• Family counselling
• Young peoples counselling
• Support for separated parents
• Training courses for professionals and the public.

• Mission Statement
  Our role is to help people build better relationships
  • To enhance the quality of couple and parental family relationships.
  • To help relationships, marriages and civil partnerships withstand the pressures leading to breakdown.
  • To limit the damage which commonly accompanies failing relationships, separation and divorce and increase the prospect of subsequent relationships succeeding.
    
  We aim to deliver our services with cultural sensitivity and without discrimination.
  
  We believe that
  • An individual’s physical well-being and emotional and mental health benefit from a committed relationship.
  • Children thrive in families where relationships are positive and free from destructive conflict.
  • People gain from an understanding of their sexuality.

We are organisational members of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

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