Your Couple Fit In some relationships, arguments always seem one sided – with one partner making all the noise as the other quietly calms the storm. It’s possible they both have a problem expressing their feelings, but together they’re able to reassure each other that emotions are being managed. Different couples will experience it…
Not all relationships make it. Sometimes, when there’s nothing else for it, marriages and partnerships end in divorce or separation and couples have to go their separate ways. If you have children, it’s important that your break-up goes as smoothly as possible to have as little impact on them as you can manage. Even if you…
Myths about what Sex Therapy is and what happens in the therapy room have been doing the rounds for years. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had people (friends and family included!) quote them back to me when I tell them what I do for a living. The sad thing is, these misunderstandings and the…
Absence makes the heart grow fonder – or so the saying goes. But what if the time away is prolonged, or one partner is more relaxed about the situation Different views of distance How couples cope with being apart largely depends on how they feel about the separation. Here are some common interpretations: What’s the…
One of the most common objectives couples share when they come to me for counseling is to improve their communication. When communication breaks down it can feel frustrating and painful. I have noticed at these times it’s mostly the ‘feeling heard’ part of communication that is going wrong. Over time this can become really destructive to your relationship, so…
It is general advice to say it’s important to ‘make time to talk’, but I think we can sometimes underestimate the positive effect having that time can have on our relationships. The placebo effect When clients start coming to therapy, I have noticed that very often in just the first few sessions, they will…
It’s not unusual to feel completely lacking in self confidence at the end of a relationship, especially if you’re not the one who ended it. There is a sense of loss, dreams dashed and an unknown future lies ahead. It’s no wonder you become uncertain and fearful. Friends and family telling you to go out and…
Many couples will experience different levels of sex drive at some point in their relationship. For some couples differences in sex drive may have been present from the start of the relationship. This is normal and lots of people find ways of compromising that feel fine to both partners. For some people, their sex drive…
Valentine’s Day and all the expectations that come with it can make you feel like you should be having all kinds of passionate and adventurous sex with your partner. But the reality is it can be pretty difficult to keep things fizzing, especially if you both have busy lives. Instead of worrying about reaching…
The internet and our relationship Increasingly couples are citing the internet as a problem in their relationship. Some signs that a partner may be in a relationship over the internet: They are spending more and more time on the internet particularly in chat rooms and those to do with sex and sexuality They try to…
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