There are things people believe about relationships that are simply not true and don’t help us to have healthy happy relationships. I call these relationship myths. In this post, I’m going to be ‘busting’ the top 5 relationship myths that I regularly hear couples bring into the counseling room. 1. ‘Relationships should be easy’ or…
4 reasons sex is good for you Some might say it’s overrated, but why is sex just so important in a romantic relationship? Here are my top four reasons why sex is so great, why we need it, and why it’s good for us and our relationships. So if you’re looking for excuses to get…
Coping with a new baby Making the change from being a couple to being parents isn’t always easy. It can be difficult to find time for yourselves, your sex life can change, you have to juggle the commitments of work and family and find a way of agreeing on how to bring up the children.…
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…
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…
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