Determining a better future for your relationship
It is tough to choose to come to relationship counselling. When I am asked to help a couple willing to risk trusting me with their intimate and precious relationship, I feel privileged. I think it takes courage to admit you need some support and that you are feeling stuck. I also think that is why […]
Recently my colleague Jessica Fowler asked me to contribute a book to her monthly blog entitled “What your Therapists are Reading.” As I scanned down the list of great books selected for November, it occurred to me that here in Australia we typically reach for the easy “beach read” at this time of year. I […]
The honeymoon phase of any new relationship is bliss. Your heart beats fast when you hear their voice on the phone, you look forward to time together and blossom in each others’ company. Fast forward a year and suddenly all the romance […]
Why hadn’t I seen it coming? How could I be such a poor judge of character? What is wrong with me?
Have you had that awful sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach as the person you most love in the world is telling you it is […]
The important things in life require hard work and […]
Finding a soul mate looks pretty straight forward on the big screen; meet someone in a chance encounter, frustratingly clash at first, fast forward a few months and realise actually, it’s not hate, it’s love!
But why does it always seem so much harder in real life?
Quite possibly because […]
Dr Stephen Porges reminds us : face to face with someone we love triggers neuronal networks in our brain & helps us regulate feelings
If you weren’t one of the 2000 people who managed to make it to the International Childhood Trauma Conference held in Melbourne on Aug […]
