Therapy helps people turn their lives and relationships around, but getting close to someone in love is not the natural process we like to imagine. Understanding how your childhood helped shape your template for how to love […]
The fairytale and the reality of marriage is something we think we are too astute to get caught up in. But do many of us still have unrealistic expectations of what it takes to make a long term relationship work? Like anything worthwhile, really putting in to make you intimate relationship work takes good intentions […]
No-one brings casseroles around when you separate from your partner. Yet if your husband or wife died, the support would be almost overwhelming. Why do we not realise that the loss of a marriage is an incredibly traumatic event? Whether we have initiated the end or we are the one who has been rejected, it is […]
Making contact with someone for the first time requires courage and commitment.Yet how do you know if you have found the right person to help you with your problems?
One of the key success factors for counselling is a strong therapeutic alliance. So it is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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