You’ve changed! Couples can see their partner as the root of their difficulties. Underneath their complaints about each other, the common and univer…

Infidelity, many would suggest it heralds the end of the relationship yet it need not necessarily be so. Infidelity is a huge emotional crisis and un…

A good couples counsellor would work with the relationship and the couple within it. When do we begin to learn about relationships? Although not con…

Anger is one of the most difficult - and often frightening - emotions to manage in a relationship. At one end of the anger spectrum, couples may be o…

Everyone wants to be happy in a close, intimate relationship but so few people seem to be. At the beginning of your relationship you spent nearly al…

The reality is that in each relationship, there will inherently be periods of strain, pressure, conflict and hurt. No relationship is perfect, and ev…

Although we may appreciate that there are as many different perspectives as there are people in the world, don’t we all at times believe that our per…

Clients often come to therapy to talk about relationships. They might want to talk about their spouse, their children, parents, friends or colleagues…

Do you find yourself feeling lonely, despite living with your partner? Are you in a long term relationship, and yet aware that you and your partner a…

When your partner suggests marriage guidance or relationship counselling you are unlikely to be over the moon about it. Yet the reality is that it ma…

The role of the counsellor/therapist in the couples counselling relationship is to 'facilitate' change from what is happening to them at this time. T…

A couple’s system is developed over time and is how a couple functions as a whole. They are not coming to sessions as two individuals, but as a pair…