Along with bereavement, divorce can be one of the most stressful events in life. I have been through a major separation and know that it equals divor…

Your sense of self esteem can be very low when a relationship ends, whether you were the one who ended it or the one who was on the receiving end. T…

Historical background To begin I thought that it might be useful to look at the history of psychotherapy. The actual word psychotherapy comes from th…

When we are annoyed or hurt by something our partner has said or done, how can we express our feelings in a way that they will really hear what we ar…

Sexual problems in relationships Sexual problems in couples bring enormous anxiety and frustration and part of the stress they bring is because, in…

Co-dependency can be described as a relationship addiction. In this type of relationship compulsive care-taking and a need to please or control other…

One of the common themes in couple counselling is each partner complaining about behaviour in the other that they find really hard to deal with. “If…

Even the best of relationships can flag at times – routine, tiredness, stress, resentments – all take their toll.  There can be complex issues betwee…

­When thinking of the term ‘mid – life’ it is usually associated with the term ‘mid- life crises’, a period ranging from 35 – 50 when we reconsider o…

You're dating...it's new and exciting. You're being taken to smart restaurants, planning glamorous get-aways and you're even thinking about couples s…

Very often when couple come to see me with a difficult or breaking relationship it is fairly soon clear that they have lost the ability to really com…

Are there some causes of marital conflict, for example infidelity, that can only be resolved by marriage breakdown? The infidelity of one partner, o…