“When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.” Elizabeth Bowden although speaking a number of years ago has perhaps unwittingly…

When a couple has a baby it is usually seen as a wonderful event. Often the couple will regard the birth as a further step towards being closer and a…

Most of us would like to be in a relationship in which we feel loved, safe, appreciated, needed and free to be ourselves. Ideally, we’d like our part…

For a long time now I have felt that my relationship was in trouble. There was no big crisis, there was no affair in some ways that might have been b…

All of us long for someone who we can rely on, be loved by, and feel safe with. Of course, relationships can take many forms. When we think about it,…

As well as lack of sleep, and 24/7 demands from a new little person, having a baby alters the dynamics of your relationship. Becoming a family is a m…

“When I fall in love it will be forever” is the Nat King Cole hit that perhaps we all aspire to at the start of a relationship. We want to find a par…

The state of our relationships can often be used as an effective barometer for the state of our lives as a whole. Unsatisfactory relationships can le…

In a relationship support and control often have opposite meaning.  Control indicates that one person to some extent is in charge, perhaps the author…

Many therapists are increasingly hearing their male clients, or couples, highlight internet porn as a problem for them.  This is not surprising give…

After a period of time together, it is very common for relationships to begin to become predictable or dull.  Communication can lapse, we can forget…

Back as a young woman (some might say child!) of nineteen years of age I promised myself to a young man and set out to live the happy-ever-after. Tha…