A psychotherapist explores six challenges for emotionally intense and sensitive people in relationships.

Counsellor Nicoleta Porojanu explores why we can find relationships difficult.

Big Little Lies I’d been keeping this second series on catch-up to provide a pick-me-up for when Love Island ended. Sad, I know, but it did the tric…

There is a big overlap between individual and couples counselling, and it is sometimes hard to determine clear guidelines on their differences. Never…

As a relationship therapist, I'm hooked on 'Love Island' - a TV show about which many of my acquaintances throw up their hands in horror. 'Awful' is…

Relationships are hard work generally, but when you're with someone who is suffering from depression, or if you are the partner with depression, rela…

Is your relationship in trouble? Sometimes it’s obvious, for example in the case of an affair or betrayal. Sometimes, however, it’s less obvious. May…

Being in control, being controlling, taking control, being out of control… Control seems to be another of those words that takes on a meaning which c…

I once worked with a boss who would regularly bring his young daughter to work with him. She was about 18 months at the time (if I remember correctly…

Building healthy relationships begins with being kind to yourself. Having a level of self-awareness and insights into your own past, as well as prese…

I do not need to tell anyone that has experienced a partner having an affair or being the person having the affair what effect this can have on a rel…

Many of us find ourselves in relationships that keep repeating the same patterns of behaviour and we attract similar types of partners. This is attri…