When I was younger I was shocked when my GP friend told me that on Christmas Day his wife announced she’d been having an affair and was leaving him.…

When people come into therapy to talk about relationship problems, they often feel that there must be something wrong with them. This is particularly…

Coping with divorce and separation Sometimes in couple counselling one or both parties will decide to separate and seek divorce. If that process is…

When relationships end, it can be difficult, particularly if you did not want things to change. It may be that a romantic relationship is over, or th…

How do you know if a relationship is right for you? If you are struggling to make a commitment to someone, is it that the relationship itself is wro…

When our children are hurting, so do we as parents, doubly so when we feel it is somehow our fault. Divorce brings up a range of differing emotions t…

Relationship therapists see many distraught couples who come in saying it's all over. They have discovered their partner has been cheating on them. D…

In these times when being a single mum is no longer unusual or frowned upon in the same way as it once was, it can be easy to forget that not everyon…

There are so many reasons why people cheat on their spouses and infidelity can occur in all types of relationships - newlyweds, long-term marriages,…

Recently, on Radio 4’s 'Desert Island Discs', actor Anne-Marie Duff talked about relationship breakups, saying that sometimes couples were at their c…

In some relationships, there comes a point where you may be considering whether you want to stay together or go your separate ways. The compromise fo…

Mourning the loss Relationships come to an end for many reasons; even when this has come about through mutual choice people usually experience inten…