There’s the initial excitement of meeting someone new, the honeymoon period and then (for many couples) the decision to start a family. When that fir…

All individuals referred to in this article are fictitious. Christine and Peter have been married for 23 years. They have two children, Monica, 15 a…

‘Stay buckled in and never feel the effects of zero-gravity, or unbuckle yourself and take the risk of crashing to earth!’ This analogy came to my a…

“One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy.”    Alain de Bo…

Imagine you’re Cinderella. Gentleman reader, please forgive me for beginning with her rather than the Prince – he does come into this shortly. So, yo…

Most of us think of the famous (or infamous) Anglo-Saxon swear word as one of the most powerful words that anyone can say – although, of course, some…

A high percentage of relationships in the UK, unfortunately, fail. For some, it’s when the heady feelings of first love wear off and the reality of y…

Present relationship problems can often be traced back to childhood. In therapy, the presenting issues of the client are related to his/her core bel…

As a child, particularly if we had younger siblings, we may have been given the message that it is important to look out and care for others. We may…

Although producing babies confirms most men's images of being virile - as much as it does a woman's idea of being able to conceive - these little bun…

Some clients come to therapy saying that they "have fallen out of love", or that the person they love doesn’t return that love. But what actually do…

When we meet our friends with their boyfriends/girlfriends and can see that there is something unique developing, which has all the potential of a re…