Latest articles on counselling and therapy

Communication Relationship therapists emphasise communication. Counselling sessions often begin with a couple being asked how their week together went and how they’d got on...

Making the decision to go to relationship counselling for many couples is a positive and brave move towards becoming more connected and happier together. However, for those who...

How important is sex in a relationship? This is the conundrum often questioned by both parties in a committed relationship. There is no right or wrong way of having sex. In...

Having a young family changes everything. Alongside the joys of parenting, there are plenty of challenges too – which can reveal sharp differences in what we value most as...

I want to highlight in this article the impact of infidelity on a relationship, the cost not just financially, but emotionally on how that could shape any response. That couples...

Echoism is a term that has been popularised in the last couple of years and which has, until recently, been largely misunderstood as a form of narcissism. The term was originally...

Could online couples counselling work for you? In this article, I shall explore the topic of carrying out couples counselling online via Zoom (or other secure platforms), and...

The idea for this article came from listening to the psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist Peter Fonagy speaking on Radio 4's The Life Scientific (Jan 2020). Along with...

Have you ever received that stimulating text? The one that gets your heart racing? The one that gets you all caught up in your feelings? Yes. I am here to talk about the taboo...

Is sex enough to create intimacy in committed, long-term relationships? Sex in a long-term relationship is considered important for most people, although many couples are happy...