Couples: The Importance Of Emotional Validation
If you’re in a relationship, how truly do you hear and respond to what your partner is telling you? Do your end-of-day interactions go something like this…? Partner A: “I’ve…
The Four Classic Signs Your Relationship Has Turned Toxic
Relationships can bring such joy and connection and shared experiences. Relationships can also bring pain and heartbreak and disconnection. Being in a relationship can uplift and support. Or, when it…
Relationships: How Strong Couples Have Survived Lockdown
Being in lockdown with a partner during the coronavirus pandemic may have proved to be quite some test on the strength of your relationship. It’s fair to say that being…
My Husband Is Addicted To The News. It’s Driving Me Mad.
I read somewhere that this COVID-19 situation was going to lead to either a higher divorce rate or a higher birth rate. Well, in our house it would be the…
My Fiancée Cheated On Me
My fiancée was working on a ship as a singer for seven months. Our relationship was really strong, but in the last month of her time away on the ship,…
The Top Questions Sex Therapists Get Asked
We may be surrounded by sex, love and romance in all its forms – in TV, films and advertisements. Yet, when it comes to discussing sex publicly or privately, many…
Being In a Relationship With Someone With ADHD
Being involved with someone who zones out and ignores you one minute – and is impulsive, chatty and talking over you the next – can put demands on a relationship.…
Four Strategies To Help You Heal Conflict In Your Relationship
Conflict can be an inevitable part of being in a committed relationship. You’re not always going to see eye to eye on everything, and rows can blow up from time…
How To Support Your Partner With Anger Issues
Anger is a perfectly normal emotion, and can actually be helpful in identifying things that are hurting us or situations in which we feel frustrated or out of control. The…
How Does Your Early Attachment Style Impact Your Current Relationships?
What Are Attachment Styles? Attachment theory was first developed by John Bowlby in the 1950s, and developed by others such as Mary Ainsworth in the 1970s. Attachment theory is the…