Relationships

Couples: Make These Four Resolutions To Save Your Relationship

January 13, 2018

January is renowned as the month when a high number of couples call it quits. Divorce lawyers report a spike in couples requiring their services as hundreds of marriages finally…

The Top Relationship Stressors Of The Festive Season – And How To Manage Them

December 11, 2017

Karen Dempsey

Relationships, Couples, Family, Mental Health

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Christmas is meant to be a happy, twinkly time of giving presents, getting together, and enjoying special moments with loved ones. Yet we all know that the festive season doesn’t…

How To Heat Up A Relationship That’s Started To Cool

October 28, 2017

Karen Dempsey

Relationships, Couples, Counselling

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It’s that time of year when the clocks go back and the temperatures drop. If you’re in a relationship then thoughts might turn to indoor activities and snuggling up with…

How To Manage Conflict In Family Relationships

October 20, 2017

Karen Dempsey

Family, Children and Adolescents, Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships

Conflict

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Family feuds can simmer for years, becoming ever more bitter as time passes. What may have started as a small slight can escalate over time to create a deep divide…

Five Ways We Sabotage A New Relationship – And How Not To

September 26, 2017

Karen Dempsey

Couples, Counselling, Relationships

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Embarking on a new relationship can feel like bliss. Your heart skips a beat several times a day. There’s a new spring in your step. Romantic songs take on deeper…

Can An Affair Actually Save Your Relationship?

August 23, 2017

Karen Dempsey

Couples, Counselling, Relationships

Affairs, Cheating

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Recovering from a partner’s infidelity is one of the top reasons that brings couples into relationship counselling. The partner who’s cheated may feel remorseful for what they’ve done, and/or ashamed…

Couples: How To Survive The Holiday Squabbles

August 3, 2017

Karen Dempsey

Relationships, Couples

Holidays

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The vision of holidaying with your partner is picture-perfect: white sand, blue sea, long romantic walks on the beach, gazing out at the horizon hand in hand, reconnecting and enjoying…

How To Tell If You Have Sex And Love Addiction

July 30, 2017

Bridget Freer

Psychosexual, Relationships, Sex

Sex and Love Addiction is a behavioural addiction, which is an addiction like any other but to something you do rather than a substance you take. We all know the…

How To Cope When Your Child Becomes A Teenager

July 21, 2017

Karen Dempsey

Children and Adolescents, Family, Parenting, Relationships

Teenagers

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“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” E.E. Cummings Any life transition brings its own challenges and joys, and when your child becomes a teenager…

Love Me Tinder

February 15, 2017

Bridget Freer

Couples, Counselling, Relationships

Dating

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Swipe left or swipe right? Modern dating sites and apps are transforming our approach to relationships but do they spell the death of romance or is it still possible to…