Is It Ever Too Late For Couples Counselling?
By the time some couples walk into my counselling room, they have been unhappy for a long time. They may have spent months or even years having the same arguments, living with very little emotional or physical connection, carrying unresolved hurt or slowly becoming more like housemates than partners. Often, one of the first things […]
How To Feel Heard In Your Relationship
One of the most painful things you can experience in a relationship is feeling as though the person closest to you isn’t hearing you anymore. You may be talking, explaining how you feel and trying to help your partner understand what is bothering you, yet somehow you walk away from the conversation feeling even more […]
How Parenting Changes Your Relationship
Becoming parents can be one of the biggest changes your relationship will ever experience. You can love your children deeply and still miss the relationship you had before life became centred around feeding, sleeping, school runs, appointments, work, washing and the endless list of things somebody needs to remember. Many couples don’t expect parenting to […]
Feeling Lonely In Your Relationship?
One of the saddest moments I witness in my counselling room isn’t always when a couple is arguing. It’s when one person quietly says, “I feel lonely,” and the other looks across at them in complete surprise. Not because they don’t care. But because they had no idea their partner had been feeling that way. […]
How Couples Counselling Can Help When Communication Has Broken Down
One of the things I hear most often from couples is, “We just can’t communicate anymore.” Sometimes that means every conversation turns into an argument. Sometimes it means one person shuts down while the other becomes increasingly frustrated. For other couples, communication has almost stopped altogether because talking about important issues simply feels too difficult. […]