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How Sex Might Change During and After Pregnancy
Many couples are thrilled to find out that they will soon be expecting a baby. Hours are spent thinking about the details of a family growing. Then reality suddenly dawns, how will being pregnant affect their sex life? Will they even have a sex life anymore? While...
You Are Not Alone: Finding Support as a Male Sexual Abuse Survivor
On a daily basis, we hear about the heartbreaking prevalence of female sexual harassment and abuse. Yet, male sexual abuse is often underreported and seldom discussed, despite the fact that it is, unfortunately, just as common. Studies show that approximately 1 in 6...
Here Are Four Ideas That Could Help Transform Your Intimate Relationship.
Giving other people advice is easy, following it yourself is much harder. So when I am in danger of falling into that trap, I remember four personal philosophies by which I try to practice regularly. Look for the good in the other/h3>Sometimes it is easier to...
Feeling Angry and Frustrated With Your Partner These Tips May Help
In therapy sessions, many couples express frustration as a significant issue in their relationship. Often, this frustration stems from unmet or unclear expectations, which can lead to resentment and breakdowns in communication. Here are some tips to help you navigate...
Micro-Cheating and It’s Risk To Relationships
If there are any natural boundaries at all to prevent infidelity, they are so diffuse and easily crossed that their existence is barely recognisable. Micro-cheating is relationship terminology pointing to small behaviours that both approach and potentiate possible...
How to Talk to a Loved One About Their Anger
Managing Anger: Supporting a Loved One Towards Change Anger is a natural emotion experienced by everyone from time to time. When expressed appropriately, it can be healthy and even productive. However, for some, anger becomes overwhelming and frequent, causing harm to...
How to Address Your Partner’s Sexist Behavior or Comments
One issue that many women face is being subjected to sexism within their relationship; sadly, we are often not taught how to see it, react to it, or correct it. For straight women, sexism is a problem they will likely face throughout their relationships. Being raised...
Staying Together After the Affair Part 2
The discovery of an affair is a devasting for everyone involved. Below are some thoughts to help you navigate this time. It is Essential That You End the Affair: It is just not possible to work on your relationship if there is a third party waiting in the wings for...
Staying Together After the Affair Part 1.
This can be the most painful time when you discover the person you trusted the most has betrayed you. Below are some thoughts to help you navigate this time. Constructive Expression of Your Feelings: All your feelings are valid, but abuse be it verbal, physcail or...
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desentisation and Reprocessing therapy or EMDR, is a set of standardised protocols that incorporate elements from many different treatment approaches, it has been researched extensively and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. Issues that EMDR is...
5 Ways to Reignite the Spark in Your Relationship
“The spark’ is a phrase that I hear a lot when it comes to romantic relationships. You might have felt ‘the spark’ at the beginning of your relationship, and as a result, the early days were exhilarating for you and your partner. However, like every other flame, ‘the...
“Who Takes the Lead?” Advice for Balancing the Power in Your Relationship
When it comes to relationships, it seems there is often a driving force behind the couple or one partner who appears always to have the upper hand. This partner is the one most often in control of the relationship. Taking the Lead However, what does it mean to have...
6 Great Ways to Deepen Your Relationship Bond
Love is a beautiful thing, and there’s nothing more amazing than feeling the bond you share with your partner get stronger. If you’re in a happy relationship, you can keep it that way by introducing a few new things into your relationship. Here are 6 evidence-based...
Understanding Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples
For those who aren’t familiar with Emotionally-Focused Therapy, (EFT) this is a short introduction. This approach is central to the way I practice. Identifying your emotion (for example; I feel annoyed when you don’t take out the rubbish) is at the centre of the...
Are You Playing the Blame Game? Here’s Why You Need to Stop
Blame and game – two words that should never be joined together. The truth is, the blame game is no fun to play, and there are never any winners. Moreover, perhaps, the biggest loser of all is the one who is doing all the blaming. When we blame others, we lose our...