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3 Ways Individual Counselling Can Help Your Relationship
All couples can hit obstacles along the way. When this happens, we can go it alone and try to work through issues, or they can seek the guidance of a trained and experienced psychotherapist. While some couples feel their problems should be kept private, many more are...
Creative Ideas for Improving Communication in Your Relationship
Many surveys find that the number one reason for divorce is poor communication. Beyond having different communication styles, issues often arise when both partners are not comfortable talking about their feelings. The good news is, talking about feelings is not the...
Advice on Staying True to New Year’s Resolutions
Be honest, did you make New Year’s resolutions this year that you have yet to stick to? If so, you’re not alone. Researchers have found that typically 77% of people are only able to keep their resolutions for one week, 64% keep them for one month, 50% for three months...
Survival Guide to Stress Family Festivities
In some shape or form, the festive period brings difficult family members for many of us. Maybe it’s your sibling who triggers your competitive nature turning everything into a contest. Maybe it involves a parent whose codependency issues leave you feeling like you...
Five Important Relationship Questions You Should Consider
You have heard this many times, but here it is again, relationships are tough, and they require constant work. You and your partner have to be ready to put in the work every single day, and one way of doing this is through evaluation of your relationship. Here is a...
How to Tell Your Partner About Your Past Sexual Abuse
Relationships always start on a high note. Your mutual attraction combined with your commonalities stirs up your feelings while finding out about your differences and exploring the world together makes your relationship fresh and exciting. When your relationship...
When to Worry: Recognizing Signs of Trauma in Your Loved Ones
Over the past several years, there have been numerous traumatic events across the world, from incidents of mass violence to devastating natural disasters, hundreds of thousands of us have experienced or witnessed a disastrous or life-threatening event within our...
How to Help Manage a Loved One’s Anxiety
Supporting a Loved One Through Anxiety: A Guide for Family and Friends When someone close to you is struggling with anxiety, it can often feel overwhelming and frustrating, especially if you don’t know how to help. Anxiety attacks can cause a range of symptoms,...
Creating a Safe Home Environment After Rehab
If you or a loved one have gone through a programme in a drug or alcohol rehabilitation centre, you know that much of the time spent in rehab focuses on preparing you for your move back home. It can be a dangerous and scary transition if you are unprepared. Although...
What is Gaslighting Part 2
The following are a continuation of tell-tale techniques of gaslighting behaviour. 6. Declarations of love and flattery. A gaslighter will systematically emotionally tear you down and build you back up, only to tear you down again. Whether you realise it or not...
What is Gaslighting Part 1
Examples of Gaslighting The following are tell-tale signs of gaslighting behaviour: 1. Blatant lying. First, people whom gaslight tell lies. They can lie which such ease and this is the issue. This lying becomes an abusive entrenched pattern. You start to question...
“Why Am I Sad After Sex?” Postcoital Dysphoria & Other Causes
It may be difficult to face or admit, but it’s a feeling many of us have experienced: sadness after sex. Even if the sex was great and satisfying, the sense of sadness or depression after sex is more common than you might believe. According to a 2015 study done on...
Is My Anger Normal, Or Should I Seek Help?
Life wouldn’t be life without those little irritants that push our buttons. Moreover, when our buttons get pushed, it’s completely natural to feel angry. Anger is a normal emotion that can facilitate better communication and positive change when expressed...
Feeling Disconnected?
Feeling Disconnected? Here are three ways to reconnect. Thanks to Hollywood, many couples have been led to believe the secret to reconnecting and rekindling passion is through a Caribbean cruise, a new car or jewelry. However, the reality is, once there is a...
Parents Separating– Telling the Children Part 1
Telling your children that you are separating can be the one thing many of us dread. You may fear your children’s reactions. Verbalising it may also make it more real for you. Every child and every family is different, so it is essential to take the time to think...