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Get Some Sleep! Five Tips for Busting Through Your Insomnia
Insomnia, the on-going inability to get sufficient sleep, is a problem affecting millions. More than a third of us are not getting enough sleep daily. A lack of sleep can be at the root of chronic medical conditions. Obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease,...
Relate Charity Publishes the Effects of the Pandemic on Relationships
Research from relate on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on our relationships Very recent research from Relate, the UK's largest provider of couples and relationship support suggests that more than one in eight people interviewed who live with their...
When Is The Right Time For Couples Counselling?
Making the decision to go to couples counselling For better or for worse, those words seem easy to say at the time, but when worse gets bad, many couples are ready to throw in the towel. This is often because they didn’t seek help in time and let things get out...
Coping with working from home during Coronavirus
Many of us, during the working week, have turned off our alarm wishing we could work from home. In theory, working from home sounds ideal. However, when it has become a sudden reality, it presents many challenges. Children home from school want our attention while we...
How To Tell If You’re A Highly Sensitive Person
Wondering if you are a sensitive person? Some people seemed to be born with nerves outside of their skin; these people tend to be more sensitive than their parents, brothers and sisters, all the kids in their class. They cannot get through a movie (even a comedy) or a...
How Do I Know if I’m Not Straight?
The “Q” in LGBTQ: How Do I Know if I’m Not Straight? The study of sexual orientation has been quite a controversial area of psychology, raising numerous questions. What makes a person identify as queer, and what percentage of the population currently identifies as...
What do we know about sexual fantasies?
Sexual fantasies? Do we all have them? Sexual fantasies are mental images of an erotic nature that can lead to sexual arousal. Some wish their sexual fantasies could come true, but they don’t have to materialise to be effective. Sometimes this is what makes them...
Life During Coronavirus
Daily life has changed significantly; Coronavirus is altering many aspects of our lives. A pandemic is a situation that most of us have not given much thought, let alone had any experience. Generally, we have had no preparation practically, physically, mentally, or...
What is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)?
I specialise in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), a concise method to support troubled relationships. EFT, rooted in attachment theory, offers a holistic understanding of adult love and provides a structured path to not only reducing conflicts but also...
Your relationship during the presence of corona virus
Fear and anxiety may be present for many of us at this difficult time. Couples may find themselves fighting and picking at each other. It could be easy for parents to get impatient with their kids. Couples and families are doing all they can to make it through...
Feeling angry or frustrated with your partner
Dealing with feelings of frustration with a partner Many couples who come for therapy cite frustration with their partner as one of the significant issues they face. This frustration often is from unmet and unexplained expectations. Expectations play a huge role in...
Are You In A Relationship With A Narcissist?
Is your partner a Narcissist? When you met your partner, did it seem like love at first sight? Was there a familiarity to them and a feeling that you were somehow drawn to them? Soon after you committed to them, did they begin to change? Were they giving you less...
Four Signs You Have Become Addicted To Opiates
There is an alarming increase in the use of opiates and those dying from overdoses are increasing. Opiates are a highly addictive type of drug, and we are commonly prescribed to alleviate pain. Prescriptions pain killers such as oxycodone, codeine, hydrocodone,...
How Infidelity Affects Mental Health
Healing from the Pain of Infidelity: A Path to Recovery No one ever expects to be on the receiving end of romantic betrayal. The emotional toll of discovering that someone you love and trust has been unfaithful can be overwhelming. The feelings of sadness, confusion,...
Attention is a precious resource: a person has only so much of it to give.
In today's world, attention is a valuable commodity, with each person having only a limited amount to give. What if we directed more of this precious resource towards the person we deem most significant in our lives? What if we made it a habit to prioritize our...