Category: Relationships & Couples
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Wedding Season Stress: How to Protect Your Relationship When the Pressure Is On
You said yes. You found the venue. You picked the date. And somewhere between choosing centrepieces and managing the guest list, you and your partner stopped talking about anything other than the wedding. Or worse: you're fighting about the wedding. Not about whether you love each other, not about whether you want to build a…
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Couples Therapy: 6 Myths That Stop People from Getting Help
A lot of couples who could benefit from therapy don't go. Not because they don't care about the relationship, but because of what they imagine therapy to be. The gap between what couples therapy actually is and what most people think it is can be significant, and that gap keeps people stuck. Here are the…
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How to Support a Partner with Depression (Without Losing Yourself)
Loving someone who is depressed is one of the lonelier experiences you can have in a relationship. You're right there, sleeping in the same bed, sharing meals, going through life together, and yet there's a distance you can't seem to close no matter what you do. You want to help. You try to help. And…
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What a Relationship Therapist Actually Does
Most couples do not book therapy after one bad argument. They book after months, sometimes years, of the same argument. The subject changes, the shape of it does not, and at some point talking about it started to feel like it was not worth the fallout. If you are reading this late in the evening,…
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How Therapy Changes Your Relationships
You have had the same argument three times this month. Different words, same ending. Or you go quiet when something bothers you, and by the time you finally say it, it comes out sharper than you meant. Or the relationship is fine, mostly, and you still feel lonely inside it. Most people book therapy for…
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Couple Counselling: Does It Really Work?
Despite what we see in movies and fairy tales, and on other peoples’ social media feeds, there is no such thing as the perfect marriage. While the partners in a relationship may share fundamental beliefs and value systems, they are still two individuals with their unique life experiences, personalities and quirks. Sometimes we find that…
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7 Reasons To Seek Marriage Counselling
According to most statistics, the rate of divorce has been decreasing over the last several years. While this may be due in part to better marital communication resulting from marriage counselling, it is important to remember that the rate of marriage has also been decreasing. This change is offset by an increase in the cohabitation…