1. HAVE MORE GOALS FOR YOURSELF THAN FOR YOUR PARTNER: Of course you want your partner to change to the way you would like them to be, otherwise you wouldn’t be looking into couples therapy! Focusing on your partner and trying to change them doesn’t work – you don’t get what you want. Working
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Depression is a frightening illness. It is frightening because the sufferer seems to be taken over by the negative disease and their outlook becomes hopeless, they see themselves as worthless and they believe that they can’t be helped. Understandably, when one is living with a family member who has depression, help for the sufferer is
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“Its our imagination that’s responsible for love, not the other person” Proust. In the past, if someone was caught cheating and having an affair, the automatic assumption was that there must be something wrong with the relationship and the betrayed partner – after all it is the ultimate betrayal. According to leading relationship expert Esther
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All couples are guilty of some or all of these behaviours in our closest relationships. According to Dr John Gottman, they are the biggest predictors of divorce if they become a habit in the relationship. CRITICISM: “you always…” “you never…” Why are you…”This is attacking your partner’s character with the intent of making someone right
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