Relationship Counselling Affairs

In this article I share my experience working as a relationship counsellor with couples where there has been a break of trust. I describe some common themes and how relationship counselling can help.

Controlling Behaviour

"Those who do not know how to weep with their
whole heart 

don't know how to laugh either."

This article argues that Prozac and it's equivalents sold under the
following brand names isn't necessarily the answer to mild depression.

Boarding School Still Affects You Now

It might seem strange to be speaking of boarding school on a relationship counselling site. It’s worth considering that even though you may have attended a boarding school long ago the experience might still be having a huge impact on how you relate to your partner now.

Men, it’s inevitable that at times you are going to mess up and get things wrong for your partner. Here are some pointers that I hope you find helpful from my couples counselling experience. There's a lot of good material here.

In this article: 

Discover how to relationship counselling can help you speak differently to each other.

Recognise the common themes that occur in arguments and see how emotionally focused therapy helps couples to speak authentically and work through difficulties.

Overview

This article describes a common relationship pattern where men have closed down their “ability to feel’ due to their early experience of their mothers and fathers. The origin of this pattern is the man as a boy filling his father’s role in an attempt meet his mother’s needs at the cost of his own. Emotionally he was asked for more than he could give. This impacts his ability to connect to his feelings in later life which is a condition affecting many men today.

Background

Step Families 

If you have recently started a new relationship and you or your partner has children here are a few things to bear in mind about being in a step family:

RELATIONSHIP ADVICE: HOW TO SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE

INFIDELITY is the ultimate betrayal – but it doesn’t have to lead to divorce. Here, relationships expert Richard Cole gives a step-by-step guide to saving your marriage – and deepening your love.