Four Ways To Communicate Effectively With Your Partner
Couples come into therapy for many reasons but one thing they mostly all share in common is an inability to communicate with each other effectively...
Divorcing An Egomaniac Follows A Familiar Pattern
I am unfortunately dealing with a few messy divorce cases at present. I say unfortunately because it is never positive when a marriage breaks down...
What Are You Prepared To Do For Your Relationship?
Let’s be honest, when it comes to relationships, we often try it and we often get it wrong and most of us have no idea why. We think we do but we are generally clueless...
New Podcast: The Drama Triangle – How Codependents Control
Today we are looking at the concept of codependent control. This is something that codependents find difficult to believe...
Couples Therapy With A Narcissist? Avoid At All Costs!
A staggering amount of my clients who identify as codependent and are in a relationship with a self-centered or abusive partner have attempted couples therapy...
Lawyers Call For Contract To Cheat: Navigating Relationships Post Pandemic
The last eighteen months have been the strangest in living memory. No-one could have predicted the impact of the global pandemic on the fabric of our societies...
Boundaries Build Bridges… Don’t Be Afraid To Set Them
People like me are always trying to make others see the value of setting healthy boundaries in the spirit of emotional honesty. That is expressing what you feel honestly and assertively when there is a feeling that a boundary needs to be set...
Underestimate The Small Issues In A Relationship At Your Peril
A good marriage with someone we truly love is generally the fairytale that is sold to us by society, sometimes parents and definitely religion...
Love Does Not Conquer All: Expectations In Relationships Under The Spotlight
Just how prepared are we for the considerable work needed in order to maintain a relationship? Many of us say that we know fully what lies ahead when we commit ourselves but I wonder just how true this really is...
How To Assess Your Relationship For The R Factor. The Silent Killer Of Relationships
It is sometimes hard to imagine how some couples stay together and what keeps them that way. For many people, especially codependents, the need to be in a relationship is always there but just how much should you take from your partner in terms of the way they conduct themselves...