The Practice Of Mindful Communication
We need to communicate with people every day unless we live in complete solitude. Depending on the circumstances, it might be something we do on a regular basis...
Obsessed With That Certain Someone? Look To Developmental Issues
It’s is very often that I come across clients who are obsessed with someone. The level of obsession is so high that it often means that normal life cannot carry on without some form of validation...
Relationships: What I Have Learned From My Marriage (So Far)
There are all different kinds of couples and different ways of being in a relationship. I am in what I can call a mixed marriage with Inass, my wife. We come from different cultures and we see the world in a different way, sometimes a very different way...
Couples Therapy: A Codependency Case Study
Therapy as a couple is hard and there are few guarantees. Many factors determine success or failure. Timing, willingness, the right therapist all come into play...
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...