I have heard it mentioned so many time by people in the first session, their fear, anxiety and reluctance in attending relationship/couple counselling, as they are uncertain of what to expect from the process in couple therapy. They are not sure of what to expect from the therapist and the unknown is often quite unsettling.

I have been focusing my clinical practice towards working with couples/relationships for the past 6 years, over this time I have arrived at several guidelines that I believe makes our work together more effective. First and foremost, I would like to point out, your relationship, is my client. As such, my primary role is to help you improve your responses to each other without violating your core values and beliefs.

This is the final blog in the Connection Buster series.  I hope you have found the other blogs helpful and have adopted some of the suggestions into your relationships. In this blog, I will look at why people avoid certain conversations that are critical to the healthy growth of their relationship. Cast your mind back […]

I hope you have found the last 3 posts on ‘Connection Busters’ helpful and that as a relationship you have put some of those suggestions into practice.

In this blog, we are going to look at the idea of becoming emotionally and physically overwhelmed during times of stress. I’m going to invite you (for a moment) to recall the most recent fight you had with your partner.  As you bring this memory to mind, can you notice the subtle shifts that are […]

In the last blog, we looked at two of the six most commonly used connection busters I see in relationships.  In this blog I’m going to dive deep into the difference between Criticism and Complaints, I hope you will find the information helpful.

Have you ever longed for your partner to acknowledge and connect with you in a way that makes you feel loved, cherished and supported? And instead, you feel dismissed and/or your request for connection is pushed aside or ignored?