Your Anger Problem and Your Marriage
Anger is not necessarily a bad emotion and can in fact be a positive and useful emotion if it is used constructively and that is important to remember. The ability to set a boundary to keep yourself safe, to ask for what you want assertively and to resolve conflicts peacefully with respect and empathy all […]
Learning How to Communicate with Your Partner via Marriage Counseling
Many people opt for marriage counseling when they feel like things are not going well in their relationship. I’m sometimes asked, “Do couples always manage to patch up their relationship by going to see a counsellor?” I would say this depends on how determined and committed both individuals are to the process, to learning and […]
Three Things That Marriage Counselling in Sydney Can Teach You
You wouldn’t throw away your vehicle just because it has a flat tire, so you shouldn’t give up on your marriage because it’s having a flat moment. Marriages go up and down all the time. They need constant work after the newlywed feeling fades. Consider hiring a professional for marriage counselling in Sydney if you’re […]
Relationship Counselling: Does it Work?
You know how relationships are usually perfect, with no problems whatsoever? Neither does anyone else. The truth of it is that relationships are challenging for just about everyone. Put two people together, no matter how much they have in common or how much they’re in love and, sooner or later, they will have a disagreement […]
Benefits of Marriage Counseling
Have you been watching Married at First Sight? Each Sunday we sit and watch the Commitment Ceremony. Which is quite similar to counseling. Apart from the fact you’re not on tv, and you don’t have 14 of your mates listening in closely. When a couple is thinking about going to counseling they are often in […]
Marriage Counseling For Couples Growing Apart
Relationships are work. Some say that if you really love someone marriage is easy. That is not entirely true. There is, however, a difference between an angry, and hostile relationship turning toxic and letting life get in the way of who you once were. Sometimes it really is just life keeping you too busy to […]
Why Marriage Counseling Is a Good Idea
Divorce is a tragic experience to go through and to witness. It is difficult for both spouses and especially difficult for their children. Teenage children of divorce are more than three times as likely to need psychological help within a year of the separation. However, with the help of marriage counseling, couples find new ways […]
7 Steps To Save Your Marriage After An Affair
Unfaithful spouses cause severe mental, emotional, and physical devastation in a couple’s marriage. Having an affair leads to emotional havoc on both ends, including feelings of anger mistrust, confusion, betrayal, sadness and more. Most couples call it quits right away because they have no idea how to handle all of their feelings. We’re here to […]
The Biggest Myths About Relationship Counselling
As a relationship and couples counsellor, I hear lots of opinions about relationship counselling and most of them are untrue! These opinions are usually informed by depictions of counselling and therapy shown in film or television, or bad news stories told when a relationship ends. The reality is many people seek relationship counselling and you […]
5 Ways to Save Your Marriage
I often despair that couples counselling or relationship counselling is only considered when it’s too late to save your marriage. Healthy relationships are the most significant predictor of happiness and life satisfaction, yet are often neglected or taken for granted. I am working with a client whose wife has walked out on him after the […]
