Online dating has become such a social norm it seems like meeting a mate by chance in a bar is now the exception. Online dating does work—many successful marriages have started that way—but there is a degree of uncertainty to it. The Internet allows anyone to fabricate a gender, age, location, and appearance. So how do […]
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I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed on the Talking Lifestyle at 2UE. In the segment, I spoke about the stigma that some people feel when considering couples therapy and the reasons why smart couples go to couples therapy. Here’s a summary of what I spoke about: The 5 reasons why smart couples go
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I’m thrilled to announce that Clinton Power + Associates’ Sydney office has moved to 110/120 Bourke St Woolloomooloo NSW 2011! (Check out the photo of our gorgeous new office space above.) While I’ve loved working in Macquarie St for the last 3 years, we had outgrown the space, so our new counselling office is significantly
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There’s a new term floating around the modern dating scene, kind of a revamping of the phrase “stringing along.” The word is “breadcrumbing,”. Breadcrumbing refers to the very old fairy tale (which was probably true) of Hansel and Gretel, two children abandoned in a forest. As their father led them deeper into the woods, they
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Social media usage is a double-edged sword. While it may strengthen social connections between friends and deepen a romantic relationship through continued interaction despite physical distance, constant social media use makes depression worse and harms your overall wellbeing. On Twitter this often plays out as aggression because the accounts are anonymous, while on Facebook it
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Isn’t it time you put some fun and romance back into Valentine’s Day? At some point, for most couples, date night goes from fun and exciting to “Um, what do you want to do?” If you have busy jobs and families it’s even hard to make time for a date, and just planning it out
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Happy wife, happy life—many decades of formal and informal research bear this out. Recent studies have found that married people (meaning any two people in a committed partnership, including same-sex couples) are less likely to get pneumonia, have surgery, develop cancer or have heart attacks. They seem to live a little longer too. Why is
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Making the decision to separate from a long term partner is rarely easy, but staying in a deeply unhappy relationship is no walk in the park either. If you’ve been struggling with the decision, it can be difficult to know what to do and it’s even more complicated if children are involved. You have to
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Is it time to devote some attention to your relationship these holidays? The holidays are often a stressful time for people, but it’s easy to forget this once they arrive. If you’re in a relationship, you may find yourself getting frustrated with your partner for no particular reason, or you notice you’re fighting more than
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Are you drowning in pain because of a holiday breakup? You never thought it would happen, but suddenly your relationship ends, and it’s a week before the holidays. There’s lots of things worse than being alone during the holidays, but it’s hard to realise this when you’re drowning in pain. The good news is you
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