When I first started providing couples therapy soon after graduation from my counselling studies, I really had little experience of how to help couples that were coming to see me. It was truly a baptism by fire because as I started to sit with couple after couple in the first year of my new career, […]
10 Things I’ve Learned About Love as a Couples Therapist Read Post »
I wrote an article for the hugely popular blog MindBodyGreen about the things that happy couples do every day that makes their love and relationship grow stronger. Within 24 hours the post had gone viral and was shared over 7000 times and has now surpassed over 25,000 shares! I have had some wonderful feedback on Twitter and
Happy Couples Do These 10 Things Every Day Read Post »
We all know the story. One day, we’ll hopefully meet someone who is just exactly right for us. Our soul mates, our life partners. Our be all and end all, in other words. Such a person will intuitively understand us, and being with them will have a sort of natural ease to it. Romantic, isn’t
The Myth of “The One”: Does Your Soulmate Really Exist? Read Post »
Money issues are one of the most common issues all couples deal with. It has long been understood that financial stress is one of the most common reasons given for divorce and relationship trouble – and Australian couples are no different in this regard. Combine the after-effects of the global financial crisis and the fact that
Money Issues: What to do When Your Partner Earns More Than You Read Post »
Codependency is unhealthy and destructive for relationships. The word “codependency” sounds a lot nicer than it is. Rather than a situation where two people are mutually “dependent” on one another, codependency is a term originally used to describe the network of relationships that form around an individual battling a pathological condition, such as a substance
Codependency: Are You in an Unhealthy Relationship? Read Post »
Study shows child free couples report stronger relationships than those with children. The decision to not have children is one that usually elicits pretty strong opinions from people. Culturally, most of us see having kids as an important part of adulthood, yet increasing numbers of people are becoming more vocal about wanting their lives
Childless Couples: Are They Happier for Not Having Kids? Read Post »
Has your sex life dried up since you’ve had children? You never thought it would never happen to the two of you, but it did. As a new parent, sex has become less and less of a priority and eventually, before you knew it, it’s become a somewhat of a chore for you and possibly your
Sex After Having a Baby: What to do When Intimacy Fades Read Post »
Could your relationship benefit from a couples retreat? When you hear “couples retreat”, you might think of the 2009 film with Vince Vaughn. A couple, juggling their busy lives while raising two children, decide to take on a vacation getaway package combined with couples counselling, to realise what a great thing they have going. The
Couples Retreat: The Value of Focusing on Your Relationship Read Post »
The science behind love reveals a complex and important phenomena “Love is a many splendored-thing”. When Mark Zuckerberg launched the original Facebook, it was not complete until a person’s relationship status was incorporated into user profiles. We strive for love because we derive happiness from it. Pretty much every song on the radio is a love
What is Love? The Science Behind the World’s Greatest Feeling Read Post »
Do some famous couples know something about relationships we don’t? Famous couples have it going on. They’re beautiful, they’re powerful, and they’re important. We know about their dramas as if we are living their lives: the pangs, the mess, the cheating, and the almost-divorces. We are constantly “in like” with these tabloid fixtures because we’re
Famous Couples: What Are Their Secrets to Relationship Longevity? Read Post »
