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Childhood Emotional Neglect – PART 3

This is PART 3 of Childhood Emotional Neglect – How does it impact adult relationships? Is healing even possible? PART 1 :…

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Childhood Emotional Neglect – PART 2

This is PART 2 of Childhood Emotional Neglect – What has caused those symptoms or coping mechanisms?  Also in this series ……

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Childhood Emotional Neglect – PART 1

This is PART 1 of Childhood Emotional Neglect – What are the symptoms – the legacy of coping mechanisms? (PART 1) PART…

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Reconnecting after an argument is easier when you deep breath and tap to calm your Autonomic Nervous System.

Had another Argument? Here’s the quickest way to begin Reconnecting …

It can feel overwhelming and heartbreaking when yet another argument leaves you and your partner feeling disconnected. But what if there was…

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Tapping into Relationships – eft2

What’s so wonderful about this relationship therapy protocol? It works very quickly … that means getting out of the counselling room and…

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When being RIGHT, can be so wrong!

We love to be RIGHT! Don’t we? But so often, trying so hard to be right, is totally wrong in a relationship….

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Adult ADHD can cruel relationships. Hijacking the best intentions of both partners. But with education, medication and counselling it can all return to better than it was.

Is Adult ADHD sabotaging my relationship?

Understanding Adult ADHD in Relationships Have you ever felt like your relationship is a rollercoaster ride you didn’t sign up for? One…

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Help me, don’t analyze me or pathologize me!

I was just given a humbling, reflective moment – a dose of my own medicine! I discovered, that I do NOT like…

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My love-hate Relationship with Christmas

I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Christmas ever since I was young.   As an adult I’ve continued to oscillate between fearing…

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Does Relationship Counselling Really Have To Be An Arduous Journey?

Clients and counsellors alike, often tremble with fear at just the thought of relationship counselling. To be fair, most models of relationship…

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But he never hit me

Please don’t ever minimise all the horrors of emotional, psychological, sexual and financial abuse by saying, “But he never hit me …” …

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Beware the traits that make you more attractive to an abuser!

Ever wondered why it is you keep ending up in relationships that hurt you, rather than nurture you? How many of the…

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