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What is Somatic Therapy and How It Can Transform Relationships

Navigating the complexities of relationships can be challenging, especially when past traumas or attachment wounds come into play. Traditional talk therapy often…

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What is Trauma-Informed Relationship Therapy?

Relationships are the cornerstone of our emotional well-being, yet they can also be the source of deep pain and unresolved wounds. For…

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Abusive Love is not Love ... it is ABUSE! Not all relationships can improve with therapy.

Can counselling truly help every relationship?

What about toxic, manipulative, emotionally abusive, covert controlling, narcissistic relationships? The short answer is NO … well … sort of! Counselling is…

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Desperate to be loved?

There are so many other titles, that would sit just as comfortably with this blog … Toxic Bonding. Stay, or leave? Aching…

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Relationship Creep - what made it change? What's happened to us? Could it be Adult ADHD? The loss of intimacy, far too many fights and arguments, walking on eggshells afraid to raise an issue, carrying too much of the responsibility load. Just feeling so confused and lost.

HELP … my partner was unfaithful – What do I do?

What’s happened to us? Where did it go wrong? Is this relationship creep … the loss of intimacy, too many fights and…

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The one mistake we all inevitably make in relationships.

We turn our feelings into facts! This is the biggest mistake that we make in our relationships, especially in the arguments of those…

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How to recognise emotionally abusive behaviour … PART B.

 ….  and what to do about it. STEP 1: If you suspect you are in an emotionally abusive relationship, dynamic or situation…

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How to recognise emotionally abusive behaviour … PART A.

… both the charming and the ugly.  Emotional abuse most often occurs covertly and usually escalates over time – that’s why any…

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We all stuff up … and we all need to know how to make up!

We’re all human.  We all make mistakes.  And we all need to learn how to give a heart felt apology, when we…

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Choose kindness …

Want to try an experiment, that I promise will change how you feel … for the better? What if you just chose…

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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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