Alex and Jamie met in their early 30s. They met through friends and shared similar interests in travelling, exercise, outdoor life and values of wanting to be in a long-term relationship with a partner. They both wanted to have a long-term relationship with the prospect of having a family one [...]
Sue and Steve* recognise that they have become distant in their relationship since having children and they don't have a safe emotional bond. They are bickering over the smallest things, often over matters that feel trivial but at the time it feels like there is a huge wall between them [...]
Kate and Tom have been together for 5 years. They are both professionals and have successful careers. They used to get along so well but more recently end up arguing more and more. Kate says that it is because Tom doesn’t listen to her and he is insensitive whilst [...]
Liz and Tom have been together for several years and have two children. They don't know how they got here but now it feels like they don't know each other anymore and they are continuously arguing about the chores and who's more tired. "But we were not supposed to be that [...]
From the day we are born, we start to form relationships with people in our world and these early relationships guide our later relationships even in adulthood. The aim of this blog post is to explain how these early relationships often impact our intimate relationships in adulthood: what type [...]
Do you try to do nice things for your partner but s/he is not happy? Are you lost as nothing seems to work? Is your relationship starting to feel like a battle ground and provides you with more grief than happiness? Or perhaps it just feels stale? Recently, I [...]
Navigating the challenges life puts on our relationships and maintaining a close loving bond with our romantic partner can be sometimes so hard. Many things impact on how we relate to our partner and they relate to us. The more you understand, for example, how your upbringing, early attachment and family [...]
