How can I create more intimacy in my relationship? Does it feel like there is a huge wall between you? You cannot communicate and feel close to each other anymore. Perhaps the number one question both individual clients who have relationship difficulties and couples have is how can I create [...]
J* is in a relationship and a father of two small children. He works and feels pressured at work. He feels that he is not progressing in his career as well as he would like. He often feels low too and cannot quite pinpoint why. He feels he “should have [...]
What does relationship anxiety look like? Relationship anxiety is a very common form of anxiety. It is the feeling of intense worry when you are either separated from your partner or there is an emotional threat (disconnection) to the relationship. There are very good reasons why you have developed [...]
Today you like so many of us on this planet may be affected in some ways by the news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. News like this often brings up difficult feelings related to perhaps other losses in life and, of course, for people living in the UK, [...]
Sam and Dina met in their late 20s and suddenly, 10 years later, they found themselves feeling almost like strangers and even enemies to each other. “What happened to us?” They often asked themselves. We were so in love and had fun with each other. The years of building a career [...]
Jake* has a business and he has made it into a success. He has a family with kids and a partner. His life is on the outside very good and people in his environment would not know how the external success and the internal feeling of always being on the [...]
What does it feel like being in your relationship right now? Do you feel alone and disconnected, perhaps stuck as you are forced to spend more time together under the same roof. Perhaps previously you and your partner gradually developed quite separate lies and the lockdown and social distancing rules [...]
If you have experienced childhood trauma or childhood emotional neglect (CEN), have you noticed behaviour patterns that may be unhelpful for you? Perhaps you often end up agreeing to things when it does not suit you. Maybe you struggle to get your voice heard when you have something important to [...]
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 [...]
Relationships with men have always been difficult for Jane*. She has often ended up having relationships with emotionally unavailable men. They may initially show interest yet as she starts to attach and show interest in them, they disappear or withdraw from contact by coming up with various excuses. She has [...]
