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Talking to your partner about counselling

Tips on How to Get to Counselling Bringing up the subject of counselling can be challenging, and how to do this is a common question that we are asked by people. Both men and women equally experience this challenge of how to encourage a reluctant partner to marriage counselling. Often couples find themselves at a

Relationship Health Check

All couples agree that marriage is an investment. Like all investments it will continue to grow and develop if you both put time and the right type of effort into it. The old adage applies here, ‘the more you put in, the more return you will get’. We have been counselling families and couples for

Tips to make counselling successful

Learning from the couples who succeed in marriage counselling What to DO…and not to do 1. Successful couples see counselling sessions as a process, rather than a quick fix. They understand that long-standing issues are not going to be resolved in a few sessions. The steady road is the sure one. 2. They ‘don’t fight

Texting: How to keep it nice

No matter how far apart we are from each other geographically in the physical world, the increasing capabilities of the Internet are progressively simplifying how we connect with others. Texting is now part of everyday life, but it also creates opportunities for misinterpretation 1. Keep it as simple as possible When texting a difficult matter,

Why is getting help so hard?

Although it has reduced over recent times, there tends to be a considerable amount of stigma attached to seeking professional help for a private matter. Often people refrain from attending counselling because they see it as a sign of weakness, however if you’re reading this there’s probably a good reason why, and you shouldn’t let