How do two people who once loved each other, and shared so much in life together such as buying a house, having children, holidays, illness, caring for each other, being involved with each others extended family, etc, end up being unhappy in their relationship to the extent where they do or are prepared to divorce?
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When couples fight they unintentionally cause long-term harm to their relationship. Instead of resolving the conflict and improving the positive thoughts and feelings for each other they end up with unresolved negative outcomes. This can lead to feelings of disconnection and eventually marriage breakdown. These are the four biggest mistakes couples make when trying to
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
While there are many reasons why couples struggle in their marriage, there is one particular problem that sneaks its way into a relationship. It’s a sneaky issue that slowly sets about eroding the quality of the marriage over time, eventually leading to marriage and family fragmentation. I speak here of ‘resentment’. Resentment can masquerade in
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
Having been a marriage counsellor for many years, it would seem that most couples are indeed opposite to each other on many things and surprisingly many couples are okay. In fact most marriage counsellors would say that it is not the differences between couples that cause the problems. It is not simply a matter being
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
Tips on how to get to counselling Bringing up the subject of counselling can be hard and how to do it is a common question. It is the same for men and women alike. You and your partner have arrived at a place where you may not be communicating well. Being able agree on the