Category: Relationships

When Emotional Connection Fades in Relationships

Decreased emotional connection and intimacy can quietly erode relationships. Learn what it looks like, why it happens, and how therapy using EFT and ACT can help couples reconnect. When Connection…

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Trust Issues and Infidelity: Rebuilding After Betrayal

Trust issues, secrecy, and infidelity can deeply damage relationships. Learn common causes and how therapy helps rebuild trust and emotional safety. Understanding Trust Issues, Secrecy, and Infidelity Trust issues in…

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Not Sure Whether to Stay or Leave a Relationship? Here’s How to Decide

Relationship ambivalence—uncertainty about whether to stay in or leave a relationship—is a common reason people seek therapy or couples counselling. While it’s normal for occasional doubts to arise in any…

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How to Get the Most Out of Couples Counselling

Couples counselling is most effective when approached proactively and with honesty. Focus on listening, embracing discomfort, and prioritising the relationship over individual blame. By committing time and effort and concentrating…

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Unlocking Emotional Literacy: The Key to Healthier Relationships

In this Psychology Blog post: Learn what emotional literacy is and why it matters. Improve self-awareness, relationships, and mental health through understanding and managing emotions effectively. What is Emotional Literacy…

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Communication Struggles in Relationships: How Therapy Helps

Communication difficulties in relationships can erode trust and closeness. Learn common causes and how therapy, including ACT and EFT, helps couples reconnect. Understanding Communication Difficulties in Relationships Communication difficulties in…

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How do you get your teen to listen to you?

How to Get Your Teen to Listen: Building Stronger Connections Getting your teen to listen starts with building a closer, more trusting connection. Adolescence is a time of rapid growth…

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A Progressive Approach to Therapy For Healing Infidelity In Couples

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples is an evidence-based, humanistic, and experiential approach that emphasizes attachment and emotion to address destructive relationship patterns (Johnson, 2004). While EFT was not originally developed…

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Avoidance, Overthinking, and Values: How to Break Harmful Relationship Patterns

A Series on Improving Your Relationship – Part 2B Struggling with avoidance, overthinking, or emotional distance in your relationship? Learn psychologist-approved strategies to build lasting connection. In Part 2A, we…

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How to Build a Stronger Relationship:

How to Build a Stronger Relationship: The Actions That Matter Most A Series on Improving Your Relationship – Part 2A Learn the key relationship actions that strengthen emotional connection and…

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