Category: Relationships

Unhealthy Relationships: How to Recognize the Signs and Why Leaving Can Feel So Hard

February 1, 2026

Concerns about relationships are among the most common reasons people seek counselling or therapy. Many individuals reach out because something in their relationship doesn’t feel right, even if they can’t…

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

January 15, 2026

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

August 15, 2025

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

May 1, 2025

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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How do you get your teen to listen to you?

February 16, 2023

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

January 15, 2023

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

September 15, 2022

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:

September 1, 2022

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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Four relationship myths that fuel relationship dissatisfaction.

July 1, 2022

A series on improving your relationship. A Relationship that is going well can be a safe haven from a stressful day and world. A Strong relationship can help someone feel…

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Can’t decide to stay or go? How to solve relationship ambivalence

January 1, 2022

Many people know the quiet agony of feeling uncertain about a relationship. Feeling unsure about whether to stay in your relationship or leave can be deeply distressing, emotionally draining, and…

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