Being detached is often seen as a negative. In certain contexts, it is a faulty response. Let’s say for instance you break up with your partner of 5 years and merely say ‘oh well’, shrug your shoulders and sign up on Tinder all on the same day. That...
Why can’t we all just get along? This famous question has been asked many times by many people. Couples ask this of themselves regularly in our work with them. The simple answer is that we are different from our partners and we have trouble making sense and...
Couples come to us because they want a better relationship. They want to learn how to communicate or they want their partner to appreciate them more or they want to learn how to trust again after a betrayal. They want healing for their relationship, and they want to...
Most of the couples that we work with are made up of two individuals who are usually very different. They have different wants, needs and perspectives and often come to us feeling misunderstood and dissatisfied. We talk about “finding the middle ground” and we ask the...
I have been in relationships that are riddled with resentment. Mine and theirs, both equally destructive. There is nothing that taints the present more than holding onto resentments from the past. Filtering everything through a lens of anger, assumption and pain....
