January is often framed as a fresh start and a time to set new goals. Yet for many older couples who have been together for decades, this time of year can feel more like a time to slow down. With the festivities over and fewer social demands from friends and family,...
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION – WHEN BABYSHOCK BECOMES MORE SERIOUS Starting the Therapy Talking to couples negotiating tricky stages in relationships often means that they present with difficulties over communication and mutual feelings of not being heard or...
As Kathy wrote in the recent blog for Coupleworks and in thinking about what brings people and couples into therapy, it is often when they are facing a major transition in their lives. Of course, these transitions happen in a multitude of ways. It may be through the...
Following on from my previous blog focusing on a relationship challenge where one partner wants to leave – in this blog I want to focus on the challenges that couples can go through when either one or both partners need to care for ageing parents. Many couples I...
Partnership is like a human, it goes through many life stage changes . Feelings fluctuate and need to be shared but when things feel vaguely estranged, sharing is hard. The couples will have gone through many different things which life throws at...
