Presenting Issues at Private Practice Counselling & Family Therapy
Private practice counselling - In today’s world, there is a myriad of presenting issues that clients bring into the clinical practice.
10 Ways to Honour, Love & Respect Your Husband
By connecting with your husband in a way that honours, loves and respects your husband you show him that his feelings matter.
A Relationship Blind Spot Affected My Marriage
The misconceptions we have about marriage and the opposite sex can create unrealistic expectations that our spouse will never be able to live up to.
5 Ways To Nurture Connection with your Spouse
Relationships require intentional demonstrations of love for creating a strong connection from the quality time spent together as a couple.
Reciprocate Love Using Your Spouse’s Love Language
The 5 love languages described in Dr Gary Chapman's book works for strengthening, building up and cultivating loving relationships.
How Shift Work Can Impact On Relationships
Do you ever wonder how shift workers and their families ever manage to get by without seeing each other as often as day time working families do?
Expressing Disappointment Constructively Within A Marriage
A friend recently asked me, ‘What’s the point of being married when all we do is fight?’ When arguing and disagreeing on just about everything, couples can be temporarily blinded by the tension causing them to lose sight of the very reason they were married in the first place. We go through Five different stages…
Marriage in Crisis
Men and Women are very different as if from two different planets. Unresolved issues can lead to major conflict and crisis within the marriage. Below is some sound advice on what we can do to get our marriage back on track. Common Roots In order to resolve any crisis in your marriage, you must examine…
How To Find Contentment & Happiness As A Wife
Many women struggle to find happiness and contentment in their marriage or in their role as a wife. Some find themselves waiting for a man to change or they wait for circumstances in their lives to change. The truth is that there isn’t perfection to be found in another human being. However, when we shift…
Seeking The Help Of A Marriage Counsellor
We don’t have to wait until a marriage relationship hits rock bottom before seeking the help of a marriage counsellor. They are skilled professionals and trained listeners who are there to help you work out and resolve your problems. What Relationship Counsellors WON’T do 1. Tell you to end your marriage. If you’ve come to…
Shedding Some Light On Marriage Counselling
A marriage doesn’t necessarily have to be on the rocks for a couple to seek the help of a professional marriage counsellor. These highly skilled trained listeners can help couples face their unresolved issues in a friendly, confidential and non-threatening environment. The bible points out the importance of receiving wise counsel. Proverbs 11:14 “Where there is no guidance,…
12 Steps To Making Marriages Go The Distance
Psychologist Harriet Lerner Ph.D. provides her professional advice in an article outlining 12 basic steps that we can take to help our marriages to go the distance. From The Huffington Post. 12 Simple Steps For A Sustainable Marriage 1. Respect Differences. We all view reality through different filters depending on our culture, gender, birth order,…
A Window Into Widowhood and Loss (Part 1 of 2)
A story about losing a life partner and father of my children, to cancer. When you make the decision to get married at the age of 29, you are taking the first step on the journey of the rest of your life. You are in love, you are happy beyond measure. You have a wonderful…
