Couples Therapy – Life Sense Counselling

How to Write Letters to Resolve Conflict in Relationships

Sara Martin — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 08:59:02 +0000

Reciprocal Letter Writing to Learn Calm Corrective Conversation Often we get stuck in triggered and heightened communication conflicts and experience the same frustrating and often hurtful interactions that don’t seem to have any resolution. You may feel you cannot get through to the other person. You or someone else gets so angry, upset, overwhelmed or …

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What Kind Of Relationship Am I In – Is It Healthy?

Sara Martin — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 22:39:43 +0000

If you think about your relationship as a medical metaphor, which one best fits? Sometimes when my clients are stuck and indecisive about their relationship, whether that is an intimate one, family member, friendship or even a business relationship, I ask a fairly confronting question that encourages them to think outside of the square. So …

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Will My Relationship Survive?

Sara Martin — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 01:53:22 +0000

If you are asking yourself, “Will my relationship survive?”, it is well worth reading these relationship questions. Relationships can be the growth engine that prevents us from stagnating and becoming stodgy or stuck. Often we see conflict or doubts as signposts that we might not be in the right relationship or can stick it out. I …

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Things to Consider BEFORE Leaving a Relationship

Sara Martin — Mon, 08 May 2023 01:42:11 +0000

For anyone thinking about leaving a relationship, whether that be an intimate partner relationship, friendship, family or perhaps even professional, you owe it to yourself to look a little deeper before making a decision. Here are some quick self-check-in questions: If I leave, what am I going to? What things do I hope to …

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Post Relationship Breakup Questions (To Help You Move On)

Sara Martin — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 01:39:29 +0000

Here are some reflective questions to assist with moving on without bitterness and wounding from a relationship break-up: Do I have all of my heart back or have I left some parts behind? What parts do I need to re-claim? Can I encourage my heart to love again? Can I forgive? Can I choose which …

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16 Ultimate Gottman Couples Counselling Concepts

Sara Martin — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:05:16 +0000

When couples decide to embark on couples counselling, they often hear about a method of counselling called Gottman Couples Counselling. Dr. John and Julie Gottman are world-renowned for their work on marriage stability and divorce prediction based on forty years of research with thousands of couples. John is the author or co-author of over 200 published …

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Differentiation Based Couples Therapy: Can I Be Truly Loved?

Sara Martin — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 02:45:57 +0000

As a couples therapist, I follow the work of Dr David Schnarch, a Differentiation based therapist. Schnarch is critical of love and relationships based on Hollywood-style notions of romantic infatuation, which is time-limited once you truly get to know someone where it becomes more personal. He says that marriage is a people-growing machine and an …

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How To Deal With FIFO Relationships [Top 10 Tips]

Sara Martin — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 16:41:47 +0000

In Fly In Fly Out relationships emotional and relational investment is just as important as the career and financial investment you work away from your partner and family to gain, don’t lose one over the other – you can have both! Read on to learn how to deal with FIFO relationships. The effect on the …

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Couples Counselling: Aren’t you and your partner worth investing in?

Sara Martin — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 02:29:53 +0000

People come to couples counselling for all sorts of reasons – arguments; distancing and avoidance behaviour; coping with major changes; sexual concerns; resolve conflicts; addictions and habits; infidelity; trust issues; extended and blended family concerns; coping with major differences; parenting styles and the list goes on. Sometimes it is because they recognize they’ve grown apart …

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