Are you and your partner good friends? Do you generally get along, work well together, and care about one another? If so, your relationship already possesses one of the strongest predictors of long-term relationship stability: friendship.
Reading this, however, you may also feel that there are important things missing, such as passion, emotional connection, engaging conversations, intimacy, playfulness and excitement. If that is you, this post is for you.
Arguments about housework, finances, childcare, and other responsibilities are among the most common concerns brought to Couples Therapy. Although these disagreements often appear to be about practical matters, they are frequently driven by deeper differences in how partners think about responsibility, priorities, and everyday life.
Short temper, irritability, sullenness and fits of rage can be very difficult to live with and manage within a relationship. If expressed frequently and at high levels it is likely to erode the very fabric of love, such as affection, secure attachment, safety, happiness and friendship.
It is important to keep in mind that anger in itself does not mean that there is something wrong with a person or that they are bad. No one is immune from feelings of anger.
All long-term relationships experience periods of conflict, disappointment, distance, or uncertainty. Difficulties are not necessarily a sign that a relationship is failing. What separates thriving relationships from struggling relationships is not the absence of problems, but how effectively those problems are addressed and whether couples seek support when their own efforts are no longer producing change.
The first step is a brief confidential enquiry process designed to help us clarify your current situation together and explore how this practice may be able to help.
The process is secure, discreet, and takes about 6 to 10 minutes.