Separation and Divorce: Navigating the End of a Relationship
Separation and divorce can bring grief, uncertainty and difficult decisions. Explore how couples therapy can help you understand your relationship and navigate the way forward.
Affairs and Betrayal: Can a Relationship Recover?
Discover how couples therapy can help you navigate infidelity, rebuild trust and decide what comes next. Couples therapy in London.
Why is divorce so lonely?
Divorce is a type of grief and bereavement. It is the ending of something (although the beginning of another thing). This mourning process is complex and grand. Often individuals are faced with a range of feelings such as anger, regret, betrayal, distrust, shame, guilt and loneliness. It can be challenging to express and share this bag of emotions with others, leaving people feeling alone in their grief.
How long will we have to be in couples therapy?
The type and severity of issues you're coming with, your motivation for change, the length of your relationship and frequency of sessions can all play a factor in how long you need couples therapy for. Communication problems, disagreements about topics such as parenting, finances, career, lifestyle could be worked through within a relatively short time in couples therapy. However, deep chronic issues such as infidelity/affairs, trauma, trust breakdown require longer therapy.
Is it OK to talk about sex in couples therapy?
You should talk about sex in your couples therapy especially if your couples therapist is a psychosexual therapist/sex therapist as well as a relationship therapist. Couples that struggled with emotional intimacy are also likely to struggle with physical intimacy.
Talking about your sexual relationship with your couples therapist is going to help you understanding your needs and boundaries (that might be the root of your communication/relational issues), explore the unmet emotional needs showing up in both your sex life and relational domain. It can also lead to building a healthier and more satisfying connection and bond in your relationship.
How often do most couples have sex?
There is no normal amount of sex to have. The only normal is to have sex worth having! Comparing your relationship with others' is pointless. If someone is having sex that feel likes a chore, that is not okay. No sex should feel like a chore. Rather, you should want to have sex that is fulfilling and pleasurable (both physically and emotionally). So, if you're having mind-blowing sex once a month, that is great.
What is Psychotherapy & what happens in therapy?
You might be wondering "What is psychotherapy?", "What happens in therapy?", "Do I need therapy?" - all of which are valid and important questions to ask before you consider starting therapy if you haven't before.
Marriage counselling/couples therapy - near me or online?
Does marriage counselling or couples therapy have to be in-person, or can it be online?
Losing sexual attraction toward partner.
Losing sexual attraction toward a partner is a common experience and can be influenced by a variety of psychological, relational, and biological factors. Understanding the psychology behind this phenomenon involves considering several key areas.