Michael’s Blog

Dodging the divorce bullet It's normal and healthy for couples to be at loggerheads sometime. While conflict can't be avoided, you can prevent it from tearing you apart by being mindful of your arguing style.  The gift of conflict is that it's an opportunity to...

Relationship counsellor Michael Kallenbach says lives and interests can “divert” and for some people breaking up is the sensible thing when two people want to go their separate ways. His advice to couples who split, is “let your feelings happen and talk about it with...

Living together has many pleasures, but one of the biggest areas of conflict can be who does which aspects of housework and when. We look at how you can negotiate the chores in a relationship. “It may seem strange, but little things like who empties the dishwasher or...

While pre-marriage counselling is not compulsory in the Church of England, couples counsellor Michael Kallenbach recommends the sessions regardless of your religion. Writing for Huffpost, the relationship expert said: "Young couples often brush aside their early...

Writing for HuffPost, couples counsellor Michael Kallenbach said he thinks pre-marital counselling should be offered to all couples ahead of their wedding, no matter what their religion. "I firmly believe that more couples should go for pre-marriage counselling,...

http://www.tatler.com/article/should-you-have-premarital-therapy

Princess Eugenie’s engagement announcement today today was swiftly met by a gushing mum tweet from Sarah Ferguson, who not only proclaimed her love for soon-to-be son-in-law Jack Brooksbank, but also described him (rather bizarrely) as “a son, a brother and a best...

I was glad to hear that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has apparently agreed to marry Prince Harry and his bride to be Meghan Markle in May. Archbishop Welby is also expected to meet the couple for some Christian pre-marriage counselling in advance of the...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle might be hurtling towards a fairytale wedding thanks to a blind date in 2016. But for many, the very idea of being set up by a mate is enough to bring them out in hives. That said, while there are plenty of blind date horror stories...