Tears On The Tennis Court At Wimbeldon
Wimbledon and the hype in the run-up to the event is indeed an emotional roller coaster, not only for the thousands of people who come to SW19 to watch every year and pack the grandstands, but more especially for the players and their families. I don’t think that anyone watching the men’s finals at Wimbledon […]
The Toll Of Christmas On The Couple Relationship
With all the tinsel, lights, Christmas carols, pantomimes and mulled wine parties that are there in the run-up to the festivities, this time of the year puts a great deal of stress on the couple relationship. Many couples find the Christmas holidays an extremely difficult time to manage their relationships successfully as they juggle with […]
How To Make Up With Friends And Family If You Fell Out Over The EU
The EU referendum has become one of the most bitterly fought political battles in living memory. The clashes have not just been political, though: Family members, close friends, and co-workers have turned against each other as the campaigns have intensified. BuzzFeed News spoke to relationship counsellors to ask: Whatever the result of Thursday’s vote, how […]
The Difficult Couple Client – Remain and the Brexiteers
I have been thinking what it might be like if the two opposing sides in the EU debate – Remain and the Brexiteers – were to be sitting on the sofa in my consulting rooms. I hope that as a therapist who specialises in couples counselling I would have the right skills and ability to […]
Gifts : a dilemma for the therapist
Tom works as a counsellor in a busy GP surgery supporting clients from a broad range of ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. Tom has been seeing Manar, a 19-year-old refugee from Syria who has been relocated to England from a camp in Lebanon. She fled the trauma of heavy fighting in Syria to a life in […]
Having a Positive Attitude in Life and Love
There are some days when you listen to the outstanding Kirsty Young on the BBC Radio Four’s Desert Island Discs that you wish the programme would go on forever. Not only is the guest interesting and are the questions penetrating, but you also like most – obviously not all – of the musical choices that […]
Motherhood
Having a baby, particularly the first one, can be quite troublesome for a couple. Firstly, the man often feels unwanted and left out. What was originally a twosome becomes a threesome and that can be extremely difficult for a couple to negotiate in their relationship. Some careful thought and discussions are a good idea. Click […]
Wedding Website Offers Couples $10,000 To Get Married (But There’s A Controversial Catch)
For those who believe they’ve found everlasting love, an American company is offering to pay $10,000 towards their dream wedding. However, there is a catch: If the couples get divorced they have to pay all of the money back (that’s roughly £6,650) – with interest. According to CEO Scott Avy, the site is very much […]
“Satisfaction”
A new television show “Satisfaction” is on our screens. The show is centered on five high class escorts and their manager as they juggle the pressures of their private lives with their profession. Absolute Radio asked me to conduct a Mr & Mrs style quiz with two of the station’s presenters, Annabel and Geoff who […]
Why I Ended My Affair With Instagram
Now that I am on my own again and single, I am enjoying the free time I have and I know this will hurt, but I don’t really miss you that much. I hope you will meet someone suitable in the near future. To those of you reading this who want to continue having an […]