This series tells fictional stories using made-up names of the journey people experience through counselling. Drawn from our counsellors’ extensive experience every client’s story is unique; what remains the same is our desire to helping you with who you want to be. At the start When Clare arrived for counselling she was in the middle… Read more »
Feeling your partner drinks too much can create tension and upset in your relationship. You may feel your partner is ‘being taken away from you’. Perhaps you resent the amount of time they spend out drinking – and feel they’re a completely different person when they’ve been drinking. Maybe you’re unsure how to broach the… Read more »
Is your partner unreliable? At the less serious end of the spectrum, it can be things like always being a bit late when you arrange to meet, or taking longer than you would like to reply to texts – niggling stuff that can get on your nerves, but isn’t necessarily a big problem. More seriously, it… Read more »
What’s ‘gaslighting’? It’s trying to convince someone they’re wrong about something – even when they aren’t. Most commonly, it’s when someone frequently disagrees with you, or refuses to listen to your point of view. Many of us are guilty of mild ‘gaslighting’ from time to time – refusing to hear what our partner has to… Read more »
When we think of ‘closeness’ in relationships, we often think of it as a good thing. As long as we’re both happy with how close we are together – no problem. But when one partner starts to feel suffocated by the other’s affections, or you start to feel you’re being rejected by the other wanting more… Read more »
Feeling like your partner drinks too much can create a lot of tension and upset in a relationship. You may feel your partner is ‘being taken away from you’. Perhaps you resent the amount of time he or she spends out drinking and feel they’re a different person when they get home. Perhaps you’re unsure… Read more »
