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Online Dating in the Pandemic times
The pandemic situation, lack of social connections, lack of opportunities to make real connections, it’s all pushing youngsters more and more into the online dating space. Loneliness has been the…
Are you experiencing relationship anxiety
When you are in a new relationship or there has been a significant transition in your relationship or life stage it is possible that you feel anxious or even insecure…
How can active listening and empathy help improve your relationship?
As a couple therapist one of the most common complaints that I hear from couples is that their partner doesn’t listen to them or doesn’t respond in a way that…
5 ways that your parenting approach may be driven by guilt
Is your parenting driven by guilt? Am I a good parent? A Question that I am sure a majority of parents are very familiar with, and a question that they…
Premarital counselling demystified
What really happens in premarital counselling? One of the first questions that typically clients ask me about premarital counselling is whether they can attend it individually or whether they should…
8 reasons why Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Conflicts are a normal part of any relationship. Especially among partners conflicts could be dealt with in a healthy manner with the intent of resolving the underlying issue. And when…
What spells doom for a relationship – Gottman’s four horsemen – Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling
Dr John Gottman has done extensive research for over four decades on divorce prediction and marital stability. He identifies four specific ways of interactions between couples, basically unhealthy communication styles,…
Lonely in a relationship. What can you do to make it better?
Though the COVID pandemic has affected significant portions of the population, a greater silent pandemic is gripping the world today – loneliness. Even people who are not susceptible to COVID…
Defusing repetitive escalating conflicts in couples
Relationship, romance, commitment, family that is the way that most of us want to go about in our life. We yearn to have a bonding, to share our life with…
Is Quarantine making your relationship worse
Currently, in the COVD-19 related quarantine times we are talking about a new normal, which per-se is stressful for everybody. Everyone is attempting to cope with the new modified situations…