Relationship Issues articles

How to handle a long-distance relationship during lockdown

11 Jun 2020

With so many people travelling for work and pleasure, it wasn’t unusual, even before lockdown, for people to find themselves in a long-dista ...

5 ways to be kind to yourself this Valentine's day (whether you're single or in a relationship).

13 Feb 2020

Valentine’s day can be a very triggering time of the year for many. If you’re single, you have to deal with seeing happy couples plastered a ...

Tips on how to recognise and deal with a toxic person

03 Feb 2020

Most of us have probably come across one or two toxic people in our lives. Depending on how close we got to that person, we will in the futu ...

How to NOT live up to other's expectations

26 Sep 2019

There are times in life when we feel content. We know what we have is what we need and our relationships fulfil our emotional need ...

Parenting adults

19 Aug 2019

Around the time of year of the leaving cert results, many parents put themselves in the shoes of those whose children have reached ...

Major Life Stressors in the Marriage

30 Apr 2019

Marriage counselling therapists meet couples all the time who are on the verge of or have just come through a major life event. &n ...

Financial Stress in long term Relationships

09 Apr 2019

As human beings, money is, for the majority, something that we think about more than we care for.   How we deal with f ...

Marriage Counselling: Communication, how to say that difficult thing

03 Apr 2019

Marriage Counselling: Communication, how to say that difficult thing Communication within a long term relationship is somet ...

Marriage Counselling: Infidelity

25 Mar 2019

When does a relationship start to crumble what’s the appropriate action? Many therapists comment that by the time couples come to ...

What does it mean to connect?

11 Mar 2019

In our modern world using social media to connect is standard practice. Last month we commemorated “Safer Internet Day” where my c ...