Karen Doherty Coaching, Couples Coaching Brighton, Blog Category: Couples Coaching.
Becoming a parent is one of life’s biggest transitions. Alongside the joy, excitement and love that children bring, parenthood also changes the relationship between partners in ways that many couples don’t fully anticipate.
When navigating relationships, conversations about money bring together two different ways of thinking, planning and processing information
The ending of a relationship will always involve loss. The question is whether two people can navigate it with enough honesty, kindness and dignity to avoid making an already painful process more damaging than it needs to be.
Many of the couples who sit in my therapy room today are navigating challenges that simply did not exist ten years ago.
Ultimatums was one of the topics that came up when I had the pleasure of speaking on Vanessa Feltz’ panel show Vanessa. There is a doubtless discomfort around the word ‘ultimatum’. The word alone is enough to put people on edge.
In many Mediterranean societies, young adults living at home well into adult life has remained culturally normal, and with it a more reciprocal model of family care. In contrast, the British ideal of independence has often equated adulthood with distance: geographical, emotional and practical.
Couples from different cultural backgrounds often discover that the most important work is not deciding which culture should “win.” Instead, the challenge is learning whether it is possible to build a shared culture together.
A major breach of trust occurs when someone deliberately lies to deceive the other. Where couples are concerned, there are two main areas in which lies like this are used: money and infidelity.
Walking on eggshells can happen to any couple if there is unresolved conflict between them. They will both try to avoid contact with each other if they believe that a solution cannot be found.
I urge couples to establish shared goals. Not the superficial “hashtag” kind. I’m talking about meaningful commitments that nurture closeness, create shared experiences, and build a vision for the future together. These are the kinds of goals that strengthen bonds and transform resolutions into lasting connection.