Language matters
In recent years, I have found myself wondering about the power of suggestion and how the therapeutic language being used in everyday parlance is affecting our daily behaviours.
Couples Coaching
Karen Doherty Coaching, Couples Coaching Brighton, Blog Category: Couples Coaching.
How parenthood changes a relationship
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.
Healthy money management in relationships
When navigating relationships, conversations about money bring together two different ways of thinking, planning and processing information
The reality of uncoupling graciously
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.
The Churn
Many of the couples who sit in my therapy room today are navigating challenges that simply did not exist ten years ago.
Ultimatums in relationships
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.
The sandwich generation
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.
Cultural differences in relationships
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.
When is a lie a lie in couples?
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 in your relationship
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.