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11Jul

Coping With the Grief of Recurrent Miscarriage

Carolyn Barrows

couples, family, miscarriage, parenting, pregnancy, women

Therapists

Women who suffer multiple miscarriages often have problems with low self-esteem and depression. Therapist Carolyn Barrows suggests ways of coping with the pain
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02Jul

How Does Our Culture Affect Our Sex Lives?

Dr Rachel Carlton Abrams

couples, culture, men, sex, society, therapy, women

Body

The media seems to believe that women should be one, slender shape, but writes Dr Rachel Carlton Abrams, that is not what most women's sexual partners desire
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16Jan

Minimising the Destructive Impact of Divorce

Wendy Bristow

change, couples, divorce, family, grief, identity, loss, relationships

Therapists

When two people divorce, feelings of grief, anger, and failure can be overwhelming. Therapist Wendy Bristow explores how you can exercise self-care at this time
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14Jan

The Unconscious Reasons that Opposites Attract

Albertina Fisher

couples, love, marriage, psychology, relationships

Therapists

Often we find that the thing we loved most about our new partner in the beginning irritates us later on. Therapist Albertina Fisher explores why this happens and how we can learn from it
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05Jan

Is Your Childhood Sabotaging Your Relationships?

Lyn Reed

childhood, couples, love, parents, relationships, single, therapy

Therapists

Our childhood attachments influence our choice of partners as adults. Therapist Lyn Reed investigates how and why patterns persist and what you can do about them
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21Nov

Finding Personal Space in a Couple Relationship

Albertina Fisher

attachment, couples, dating, love, marriage, relationships, sex

Therapists

It's not always easy to find the right balance in a couple relationship between being too close and too distant. Relationship therapist Albertina Fisher explores why this might be such a complicated dance
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23Oct

Why do Married People Look the Same?

Jonah Berger

couples, family, love, married

Relationships

People tend to marry a partner who looks somewhat like them. But over the years, emotional mimicry means the resemblance becomes much stronger says author and academic Jonah Berger
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01Oct

The Awakening of Love: A Challenging Experience

Anonymous

couples, love, relationships, retreats

Relationships

The Awakening of Love is a taster weekend for the longer Path of Love. Surrounded by strangers, who were often silent, this writer found it both frightening and liberating
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22Sep

Living with Someone who is Dependent on Alcohol

Lyn Reed

addiction, alcohol, couples, relationships

Therapists

Being the partner or family member of an alcoholic can be incredibly difficult. Therapist Lyn Reed explores this challenging dynamic and what actually needs to happen in order for change to happen
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14Sep

Supporting Men to be Emotionally Honest

Lyn Reed

couples, emotions, father, love, men, mensmentalhealth, relationships, women

Therapists

Therapy can help men who struggle in relationships and feel unable to show their feelings, having grown up without an empathetic role model.
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