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17Sep

Why Relationship Counselling Needs Better Funding

Tavistock Relationships

couple, divorce, family, father, home, marriage, mother, society

Relationships

The cost of relationship and family breakdown to the UK is £47 billion, yet government funding for services to help is only £7.5 million. Tavistock Relationships, Relate and more than 70 other organisations (including welldoing.org) signed a letter calling for it to treble.
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16Sep

How to Fall in Love without Losing Yourself

Meggan Watterson

couple, love, marriage, self, single, wellbeing

Relationships

Meggan Watterson explains how the best relationship and most lasting love allows each person to be their true self
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26Aug

​Should I Leave My Relationship?

Susan Quilliam

breakups, couples, divorce, love, marriage

Therapists

Some toxic relationships survive in better shape after therapy. Relationship coach Susan Quilliam suggests steps for deciding what to do about a relationship that appears to be on the rocks
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19Jan

How To Spot Sociopath Women

Jane McGregor

family, friendship, marriage, men, sociopath, women

Mind

What are the key characteristics of sociopaths? Dr Jane McGregor explores
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06Nov

Will My Marriage Work?

Susan Quilliam

couple, love, marriage, men, women

Therapists

It's a big (and important) question we're sure to ask ourselves: will my marriage work? Relationship expert Susan Quilliam discusses how to know whether your relationship is strong enough
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24Oct

Gone Girl: I Blame the Parents

Camilla Nicholls

books, family, films, marriage, psychology

Mind

Camilla Nichols analyses the parent-child relationship in David Fincher's recent hit release Gone Girl, staring Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck
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10Sep

Cheating - Should You Confess?

Kate Figes

couple, love, marriage, sex

Relationships

Is honesty the best policy if you have been caught cheating on your partner? Kate Figes weighs up the pros and cons
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12Aug

Millennials Struggle To Find "The One"

Alice Stapleton

love, marriage, single

Relationships

For many years, I have been coaching professionals in their late 20s who come to me wanting to discuss their careers. However, over time, it becomes clear that there is a more pressing issue they are struggling with - the pressure to find someone to settle down with. There is definitely something about progressing towards...
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09Jun

"Breaking up is Hard To Do"

Susan Quilliam

couple, divorce, love, marriage, single

Therapists

The moment when we end a relationship - or have an ending thrust upon us - is almost always exquisitely painful. But of course it's not just the moment of break up that hurts. The aftermath, as we recover, is arguably just as painful not least because it lasts longer - sometimes for years. After the early 'phoney war' of feeling convinced that reconciliation is just around the corner, or of feeling relieved that the vicious arguments are now over, it is then that the long-term suffering begins. Yes, some of us 'keep calm and carry on', and parting...
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07Jun

Couples Therapy: Taking Sides

Susanna Abse

couples, divorce, love, marriage, therapy

Relationships

Are people more embarrassed to say they’ve been to see a couple’s counsellor than an individual one? At least 110,000 people had couples therapy last year reports head of the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships
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