The problem with anxious moods is that they often hide from us what it is we're actually concerned about. It feels like we're worrying about this or that, wh...

We're often in a position of deeply hoping that someone on whom we depend might change: become (perhaps) less defensive or less angry, kinder or more thought...

What many of us long for more than anything else is a simpler life; we feel overwhelmed by our responsibilities, schedules, commitments and obligations. We t...

When we become parents, the meaning of the saying that parenting is the hardest but most rewarding job you will ever have becomes intimately felt. Indeed, th...

Like many things that help our relationships, couples therapy has a habit of sounding appallingly unromantic, involving patience, grueling work and a host of...

PTSD: a mental health issue developed after experiencing a life-threatening event, like combat, a disaster, an accident, or sexual assault.

Gaslighting is used by an abuser to gain more power by making the victim question their reality.

It's a humbling thought, but much about who we are as adults can be traced back to things that happened to us before our 12th birthday. Part of learning to b...

According to Dr. Esther Perel, all our relational conflicts at home or at home stem from three main hidden issues: Power & Control; Closeness & Care; and Res...

In her interview on NPR and TED Talk "Rethinking Infidelity." couples therapist and world leading expert in cheating and infidelity, Dr. Esther Perel, point...

Attachment theory refers to a set of ideas formulated by psychologists in the 1960s that gives us an exceptionally useful guide to how we behave in relations...

A great many of us have - in one way or another - been traumatised somewhere in our past. Not only have we suffered greatly, we are likely not to have been a...

Psychotherapy holds out the promise of helping us with many problems that complicate our lives: anxiety, self-hatred, anger, shame and confusion. Therapists ...

It doesn’t take a whole new routine to instill a dose of happiness into your day—but it does take a little self awareness. 1. Be grateful for the good & the ...

However old we might be, none of us is ever quite emotionally mature - but having a list to hand of what maturity consists of might be a way of keeping score...