Love in the time of Tinder: why you can’t blame technology for a rise in affairs. CEO of Relate, Chris Sherwood, discusses on ‘Wired’ why our dependency on technology is blurring the boundaries between digital and non-digital relationships:- “Technology has revolutionized our relationships, changing how we find, organize and even finish them. As a 36-year-old…
Our survey of 5,000 people across the UK has revealed that only 34% of people are satisfied with their sex lives. Men are more likely to be dissatisfied with their sex lives than women, with one in four men saying they were dissatisfied compared to one in five women. Why do people feel dissatisfied with…
Couples Therapy – Why? and How? Couples often come to therapy polarized by reactivity and power struggles that make them feel increasingly disconnected. Trapped in a stalemate that they are unable to change on their own, they invite the therapist into the intimacy of their struggles, hoping for a new direction. It is the work…
The Internet and our Relationship. Increasingly couples are citing the internet as a problem in their relationship. Some signs that a partner may be in a relationship over the internet: They are spending more and more time on the internet particularly in chat rooms and those to do with sex and sexuality They try to…
It is general advice to say it’s important to ‘make time to talk’, but I think we can sometimes underestimate the positive effect having that time can have on our relationships. The placebo effect When clients start coming to therapy, I have noticed that very often in just the first few sessions, they will…
It’s not unusual to feel completely lacking in self confidence at the end of a relationship, especially if you’re not the one who ended it. There is a sense of loss, dreams dashed and an unknown future lies ahead. It’s no wonder you become uncertain and fearful. Friends and family telling you to go out and…
Many couples will experience different levels of sex drive at some point in their relationship. For some couples differences in sex drive may have been present from the start of the relationship. This is normal and lots of people find ways of compromising that feel fine to both partners. For some people, their sex drive…
Valentine’s Day and all the expectations that come with it can make you feel like you should be having all kinds of passionate and adventurous sex with your partner. But the reality is it can be pretty difficult to keep things fizzing, especially if you both have busy lives. Instead of worrying about reaching…
The internet and our relationship Increasingly couples are citing the internet as a problem in their relationship. Some signs that a partner may be in a relationship over the internet: They are spending more and more time on the internet particularly in chat rooms and those to do with sex and sexuality They try to…
Is your marriage alive and well, or is it time to dial 911? Chances are the health of your relationship falls somewhere in the middle — slightly out of shape and tired. Unfortunately most of us tend to take the health of a marriage for granted. And we don’t realize how important a happy, healthy…
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