10 ways to show love in action to your partner
Love is not just a word or feeling. Love in action, needs to be seen, felt and received by your partner. In the last 10 years that I have been practicing as a couple therapist, this is one of the …
Author: Inner Dawn
7 ways to build emotional intimacy in your relationship
Emotional intimacy is a significant requirement for a relationship to flourish. As a couple therapist, one of the common issues that couples come into therapy with is finding their emotional connection low or lost or deteriorated. In couple therapy, the …
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Three types of intimacy in a couple relationship
As a couple therapist / relationship counsellor I often see couples facing challenges with the level of intimacy that they seek with their partner. Many come in to therapy frustrated and disappointed about their relationship with escalating conflicts and finding …
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Online therapy vs in-person therapy in the pandemic backdrop
As a psychotherapist / counsellor I do get at least couple of enquiries every day for in-person sessions. Personally, I have not seen clients in-person since March 2020 when the pandemic started. Though I have been offering online counselling / …
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4 types of friends to cherish and not let go
As a counsellor / therapist one of my focus areas with my clients would be to help them build / enhance a healthy support system around themselves. One such support system could be having good friends and this is one …
4 key conversations with parents on pressure to get married
Are your parents pressurizing you to get married and you don’t want to or don’t want to yet? This is a fairly common occurrence in Indian families. Here are 4 important conversations to have with your parents. As a counsellor, …
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10 key conversations to have with your significant other
Planning to get hitched? Or in a committed relationship? Here are 10 topics that you could have conversations about with your partner that can directly impact your relationship. Even if you are already married, or in a long-term relationship, …
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Five ways in which disrespect shows up in your relationship
When clients come in for relationship therapy / couple therapy I usually tell them that a relationship is built on four pillars – that is commitment, trust, respect and communication. And somewhere these pillars are also interconnected, that when any …
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5 things to do if you think therapy is not working for you
You have been in therapy for a while and if you feel stuck and you not progressing for quite some time, what can you do about it? Therapy/counselling is a process and it takes time, effort and involvement. So don’t …
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Why is the healing process in therapy painful?
Therapy is a safe space for you to explore your life situation, the challenges that you are facing, your emotions, your thought process and how you respond to situations by facilitating the healing process. In this process you may also …