Marriage and relationships. Humans are social beings and needing to connect with others is a basic need that is essential for our well being. To be in a committed relationship is one way that this innate need gets catered to.
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 …
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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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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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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The pandemic situation, lack of social connections, lack of opportunities to make real connections, it’s all pushing youngsters more and more into the online dating space. Loneliness has been the pre-existing pandemic long before Covid took over. So its not …
When you are in a new relationship or there has been a significant transition in your relationship or life stage it is possible that you feel anxious or even insecure in the context of your relationship. But when this insecurity …
As a couple therapist one of the most common complaints that I hear from couples is that their partner doesn’t listen to them or doesn’t respond in a way that it makes them feel understood and comforted. Most of these …
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Is your parenting driven by guilt? Am I a good parent? A Question that I am sure a majority of parents are very familiar with, and a question that they struggle with. In my practice as a psychotherapist/family therapist, it …
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What really happens in premarital counselling? One of the first questions that typically clients ask me about premarital counselling is whether they can attend it individually or whether they should attend as a couple. And how will it help them? …
Conflicts are a normal part of any relationship. Especially among partners conflicts could be dealt with in a healthy manner with the intent of resolving the underlying issue. And when conflicts are resolved both with respect to the issue at …
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