Couples Counselling Archives | With a Little Help Counselling https://withalittlehelp.com.au/tag/couples-counselling/ Relationship Counselling & Adult Counselling Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:06:21 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-with-a-little-help-counselling-square-logo-32x32.png Couples Counselling Archives | With a Little Help Counselling https://withalittlehelp.com.au/tag/couples-counselling/ 32 32 Another Link Found Between Stress And Brain Function https://withalittlehelp.com.au/another-link-found-between-stress-and-brain-function/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 04:43:55 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1750 There is no doubt stress, and our physiological stress response, significantly affects the way we function. Just here on the With a Little Help Counselling website, you will find many articles from the world of [...]

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]]> One Partner Anxious and the Other Avoidant https://withalittlehelp.com.au/one-partner-anxious-and-the-other-avoidant/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 03:17:50 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1733 I’m not blowing my own trumpet, however, after all these years, I’ve now worked with hundreds of couples. One of the common traits I have seen in couples that present for relationship counselling is the [...]

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]]> Life Stage Phenomenon Seen In Couples Counselling https://withalittlehelp.com.au/life-stage-phenomenon-seen-in-couples-counselling/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:13:31 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1695 Couples in relationship counselling are often in these different life stages. Once you start working at something you start to see some distinct patterns and one I’ve noticed is that there are often two types [...]

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]]> Reduce Stress With Sex And Food https://withalittlehelp.com.au/reduce-stress-with-sex-and-food/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:16:20 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1684 Researchers prove pleasure helps us reduce our stress levels. When couples come to relationship counselling they are often experiencing stress and the dysfunction in the relationship might be having both a direct and indirect impact [...]

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]]> Should We Have Counselling Before Marriage? https://withalittlehelp.com.au/should-we-have-counselling-before-marriage/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:29:06 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1665 Great question, and a really simple answer…yes, unequivocally you should! I’ve been a relationship counsellor now for almost six years and in that time I have worked with hundreds of couples. When you work with [...]

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]]> Online Therapy To Boom In Coming Years https://withalittlehelp.com.au/online-therapy-to-boom-in-coming-years/ Sun, 09 Feb 2025 22:26:43 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1629 People are increasingly turning to online counselling services. I recently made a big move, I handed in the keys to my office and shifted to an online-only service for my counselling clients. While I know [...]

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]]> Perfect Invalidation Example https://withalittlehelp.com.au/perfect-invalidation-example/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 03:03:33 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1613 This movie scene gives a great example of invalidation Validating and invalidating others, especially those we love, can make a profound impact. If you validate someone’s emotions they will tend to feel more safe and [...]

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]]> Gentle Touch Important For Mental Health https://withalittlehelp.com.au/gentle-touch-important-for-mental-health/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 02:24:33 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1457 I don’t think anyone will be surprised to read that humans need gentle touch and social connections to enhance our mental health. Despite this seeming to be common knowledge, researchers have now proven the value [...]

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]]> Awareness Comes Before Intimacy https://withalittlehelp.com.au/awareness-comes-before-intimacy/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:16:33 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1437 Some people would say that it isn’t hard to find oneself, you need only look down or find a mirror, however, that is all purely superficial. The term “finding oneself” means an individual has cut [...]

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]]> How Relationship Role Models Can Help…and Hinder Us https://withalittlehelp.com.au/how-relationship-role-models-can-help-and-hinder-us/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:31:17 +0000 https://withalittlehelp.com.au/?p=1424 One of the first questions I ask my relationship Counselling clients is about their take on who they have had as relationship role models. Growing up, were there any relationships that they observed as being [...]

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