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 How
counselling can help
Common
issues
Stages
How
counselling can help
Counselling
provides time away from home and work to explore difficulties
in a safe and friendly environment in which to clarify how
you think, feel and react
Counselling
helps to:
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Understand how family values, religion, country of origin
and philosophy of life affect the relationship.
- Reflect
on how the past operates in the present.
- Explore
how arguments and rows seem to escalate in the same way
each time.
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Couples
learn how to:
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Listen to and understand more about each other.
- Communicate
in an easier and more constructive way.
- Resolve
conflicts without hurting each other.
- Negotiate
difficult decisions.
- Recover
the love, respect and fun that has previously been enjoyed.
If
two people decide to separate or divorce, then emotional support
can be given through what is inevitably a painful process.
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Common
issues
- I
have trouble with close relationships
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We can't live together
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Can't live apart
- I
want children but my partner doesn't
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We are not communicating
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We love each other but can't stop rowing
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We have different sexual needs
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I can't cope with the jealousy
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We have real money problems
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The violence is frightening
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My partner is driving me crazy
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My partner wants a divorce but I don't I just
need to talk
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Stages
- Single.
and contented?
- Loving
someone. can be a happy and magical time. But being
in love can be agony.
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Living together. can be such fun but there can be
unexpected difficulties.
- To
marry or not to marry. one wants to, the other doesn't?
- Marriage.
a contented time of growing together? Or more like drifting
apart?
- First
baby. can be a wonderful blessing. But depression, tiredness,
emotional turmoil and different sexual needs can cause misunderstandings.
- Family.
happy and rewarding, or everybody shouting? Relatives. a
source of comfort and help, or causing difficulties?
- Life's
ups and downs. unemployment, illness, bereavement etc.,
can rock the boat, or become an opportunity for growth.
- Teenage
years.
navigating successfully through a possible minefield?
- Re-marriage.
contented and happy, or children not settling?
- Considering
divorce? Have you thought through clearly - what it
means for each member of the family and for your future?
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