Are you often frustrated in your attempts to get your love messages across to your partner? Or conversely, are you having difficulties relating to your partner’s expression of love? If so, it may be that both of you are speaking different love languages. Learn how to speak the right love languages with a Psychologist, Counsellor, or Psychotherapist of The Counselling Place.

The arrival of a child or children marked a new stage in a couple’s journey. Embarking in Parenthood is definitely a huge transition – priorities shift, roles are redefined, and the balance between freedom and responsibility undergoes a massive overhaul. Why are some couples able to find their way back to each other while others can’t?

For many couple, having children is the next logical/natural step after getting married.  It represents the start of the “family”.  However what do we do if our partner does not want children when we do (or vice versa)?

Many of us are focused on pursuing love, but are we aware of the different types of low and how to identify actual love?

Are you having a satisfactory sex life in your relationship? How important is sex for your relationship? When do we need to seek help from a relationship or sex therapist?

Patricia* come home early one day and was shocked to find that her husband, Larry*, cheating on her with their helper. She feels betrayed, angry, and confused. She fired the helper and the couple began couple / marriage therapy with a counsellor. Find out how this couple overcome this challenge in their marriage with counselling and what you can expect when you are working with a counsellor, psychologist, or psychotherapist.

*Not their real name

Communication allows us to connect with others by expressing our thoughts, opinions and needs, across our personal relationships and professional relationships. While all relationships experience ups and downs, maintaining healthy and effective communication may be challenging, particularly for long-distance or cross-cultural relationships. Find out how counselling and psychotherapy can help improve your relationship communication.

A red flag is a warning sign of unhealthy or toxic behaviors within a relationship. They can occur in any relationship – between friends, colleagues, family members or romantic partners. It is extremely important to know how to spot and identify red flags. While some are rather obvious, others may be a lot harder to spot. A lot of times we also simply accept red flags and normalize them, thinking things like “that’s just how this person is”.

Relationships can be hard, especially for married couples with their added responsibilities. But when times get tough, can marriage counselling really help?

Couple relationships are challenging already in itself. Adding cross-cultural issues to the mix takes it to another level. What are some of concerns these cross-cultural couple face? Are there way out from these? Can counselling help?