Does Counselling Really Help a Faltering Relationship?
Creating and sustaining relationships is one of the most rewarding of all human endeavours.
However, it
is also one of the most difficult.
As infants, we start learning about relationships from the...
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Does Counselling Really Help a Faltering Relationship?
Creating and sustaining relationships is one of the most rewarding of all human endeavours.
However, it
is also one of the most difficult.
As infants, we start learning about relationships from the people closest
to us, and the quality of those early relationships set the pattern for our interactions with others as
adults.
As we move through life we establish relationships with extended family, friends, teachers, work
colleagues, mentors, romantic partners and others.
These relationships can enrich our lives and
encourage us to be more than we are, or they can be a source of negative emotion that brings us grief
and torment.
When important relationships become difficult, the first issue for the party or parties involved is to
recognise that there is a problem.
This may seem obvious but many times the barrier to finding a
solution is the refusal by one of the parties to acknowledge that the issue even exists.
Often this type
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