by David Nichels | May 7, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
Intimacy grows through the ways people get to know, trust and care for each other. It can include conversation, affection, shared experiences and sexual closeness, depending on what both people want. A strong attraction may be a beginning; the everyday relationship...
by David Nichels | Apr 10, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
When someone ends a relationship, your feelings may continue long after the conversation. You can miss the person, feel rejected or keep hoping they will change their mind. Those feelings do not require you to keep pursuing a relationship they have said they do not...
by David Nichels | Apr 8, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
You cannot reliably predict whether a partner will cheat from their childhood, confidence, friendships or dating history. Those details may help you understand each other, but they do not establish what someone will choose to do in your relationship. If you are...
by David Nichels | Apr 1, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
Feeling more invested than your partner can be lonely. You may be the person who starts conversations, makes plans or asks where the relationship is going, while wondering whether the difference says something about their feelings. You cannot reliably measure who...
by David Nichels | Mar 13, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
If ordinary disagreements repeatedly turn into blame, insults or threats, the effect on you matters. You may spend more time managing your partner’s reaction than discussing the original problem. Looking closely at those behaviours can help you decide what support or...
by David Nichels | Mar 7, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
If you are worried that you are being “clingy,” begin with a specific situation rather than a judgment about your personality. Wanting contact or reassurance is ordinary. Repeatedly pushing past another person’s limits is a behaviour you can address. You do not...