What do I do if my child/teen doesn’t like my new partner?
How’s it going with your children and your new partner? Do your children like and respect him or her? Does your new partner get along with your children? Are there fights, resentments, complaints? Or do you feel caught between the people you love …
Should Step-Parents Discipline?
One of the hardest parenting gigs is being a step-parent. They often find themselves expected to do parenting chores such as running kids to soccer or enduring kid-friendly dinners. They may be expected to put up with attitude from teenagers and share the …
How do I introduce my children to a new partner?
You have separated. Maybe just newly separated. And you have met somebody else. But your children don’t know. Your ex doesn’t know either. And you are not sure how to introduce your children to your new partner, or how you should involve …
Why did my partner cheat on me?
At the Sydney Couple and Family Specialists we see many couples for marriage and relationship counselling – and probably one of the most common (and painful) presentations is when one person has betrayed the other. There are lots of different ways to …
How do you know if alcohol is ruining your relationship? And what can you do if it is?
Couples counselling brings in a lot of successful people – many of them high achievers, big money earners, or simply people are who are highly-regarded and high-functioning at work. But that success often comes with big jobs, long hours, huge mortgages, frequent …
Are extended family or in-laws causing problems within your relationship?
As a Family Counsellor I see this a lot in my couples work as well as in family counselling. Here are a few of the most common complaints I hear: My partner doesn’t like my family or parents and doesn’t …
Help to manage family stress when a child has ADHD
By the time a Family Counsellor like me sees parents of a child with ADHD, they are urgently in need of a safe space to work through the experience of parenting a child who has extra challenges. Some of you may know …
Is conflict with my ex hurting our kids?
As a Family Therapist one of the most common presentations I see is separated parents who are continually in conflict or hostile toward each other – and worried about how their fighting is affecting their children. Some separated parents fight because they …
How to get closer to your child, teenager or partner
(and a 24-hour challenge that could change your life) As many of you know I am a Couple and Family Therapist. Which means I get to work with a vast array of problems – usually about relationships. I see husbands and …
Keeping connected when baby comes along
I see a lot of couples who present for marriage counselling because they believe they have lost their connection after a child is born. People wildly underestimate the stress having a child puts on the primary relationship. And a lot of couples …
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