Often couples have difficulty developing the kinds communications skills and conflict resolution
skills necessary to navigate the complications of an intimate couple’s relationship. Couples
frequently need help gaining the insight and resources necessary to help each other heal.
The stress of “unresolved traumatic events in childhood”, can be threatening or impairing all relationships”. In situations like this process of healing needs to occur. I know for some that is hard to hear. It can be difficult to navigate and find healing. Navigating your own healing, sometimes, is just not possible alone. Healing with your partner and a trusted skilled counsellor can be very fulfilling and bounding.
A variety of untreated mental health issues can, impede life growth and damage relationships across all aspects of your life. For couples, that can mean that typical couples counselling interventions is not enough. Often couples have difficulty developing the kinds communications skills and conflict resolution skills necessary to navigate the complications of an intimate couple’s relationship. When we have experienced deep hurts in relationships that matter, those hurts can make it difficult to feel comfortable with emotional intimacy. Couples often need help gaining the insight and resources necessary to help each other heal.
Dr. Mike Dadson further notes, “the stress of unresolved traumatic events in childhood, can be threatening or impairing all relationships”. In situations like this process of healing needs to occur. I know for some that is hard to hear. It can be difficult to navigate and find healing. Navigating your own healing, sometimes, is just not possible alone. Healing with your partner and a trusted skilled counsellor can be very fulfilling and bounding.
A variety of untreated mental health issues can, impede life growth, damage relationships the stress of unresolved traumatic events, can be a threat to couples and individuals finding meaning and connection. This is when typical couples interventions can stall because they don’t address the unresolved traumatic stress and consider how this stress can keep a relationship stuck.
Navigating your own healing, sometimes, is not possible. If you're having trouble managing your home or your work life, when these life issues feel like they're starting to deteriorate, then these are signs that it is time to consider getting some help.
Developing: A personal life processes that deepen relationships can involve healing, and learning the communication skills and conflict resolution skills that, will help you find peace, greater harmony, understanding, and happiness, not just with your partner, but in all of your important life relationships.
Learning how to resolve conflicts effectively, will mean that you will be able to lower the intensity, frequency and duration of emotional arguments, gain insight into dismantling pseudo -conflicts, decrease escalating emotional reactions, and stay emotionally regulated.
At the same time, learning to collaboratively and not judgementally understand each other’s reactions can facilitate deeper and more frequent experiences of closeness. By learning and developing listening skills, and the capacity to understand each other, you will support each other with positive communication that will and enhance closeness and intimacy.
Doing the hard work to learn the skill that deepen love and connection with each other is necessary for all meaningful lifetime relationships. This serves as a secure base and a model of what a lifetime relationship can look like for your children. Research is clear that providing children with good enough parenting, and a good enough relationship example, is the best launch pad you can offer them for future success.
Motivation for Counselling
Dr. Mike Dadson identifies some of the motivating reasons people decide to seek counselling and why counselling is important.
