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Changing Needs in a Relationship: When What Used to Work No Longer Does
An arrangement that once suited you both may no longer feel right. Explore changing needs, boundaries and how couples therapy can help you consider what fits now.

Linda Bignell - FdA : MBACP
16 hours ago4 min read


Why Do I Pull Away When Someone Gets Too Close?
Pulling away when someone gets too close can feel confusing, particularly when you also want connection. Explore how vulnerability, self-protection and earlier relational experiences can shape emotional withdrawal, and how therapy can help you understand the pattern.

Linda Bignell - FdA : MBACP
Sep 275 min read


Why Do I React So Strongly? Understanding Strong Emotional Reactions
Sometimes a comment, disagreement or change in someone's behaviour can bring an emotional reaction that feels much bigger than the situation itself. Strong emotional reactions often make more sense when we understand what the moment means to us and what it may connect with from the past. Therapy can help you understand these patterns and find more choice in how you respond.

Linda Bignell - FdA : MBACP
Sep 206 min read


Why Do I Feel Responsible for My Partner's Feelings?
Caring about your partner's feelings matters, but feeling responsible for keeping them happy can leave you anxious, guilty or unsure of your own needs. Explore why emotional responsibility develops in relationships, how past experiences may shape it and how therapy can help.

Linda Bignell - FdA : MBACP
Sep 134 min read


Why Do I Feel Unheard in My Relationship?
Feeling unheard in a relationship can be lonely and frustrating, especially when you are both talking but nothing seems to change. Sometimes the problem isn't a lack of communication, but what happens between you when one or both of you no longer feel understood. Therapy can help improve communication in relationships and begin to feel heard again.

Linda Bignell - FdA : MBACP
Aug 305 min read


How Do Childhood Experiences Affect the Way We Connect With Others?
The relationships and experiences we have growing up can quietly influence how we trust, communicate and connect with other people as adults. Understanding those influences isn't about blaming the past. It can help us make sense of patterns that once protected us and create more choice in how we relate today.

Linda Bignell - FdA : MBACP
Aug 235 min read


Relationship Arguments - Why Do Couples Keep Having the Same Disagreements?
Do you keep having the same argument with your partner, even when the subject seems to change? Repeated arguments are often less about the issue in front of you and more about the feelings underneath it. Understanding the pattern can help couples move away from blame and towards feeling heard and connected again.

Linda Bignell - FdA : MBACP
Aug 165 min read


Couples Therapy in Surrey for Communication Problems: When Can Therapy Help?
When communication problems keep leaving you and your partner stuck in the same arguments, couples therapy can offer somewhere to understand what is happening between you. This article looks specifically at seeking couples therapy in Surrey for communication difficulties, what relationship therapy involves and when getting support may be useful.

Linda Bignell - FdA : MBACP
Jul 264 min read
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