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Learn the 6 communication patterns that can predict divorce in your relationship and discover how to identify warning signs like harsh start-ups, the Four Horsemen, flooding, and failed repair attempts. Find hope and healing as we introduce the Seven Principles for successful marriages. Join our Gottman Institute workshop and build a strong foundation for a lasting, fulfilling marriage. Secure your spot now! Click for more information.
Discover the renowned Gottman Institute and their evidence-based Gottman Method for couples therapy. Built on four decades of groundbreaking research, this method emphasizes friendship, love, and understanding as the foundation of a strong partnership. The Sound Relationship House theory outlines different levels for building a healthy relationship, from deepening understanding to managing conflict and creating shared meaning. Motivating Marriages offers personalized recommendations and workshops based on the Gottman Method to help couples create lasting positive change.
Discover practical strategies and expert insights to navigate the challenges of transitioning to parenthood as a couple. In this blog we explore the key phases, from preparing for the arrival of your baby to prioritising your relationship during the first six months and beyond. Strengthen your bond, nurture emotional intimacy, and build a resilient connection with your partner on this incredible journey of parenthood.
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based approach that helps couples improve their emotional bond and create a more secure attachment style in their relationship. EFT focuses on helping couples identify and express their underlying emotions, needs, and desires in a safe and supportive environment, and develop new patterns of communication and behaviours that promote a deeper emotional connection. In this blog we’ll dive into what you can expect during your EFT couples therapy, and in the future of your relationship.
In this blog we explore how our early life experiences affect our attachment styles and how these patterns impact our relationships. We explain the four types of attachment styles - secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganised - and the typical behaviours associated with each. If you want to recognise and work on developing a more secure attachment style to facilitate personal growth and positive change in relationships, dive in and read now.
Dealing with children who experience big feelings can be challenging for parents. Children's emotions can be intense and overwhelming, and when they don’t yet have the skills or ability to manage them effectively, it can have a significant impact on a child's behaviour. Sometime that looks like loud outbursts and misbehaviour, and sometimes it’s less obvious as they turn inward and experience anxiety or sadness. Either way, we can help out children develop the skills needed to manage their feelings.
