14) Dances of our relationships
A Series of "short introductions" to Mental Health. By Peter Thompson Dip.Couns. MNCPS (Acc.) 14) DANCES OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS I have had the pleasure of working with numerous couples and most have chosen counselling because they were trying to rescue their relationship. The problem is whether we are in a relationship or living as an individual, things in life change us, often without us even noticing. And this causes us to change how we process our feelings and thoughts. The way we react to things, the ways we react to each other as well as those outside our “couple bubble”. Our tolerances. Our sense of humour even our emotional connection to each other. Be it by one or both. Either party can become disinterested in previously enjoyable pastimes but still take part because “it’s what we do” or they “don’t want to let the other down”. These changes to a person can come about for various reasons. Some can be quite open...