Relationship Difficulties

Relationships may create difficult and upsetting feelings, especially when we are rejected or lose contact with someone.

We enter into relationships with lots of people, not just those we choose as sexual partners, boyfriends and girlfriends – also friends of all sorts, colleagues, teachers, relatives, even the counsellor we may end up seeing. We all know what we expect from these various relationships, but when something happens to break the trust within these relationships, it can leave us feeling lost and despairing.

What is happening now might have happened to you before in some other relationship. Communication may have become very difficult or even impossible.

Counselling can help you to find better ways of getting along with people and to see unhelpful patterns that may keep repeating. It is not about trying to ensure there are no future problems in these relationships, but learning ways to deal with these difficulties when they occur.