Arguments and disagreements happen inside all relations, and are a normal part of dealing with different perspectives. However, continuing relationship conflict and stress is a serious issue that can impact several facets of life.
Alongside being associated with poorer mental and physical health, it can affect other areas of life such as relationships with family and friends, and work colleagues.
When children are exposed to high levels of conflict at home, they are at greater risk for anxiety, depression, behavioural problems, and poorer health in general.
Learning effective and respectful ways to communicate differences is a significant phase in building a strong, fulfilling relationship, and which can help our overall wellbeing and individuals around us.
Relationship Coaching
Relationship Coaching is similar to counselling and is great to hash out the issues between 2 people. It can also provide greater insight when the process is managed effectively.
Having a Relationship Coach can encourage couples to open lines of communication and gain deeper understanding as to how and why things get out of hand.
Julie Richman is a specialist in Couples Coaching which is different to counselling. Coaching allows the strategies of understanding foundations to living. By working through the Stages of Clarity, Commitment, Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration, Julie provides a framework of semi-structured and self guided platforms to bring people closer together.
Signs Your Relationship Isn’t Working
- Constant fighting
- Lack or absence of intimacy
- Lack of trust
- You don’t spend much time together. …
- You have issues with change. …
- Emotional needs are unmet and unattended to
- Contemplating cheating, or already have
Some common romantic relationship challenges:
- Infidelity. Infidelity is increasingly becoming one of the most common relationship challenges in romantic relationships. …
- Intimacy. …
- Conflict. …
- Communication. …
- Sexual Problems. …
- Substance Abuse. …
- Divorce and Breaking Up.
Being a parent can bring delight and fulfilment, but the transition to parenthood and parenting itself can be one of the most stressful phases of life. Many parents find the continuing demands of everyday life to be stressful, including balancing work and family commitments or relationship and financial pressures.
Family Violence
Separating can be stressful and upsetting under any circumstances, and there are additional complexities to be aware of when one parent is leaving a violent partner.
When families living with violence separate, this can prove to be highly beneficial for children as they are removed from the violence, kept in a safe environment, and are able to begin to recover. However, the effects of family violence can continue to persist and affect children, even after the parents’ relationship has finished.
Family violence can also worsen or even happen for the first time at the early stage of separation; thus the period of separation can also be an unsafe time for women and children leaving a violent partner and father or the same vice versa.