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In this session we interviewed Individual, Couples and Psychosexual Therapist, Martina Bador, for her expertise on what sex really means for those who are aging and going through physical changes. In this blog find everything you need to know about sex, ageing, and health conditions including, what is “normal”, the affects, and what can help. The truth about having sex if you’re …
Co-dependency and Attachment Co-dependency is a term applied to summarise someone who continuously puts other people’s wants, needs and feelings ahead of their own and endlessly pleases others to achieve approval, even when it affects their everyday life and mental health. For people with co-dependent predispositions, the risk and thought of someone they value important leaving them will feel unbearable, …
Grief is a process of collective reparation to be expected following a loss or dramatic event that has affected groups of people as a whole, such as a town, community, country or local area. Collective grief can follow events that resulted in tragedies or fatalities including war, high profile casualties and natural disasters. Facing loss without support can lead to …
Sexual dysfunction in women is often shown as vaginal discomfort, which goes by many names, including vulval pain, vaginismus, and dyspareunia. When a woman has vaginal pain, it affects the quality and amount of her sexual activity, causing her to have a low libido and lack of sexual desire. If you suffer from vaginal pain, you may fear pain during …
What co-dependency is, is a question often raised for self-clarification or to self-diagnose another person or oneself. Sorry to say, this question does not hold one simple answer, but can in fact lead to further questions. Co-dependency affects a person’s ability to form equal and healthy relationships. Co-dependent relationships can often appear to be one-sided, controlling, or abusive with no …
Children and Bereavement: Grief is a natural response to experiencing loss and can affect adults and children. Grief can be confusing and lonely, and many children go without the support they so desperately need through an incredibly challenging time. Family therapy may assist children and their families in processing their emotions, learning effective coping strategies and coming to terms with …
Erectile dysfunction (ED) involves an inability to develop and keep an erection long enough to enjoy sexual activity and achieve sexual pleasure. Erectile dysfunction can happen to anyone. Men of all backgrounds and ages experience erection issues from time to time, so the occasional difficulty getting and keeping an erection should not be a cause for concern. But if erectile …
Co-dependency in relationships is an unhealthy partnership where one feels they cannot be without the other person and the other person often takes advantage. Key themes in co-dependent relationships often involve fear of abandonment and lack of boundaries. Co-dependency is a learned behaviour based on unconscious false beliefs, often from our early development attachment and experiences, linked with culture and …
A Brief Introduction to Bereavement Bereavement is a normal and complex human response to the loss of someone or something. Grief has a wide variety of dimensions, from the physical and cognitive to the social, cultural and spiritual. Read on to discover more about the emotional experience of loss. This article will provide a brief introduction to grief, including how …
In a Relationship with a Sex Addict – Help Sexual addiction or sexual compulsivity is a significant problem that occurs for various reasons and impacts everyone involved. Dealing with your partner’s sex addiction, whether it began before the start of your relationship or grew throughout your marriage, can be traumatic and profoundly painful. Taking a first step towards help is …
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