Trust is considered to be the bedrock of what makes a relationship work. With loss of trust, there’s also loss of safety, security, respect and love. Fortunately, learning to trust again is not impossible. Even if you have experienced trust-breaking situations, such as discovering that your partner has had an affair or has lied about something important, you can still rebuild trust.
Trust holds the key to a good relationship, but some people are unable to trust their partner. As a relationship counselor, I often get clients who approach me to resolve issues that prevent them from trusting their partner. Loss of trust in a relationship can happen due to different reasons.
In Part 1 of this series, I’ll be discussing some of the factors responsible for loss of trust in a relationship and the psychological and emotional effects they can have upon an individual.
A happy, successful, post-divorce life depends on whether you are able to successfully let go of the negative feelings of grief, despair, betrayal, anger, abandonment and fear about the future. As a relationship counselor, I help my clients heal after their separation by teaching them how to let go of their negative emotions, focus on making a new beginning and discover that there is life after divorce.
Last year, over two million Americans ended up getting divorced. A divorce is one of the most intense emotional experiences of one’s life and the period that follows is not very easy. You can find yourself suddenly alone and isolated after being legally separated from your partner with whom you have shared a large part of your life.
As a relationship counselor, I often see some of my patients struggling with a feeling of shame, low confidence, low self worth and having failed somehow after they have been divorced. In Part 1 of this series, I’ll be discussing the important psychological and emotional aspects of divorce, and the effects they can have upon an individual after the separation.
Relationship breakups can be emotionally exhausting, with the sadness and grief often spiraling into depression. As a relationship counselor, I treat my clients for depression after a breakup by showing them how to reduce their emotional turmoil, cope with their feelings and quicken the healing process. In Part 2 of this series, I’ll be sharing some valuable tips that can help you emotionally get through a breakup and avoid depression.
Breakups from any type of relationship rank as one of the most stressful events in life and can cause a great deal of sadness and grief. Just like recovering from a serious physical injury, healing a broken heart also takes time. But if your grief from a relationship breakup hasn’t eased with time and is interfering with your ability to work or socialize, then you may be suffering from clinical depression. In my role as a relationship counselor, I have observed some common signs in my clients being treated for depression after a breakup. In Part 1 of this series, I’ll be looking at some of the warning signs of clinical depression that you need to watch out for if you are passing through the heartache phases of a breakup.
