My suggestions to approach holiday pressures thoughtfully, with specific tips about how to share expectations early, plan for emotional fatigue, make repair a priority and practice selective engagement. Over this time you can also take the opportunity to create your own rituals, express gratitude in specific ways and remember the bigger picture.

To help you navigate the distress that arises when you access your childhood trauma, this blog post provides supportive advice. This includes how you can recognise trauma’s patterns in your relationship, reconnect with your authentic self hiding behind the trauma, repair the emotional bonds with your partner and be compassionate to yourself. Ultimately with this understanding, you can build a future beyond trauma with “earned secure” attachment.

A look at the reasons why Emotionally Focused Therapy EFT is becoming a gold standard for couples counselling, diving into: the scientific evidence, impacts of attachment, how to rewire emotional responses, getting deeper emotional connection and how the EFT therapist can be uniquely flexible to the couple’s needs.

As the kids leave home, many couples face a new chapter of rediscovery and change. This article explores how to reconnect with your partner, re-examine emotional roles, and deepen intimacy during this transition. Learn how to embrace this phase of life with openness and mutual support, creating a stronger bond for the future.

Discover how limerence—an obsessive, infatuated state of romantic desire—can be understood through the lens of emotionally focused therapy (EFT). Explore how Zoltan Rajki helps individuals navigate limerence by addressing anxious attachment patterns and unmet emotional needs. Learn how EFT fosters secure emotional bonds.

Tips to help you stop your self-sabotaging behaviours - from today.

Advanced strategies from Fitzroy North Couples Counsellor Zoltan Rajki to immediately improve your relationship by using your understanding of attachment styles - with a blend of newer perspectives and timeless attachment theory principles.

Advice to help you maintain a strong connection with your partner whilst caring for an elderly parent at home.

By focusing on connection, emotional availability, and balancing your approaches, you can create an environment where your child thrives emotionally - without the need to replicate your parents' methods or lose your own values.

Drawing on the principles of Emotionally Focused Therapies (EFT), this article offers practical advice to help improve communication with your partner/s.

Reflect on the emotional aspects before deciding to consensually explore sexual experiences with others as a couple.

Beyond the typical methods of resolving conflict, delve deeper into advanced techniques that cater specifically to your needs - with practical examples and advice.

Blog post exploring the complexities of abuse, drawing on key Australian literature - providing examples to help you define whether you may be experiencing abuse.

Elíana and Mitch from the Couples Therapy show offer a compelling case study on the realities of new parenthood; here are my thoughts and advice about how we can learn from the show.

Specific to ADHD and autism, read about how you can understand each other's differences and leverage these to strengthen your bond.

Build a strong foundation for a lasting partnership by understanding issues - like how to build trust, or how to balance work with the new relationship - and finding practical ways to address them.

Insights into navigating the challenges of parenthood, to help you strengthen your partnership during this pivotal time.

Whether you're struggling with fading enthusiasm, rekindling romance, or just looking to spice things up, these tips will help bring back the excitement and make it fun again.

Polyamory and ethical non-monogamy can offer enriching and fulfilling relationships, but they also come with their own set of challenges.