Articles about Relationships

What is mentalization? How do we develop this ability and what role does it serve in preserving our relationships?

Reality distortion and “Knowing what you are not supposed to know and feeling what you are not supposed to feel” (Bowlby, 1988).

Healthy emotional development can only happen if the child has enough of certain important types of experience.

The truth is the connection to our parents can’t be cut off. Within our body we are half our mom and half our dad. They are our roots, our sense of belonging, we literall...

Usually the unresolved issues that we push under the rug keep tempers short and tensions running high. Once a long term relationship lives long enough with what has built...

Family Frustration for the Holidays. This "most wonderful time of the year" is often loaded with already pre-existing family dynamics.

Understanding the dynamic between a narcissist and an empath and why such a relationship exists is the first step in freeing yourself from this parasitic dynamic.

Each generation and individual explores a different facet of how to love and understand each other. Underneath all the dramas and egos, at rock bottom, there is only the ...

Relationships can be hard work sometimes, but with the right tools it could be easier to work through problems. Sex and relationship expert Dr Ellen Harley guides us thro...

Dr Heath takes us through the psychology of a simple but profound sentiment, "No."