Here at Relationships Ireland we understand that healthy relationships are those where two people can accept and respect each others’ differences and work collaboratively in the interest of the relationship. We believe the test of a healthy relationship is the couple’s ability to negotiate their way through change in their lives because it is during times of change their relationship can become vulnerable.
Keys to a healthy relationship include an ability to communicate non-defensively and respectfully (to listen as well as to speak), not making the other partner responsible for your personal happiness and recognising that you don’t always have to be right.
Being able to ‘complain without blame’ and being honest if something isn’t working are important. To withhold information or to lie causes a distance between a couple even if the other person never finds out.
A healthy relationship is also one where there is forgiveness and where each does their best to consider the other, maybe not always getting it right but when they do get it wrong being able to say sorry for hurting the others’ feelings. Finally individuals in a healthy relationship remember to appreciate the little things so that each will feel noticed and loved .
Pre-marriage courses
“We want to do a course that is practical and relates particularly to us and our lives”Marriage, even for people already living together, is a big step for a couple to take. Today expectations of marriage have never been so high. While many couples are conscious of the challenges that will face them and prepared for these, many are not. Marriage brings many joys and many challenges and a couple’s ability to negotiate together the difficult times including child-rearing, illness, career and work pressures and ageing, will determine their happiness in this unique partnership.
Our experience in working with couples who are struggling to transform an unhappy unfulfilled relationship to one of intimacy and mutual fulfilment offers us a unique insight into what works in long term committed relationships
Our pre-marriage course offers people the opportunity as a couple, with the support of our relationship experts, to reflect on their hopes and expectations of each other as partners in a marriage. Through our unique tools for awareness and reflection we give couples an opportunity to consider beforehand how their relationship works for them and what they expect from each other and themselves in the future.
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Relationship Health-check
“Little niggles were driving us apart, I’m glad we took the time to reflect on our relationship and what we could do to make it better”Perhaps you and your partner have a generally good relationship but there are some issues between the two of you that if resolved would make a big difference.
The problem with little niggles that don’t get sorted is that they generally don’t go away and in fact can develop over time into full-blown resentments that damage relationships. When small issues are not addressed it can seem to one partner as if the other person is always getting their own way and they are on the losing side. In this way couples start to create distance between each other and no longer feel as close as they once were.
Our Relationship Health-check service is all about helping couples address the niggling problems and issues that are getting in the way of a great relationship. Our once-off 2 hour programme helps couples become better equipped to understand each other and overcome issues that are bothering them in their relationship.
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Starting a new relationship?
Starting a new relationship brings with it uncertainty and for some a certain amount of worry and angst. While dating can be fun and exciting, it can also be nerve wracking especially if you have been off the dating scene for some time. Many people especially those that have been disappointed or hurt in previous relationships, shy away from or avoid the possibility of a new relationship altogether.
Even when people re-enter the dating scene it can be difficult to meet someone who seems compatible. It is quite common for those who have left a long term relationship to find themselves at a point where they wonder will they ever meet ‘the one’.
Here at Relationships Ireland we help people develop the confidence and relationship skills that work for starting and developing a healthy relationship. We help people overcome the barriers that prevent them seeking out new relationships and address patterns in their past relationships that might be getting in the way of finding happiness.
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Get in touch
To make an appointment to see a counsellor or for further enquiries please contact
Anne Harrington, anne@relationshipsireland.com ph. (01) 644 3909
