by leisa@retrohex.com.au | Jun 24, 2025 | Relationships, Couple Therapy, Gottman Method, Therapy
Feeling More Like Housemates Than Lovers? When couples stop spending intentional time together, emotional distance starts to grow. You may feel lonely, unimportant, or like you’re just co-parenting or sharing a house, not really connected as partners. This is...
by leisa@retrohex.com.au | Jun 24, 2025 | Couple Therapy, Relationships
We all have bad habits. Leaving our dishes on the bench rather than putting them in the dishwasher, leaving dirty clothes on the floor, or hiding an empty biscuit packet in the back of the fridge in hope that no-one notices they’ve all been eaten. These things can be...
by leisa@retrohex.com.au | Jun 24, 2025 | Couple Therapy, Relationships, Therapy
Have you ever had an awkward conversation about sex with your partner? Have you ever wanted to bring something up but worried about hurting their feelings or being rejected? Research by John Gottman indicates that couples who can talk about sex well, tend to have a...
by leisa@retrohex.com.au | May 12, 2025 | Couple Therapy, Relationships, Therapy, Trauma
Pretty much everyone wants to have a good relationship. Sometimes the best intentions go awry, and sometimes one partner isn’t quite aware of how they’re impacting the other. But sometimes relationships go badly. Whether a previous relationship involved infidelity,...
by leisa@retrohex.com.au | May 11, 2025 | Couple Therapy, Coercive Control, Domestic Violence, Relationships
Awareness about domestic violence has expanded a lot in recent years, such that many governments now recognise the problematic nature of coercive controlling behaviours. While one person having more control in a relationship, based on gender, was thought to be normal,...
by leisa@retrohex.com.au | May 10, 2025 | Relationships, Betrayal, Couple Therapy, Trauma
Betrayal trauma is the natural trauma-like response a person experiences when they find out their partner has been unfaithful, either sexually or emotionally. Betrayal trauma can include symptoms like intrusive images in one’s mind about their partner with another...
