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  • Why Did They Have an Affair?

    Why Did They Have an Affair?

    When an affair brings a couple to counselling, a common early indicator of problems is when one partner has taken intimate, emotional issues outside the relationship. Even if the emotional connection does not progress to sexual intimacy, severe damage can already have been done. The emotional cost of an affair Sharing your deepest thoughts and…

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  • Literally Searching for Answers

    Literally Searching for Answers

    Every day we pose thousands of difficult questions about many of life’s most challenging issues. But in 21st-century society, we do not put them to close friends, scientists, professional counsellors or medical professionals. We put them to Google. That’s right – we ask the world’s most famous and dominant search engine how to sort out…

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  • When Football Takes Over

    When Football Takes Over

    When it comes to the start of a new football season, transfer deadline day or a major championships (usually without Scotland) fans of the ‘beautiful game’ will be glued to TV screens and stadium terraces. For all the excitement and spectacle a season or tournament offers, couples across the country will be split as one…

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  • I Love You but I’m Not in Love with You

    I Love You but I’m Not in Love with You

    “I love my partner but I am not in love with them” is one of the most common reasons people contact The Spark seeking relationship counselling.  I love you but I’m not in love with you What does “I love you but I’m not in love with you”, mean? People say that the ‘spark’ has…

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  • Something Feels Wrong in our Relationship…

    Something Feels Wrong in our Relationship…

    That sense that something is not right in a relationship – with our partner, kids, family or colleagues – often comes with a real difficulty in working out what it is. We can cause ourselves more upset and unhappiness by running over endless possibilities in our minds, tiptoeing around each other or just plain ignoring…

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