We all benefit from supportive and loving relationships — relationships that offer practical as well as emotional support.  But at some point most relationships experience challenges. Often there is an alteration over time: partners’ interests or attitudes to life might change, or there may be deeper issues around confidence and feelings for each other. 

While each relationship is unique, the problems we face are universal: loss of intimacy and communication difficulties, infidelity, stress and financial pressures, issues with boundaries…  Whatever the issue, it is important to remember that all partner relationships experience some kind of distress at some point. Balancing the expectations we have as individuals and members of a couple can be hard, and separation, breaking up and divorce bring their own pain.