TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS IN RELATIONSHIPS

Transactional Analysis in Relationships

“He needs to grow up!”  “She is nagging me!” “She is acting like my mother!” “He is treating me like a child!”   Are some of these phases familiar in your relationship? If so, Transactional Analysis in relationships could shed a light on why they appear in adult relationships. Transactional analysis is a concept created…

Reframing Fear

Reframing Fear

“Fear is the most powerful, natural and primitive human emotion”   Fear has a very strong effect on our mind and body, the more we fear something, the more energy we give it, the more we manifest it.   Reframing Fear   Fear is a natural response to a threat that can be either perceived or…

Pinch Crunch Test

Pinch Crunch Test

To follow on from my previous blog “Communication vs Confrontation”, I wanted to write about the “Pinch Crunch Test”. This comes into play at the start of a relationship, and it can lay the foundations for communication throughout your relationship.   When two people meet for the first time, it’s wonderful! A physical attraction builds…

Communication vs Confrontation

Communication vs Confrontation

Communication vs Confrontation   Communication is the basis of human extinct and as a relationship counsellor the main thing I hear from couples in the counselling room is that we do not know how to communicate. From my experience couples think that communication is or leads to confrontation. However, this does not need to be…

Understanding Grief

Understanding Grief

“There is no rule book. No time frame. No judgement.   Grief is as individual as a fingerprint”.   Much has been said when it comes to understanding grief, thousands of books exist on the subject, but until you breathe it and feel every facet of it, no one has any idea how and if…

Disconnect to Reconnect

Disconnect to Reconnect

Following on from last month’s blog – “The Art of Happiness” (available here; https://thedmcclinic.ie/blog-the-art-of-happiness/), I began to reflect on ways to increase or add to my own personal happiness. (To disconnect to reconnect) I found myself focusing on all the negativity in the world right now, as we navigate living our lives through extraordinarily difficult…