Why understanding your relationship style could transform your love life. If I were given one wish as a couples counsellor, it wouldn't be to magically stop couples arguing. It would be to help every person understand that intimacy is learned, not inherited. After working with many couples over nearly a decade here at The Edge Counselling in Subiaco, Perth, one truth continues to stand out above all others: People don't usually marry the wrong person. They simply haven't lear

There’s something I see time and time again in my work with couples—and if I’m honest, I’ve seen it in myself too. We become quietly, fiercely devoted… not to each other, but to our own version of reality. Our own story. Our own pain. Our own interpretation of events. Before we know it, we’re no longer in a relationship—we’re in two parallel worlds, running side by side, rarely touching. It’s like living in the same home but speaking completely different emotional languages.

Never met a couple or a person (and I include myself) that didn’t need relationship education, especially around communication skills and...

When couples walk through my door for counselling, many carry the hope—often unspoken—that I’ll wave a magic wand and solve their...