Expert relationship advice for all your mind and relationship problems
Are you looking for expert relationship advice, healthy relationship tips, mental health articles, or even counselling or therapy?
Are you feeling miserable, but you’re done with waiting for the overnight miracle?
Maybe you’ve had it with waiting, hoping and wishing that your marital or relationship issues or personal problems will ‘somehow’ disappear.
Welcome to my site with professional relationship advice and mental health articles!
Every article contains a wealth of advice, tips and info to help you fix your marital problems or relationship issues (opens in a new tab) and mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety and trauma.
I have over 24 years of experience as a professional (couple) counsellor.
I have helped thousands of individuals and couples for whom loving or ‘living’ became just too difficult to tackle by themselves (see Testimonials).
Oh … and I’ve had my fair share of trouble too! Pfffft!
Here, on my relationship help site, you are my guest. I am the founder and author of this site. Here you’ll find easily accessible and trustworthy information and links to online (relationship) therapists who are ready to help you.
Know that you’re simply amazing for reaching out to find a way to better yourself and, thereby, your intimate couple relationship!
If you now want to connect with a professional therapist – for yourself or as a couple – scroll right down and get started with one of the best online therapy services for relationship advice and therapy.
Alternatively, click the Jump-To Menu link to find the articles that speak to your particular (relationship) issue for a ton of relationship advice and tips.
I wish you well, my friend – know that you’re far stronger and more resilient than you think. I’m rooting for you!
(By the way, I’ve ditched my (British) English teacher’s advice on how to write articles. I write as I talk – as if you’re sitting right across from me. :-))
PS. Just in case you’re a therapist – know that you can also start a therapy website, blog and/or practice online, just like I have (with absolutely no tech knowledge)!
Welcome, regardless of your gender
Where possible, I intend to use ‘they’ and ‘them’ instead of ‘he’ and ‘she’ in my articles. Instead of ‘boyfriend’ and ‘girlfriend’, I use ‘partner’.
In my articles about marriage, I use ‘partner’ and ‘spouse’ with occasionally ‘husband’ and ‘wife’. In some, though, I may focus on a specific gender.
I’d like you to feel seen, accepted and welcomed, regardless of gender.
Please bear with me, though. I’m still working through my articles to implement that intent.
Expert relationship advice with a twist
I have about 180 articles with a ton of freely available (relationship) advice to help you fix your relationship and improve your mental health.
It’s my mission to help you increase your sense of happiness.
With my articles, I’m hoping to make a positive difference in the life of every single visitor – that includes you.
Here’s my promise to you
I will challenge you to communicate effectively and compassionately, for I believe you will be able to improve your relationship or marriage.
I will coax you to develop your problem-solving and relationship skills.
I know you can increase your emotional well-being and relationship happiness.
I can’t give you a magic formula that’ll make your problems disappear, but my advice will help you figure out how you can start solving your problems.
I will empathise, soothe and support you. From my professional (and personal) experience, I know only too well what it’s like to feel frustrated, terribly hurt, let down, confused, angry, or simply disappointed.
I will educate you, for I believe that when you know how to meet your essential emotional needs in balance – you won’t just survive, but you’ll thrive.
While reading my articles, imagine the two of us having a conversation. I will have welcomed you and, hopefully, helped you feel at ease.
My articles aren’t designed to be academic – you’ll find no psychobabble here.
I aim to provide information and relationship advice that’s easy to understand and actionable. I’ll be talking with you soothingly, but I’ll be direct when I think it would help.
Remember always – you are so much more than the voice in your head, your body and your experiences. You are as unique as any star in the night sky – you are beautiful just as you are. :-)
I hope you’ll know, and perhaps feel it in your gut, that I have your best interest at heart – even if you don’t always want to hear what I’ve got to say.
I would not want you to feel judged. I would not want to sound harsh.
Here, on ‘paper’ though, I may not always be successful at conveying that. I hope you’ll understand. As my friend Gisele Guenard from Visionarease.com said: “I love your ‘tell it like it is in a kind way, style’.
My commitment to accessibility
I aim to do what I – a band of one – can to make my site accessible to as many visitors as possible.
To try and achieve that:
- I have installed the ReadSpeaker button, typically only seen on websites of major brands and public service sites.
- I have installed large font with colours contrasting against the background as per advice.
- I do my best to write useful alt tags (descriptions of images).
- I aim to write meaningful headlines and subheaders.
- I write short sentences (well, that’s my intention…) and paragraphs to make reading and scanning easy.
I hope to continue improving my site to make it a pleasure to visit for all.
I love your ‘tell it like it is in a kind way’ style, Elly.”
GISELE GUENARD, VISIONAREASE.COM
Upfront…
If you are suffering mental or physical distress, do not attempt to self-diagnose based on the information on this site – consult a professional. See also: Disclaimer.
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The information – mental health and relationship advice – on this site is intended for educational purposes only. It should NOT be used as a substitute for professional medical/psychological advice, diagnosis or treatment.