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Issues you may be facing
Dealing with conflict with a partner | Finding
more time to be with your partner | How
to keep your sexual relationship alive | Dealing with separation and divorce
Finding more time to be with your partner
No relationship is maintenance-free. Couples who want their relationship to succeed have to be willing to work at it on a regular basis. Couples today, as a result of their heavy workloads at home and at work, are left feeling tired, burnt out, guilty, rushed and frazzled. Many are also so stressed out and tired at the end of the day that they don't feel like doing much more than watch TV.
There are, however, a number of things that you and your partner can do to spend more time together.
Here are a few of our tips:
- Pick a quiet time when you are both
in a fairly positive mood and sit down with your partner to find
out if he/she is feeling the same way. If so, state that
you value the relationship and that you want to work on it.
- Review some of the fun times that
you've had over the years and get your partner involved
in remembering and describing them. Try to draw out as much detail
as you can about the good times.
- Take and inventory together of what
has changed since then.
- Try and find a starting point. Focus
on one of the fun things you used to do together and problem solve
to figure out what you have to do to make room for that fun thing
then try doing it again.
- Make sure to tell your partner how you feel when you do have quality time together - share your good feelings about it.
To arrange for counselling, please call our Service Access Unit, Tel: 416.595.9618
