Healthy Relationships

Who knows what love is?

By: Clare Murphy PhD – Posted in: Gender socialisation

Behind closed doors men and women, untutored in the art of relationship, struggle with what is right and wrong – how they are supposed to act as a couple; trying to reconcile the contradictions of their upbringing and the effects of societal pressures. Behind closed doors people are confronted with the realities of life-changing commitment

Abusive vs healthy relationships: What’s the difference?

By: Clare Murphy PhD – Posted in: Healthy relationships

People I meet say, "Isn't everyone psychologically abusive sometimes?" Yes many people are. But there's a big difference between healthy relationships and abusive relationships. In a healthy relationship a person uses abuse on one-off occasions. You can predict that they will be caring, loving and respectful most of the time. But in an abusive relationship