Relationships and Family
For the difficulties that happen between people. Posts here cover couples therapy, family dynamics, parenting teenagers and adult children, divorce, friendship endings, sexual difficulties, and the relational complexity of being human.


When a Relationship Ends: Grieving a Romantic Breakup
The end of a romantic relationship is a genuine loss, and it deserves to be grieved as one. This post explores what that process actually involves — and why it can be harder than it looks.
Dr Erin Reid
May 314 min read


When Your Adult Child Knows a Language You Were Never Taught
Parenting a psychologically informed generation when your own upbringing was defined by pushing through is more complicated than it looks. This post explores the tensions on both sides honestly.
Dr Erin Reid
May 244 min read


Family Therapy: When One Person’s Difficulty is Everyone’s
Family difficulties rarely belong to just one person. This post explores what family therapy involves, when it is more appropriate than individual therapy, and what it can offer.
Dr Erin Reid
May 173 min read


Therapy for Teenagers: What Teenagers and Their Parents Should Know
Thinking about therapy for your teenager but unsure where to start? This post covers what adolescent therapy involves, how to approach it with a young person, and what to look for in a therapist.
Dr Erin Reid
May 113 min read


Why Couples Keep Having the Same Argument — and What It is Usually About
Recurring conflict in relationships is rarely about the surface issue. This post explores the patterns beneath repeated arguments and what can help shift them.
Dr Erin Reid
May 33 min read


Online Couples Therapy: What It is, How It Works, and Whether It Might Help
A practical and honest guide to online couples therapy — what it involves, what it can and cannot offer, and how to know whether it might be the right step for your relationship.
Dr Erin Reid
Apr 262 min read


Midlife and the Feeling That Something Needs to Change
Midlife can bring a quiet but persistent sense that life needs to look different — even when nothing is obviously wrong. This post explores what that experience often involves psychologically.
Dr Erin Reid
Apr 63 min read


Why Boundaries Feel So Hard — and What That Might Be About
Many people understand intellectually that they need better boundaries but find them almost impossible to maintain in practice. This post explores the psychological reasons why.
Dr Erin Reid
Mar 293 min read


Parenting Adult Children: When the Role Has to Change
The transition from parenting a child to having an adult-to-adult relationship with them is one of the least discussed challenges of midlife. This post explores what that shift requires and what gets in the way.
Dr Erin Reid
Feb 155 min read


When the Tables Turn: Becoming the Parent of Your Parent
There is a gradual shift that happens between adult children and their ageing parents that is rarely spoken about. This post explores the quiet grief, the role reversal, and what it asks of us psychologically.
Dr Erin Reid
Feb 84 min read


'Failure' to Launch: Parenting Adult Children in 2026
Adult children in 2026 are facing a different world from the one their parents launched into. This post explores the psychological and practical dimensions of so called ‘failure to launch’ - including the role neurodiversity can play.
Dr Erin Reid
Feb 15 min read


Navigating Perimenopause and Menopause: How Therapy Can Help
Perimenopause and menopause involve more than physical symptoms. This post explores the psychological dimensions — identity, relationships, mood, and what therapy can offer during this transition.
Dr Erin Reid
Jan 263 min read


The Unspoken Grief of Friendships Coming to an End
Friendship endings rarely get the acknowledgement they deserve. This post explores the different ways friendships come to an end — the gradual drift, the quiet quit, the attempted repair — and what the grief of losing them actually involves.
Dr Erin Reid
Jan 195 min read


When You and Your Teenager Don’t Seem to Speak the Same Language
Not every parent-teenager relationship is built on obvious common ground. This post explores what connection actually requires during adolescence — and how to find it when shared interests are absent.
Dr Erin Reid
Jan 114 min read


The Sandwich Generation: When You Are Holding Up Everyone Except Yourself
Many people in midlife find themselves simultaneously caring for their children and supporting ageing parents — with very little left over for themselves. This post explores what that life stage actually involves psychologically.
Dr Erin Reid
Jan 44 min read


Divorce: What the Process Actually Does to You
Divorce is one of the most significant transitions an adult can go through. This post explores what it actually involves psychologically — beyond the legal process — and how therapy can help.
Dr Erin Reid
Dec 21, 20254 min read


When It Feels Like Everyone Else Is on Track
Attending weddings, house warming parties, and engagement parties when your own life looks different from the script can produce a specific kind of loneliness. This post explores what that experience actually involves.
Dr Erin Reid
Dec 7, 20254 min read


Infertility, Pregnancy Loss, and Birth Trauma: The Grief Nobody Prepares You For
Infertility, miscarriage, and birth trauma involve losses that are real and significant — and that are often inadequately acknowledged by the world around them. This post explores what that experience involves psychologically.
Dr Erin Reid
Nov 23, 20253 min read


Sexual Difficulties: What They Often Signal and How Therapy Can Help
Sexual difficulties are among the most common and least spoken about reasons people seek therapy. This post explores what they often signal — and how psychological support can help.
Dr Erin Reid
Nov 16, 20252 min read


ADHD, the Menstrual Cycle, and the Perimenopause Transition
For women with ADHD, hormonal fluctuations across the menstrual cycle and into perimenopause can significantly affect symptoms. This post explores why — and what it means in practice.
Dr Erin Reid
Nov 9, 20254 min read


