Signs it is Time to Physically Leave Your Relationship
Counselling can help in the most difficult situations in life. When there is violence in the home there is help. Counsellors do need to take action but only by the threat of immediate death, the immediate risk of a child’s well-being and by court orders imposed by judges with legal grounds.
You or your children are experiencing a pattern of violence.
Sexual abused is occuring with your children.
Verbal abuse and shaming of you or your children is a regular occurance.
Your life or your children’s lives are being threatened or endangered.
Your partner will not seek help and has traumatised you and or children.
Resources:
Sheltersafe.ca: Provides information and resources to help connect women and their children across Canada with the closest shelter for safety and support.
For Youth and Young Adults
Kids Help Phone: Call 1–800–668–6868 (toll-free) or text CONNECT to 686868. Available 24 hours a day to anyone in Canada aged 5 to 29 needing confidential and anonymous care from trained responders.
If you feel you have been traumatised in your relationship, visit Dr. Dadson’s trauma therapy clinic web sight here.
What are the Signs it MAY be Time to Leave your Partner
When you are weighing your investment in yourrelationship against the issues you are facing in the relationship consider:
Has one or both of you lost passion, love and interest in the relationship?
There is little satisfaction and the relationship feels like constant work.
You want to make the relationship work. Your partner will not invest the time or resources to seek help, make adjustments or help grow the relationship.
Your partner ignores and minimizes your feelings and you are hurting and want change.
Couples who have children together and their lives are deeply blended with each other relationally, financially and socially, may weigh the options and discover that risking seeking help with a good couples therapist may be the best option available to them. Research has proven 70% of couples who participate in couples counselling increase their overall satisfaction with their relationship and dissatisfaction is decreased.
Dr. Michael Dadson is a published author dealing with men, trauma, trauma recovery, dissociation and PTSD. Visit Dr. Dadson on Academia to learn about the extensive research he has conducted.
Dr. Michael Dadson is a member in good standing with the British Columbia Clinical Counsellors Association and a Certified member of the national body, The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Assoication.
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