Therapy for moving on from past relationships

[4TimesIntoTheSameWall]

Hi all

I came across this article from the Guardian. It's actually a letter more than an article but the premise is the woman wonders whether she should have counselling to move on from what was once an EA relationship. Made me think perhaps it's something worth exploring. I'm not sure how far I buy into the idea that our upbringing can determine how we behave in relationships but I have found it helpful to understand what it is in my personality that made me to continue running into the same wall a million times.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/06/do-i-need-therapy-to-get-over-an-ex

Hey,

I havn't read the article but I have experience of using counselling to 'get over' a relationship.

I actually started counselling with my ex (both seeing separate counsellors) to try to salvage the relationship.

The longer my counselling went on, the more I realised that the relationship wasn't working. I would not be where I am today if it weren't for the therapy. It's my crux and I have realised how the relationship patterns I learned as a child have massively influenced my choice of partner. I would say that our childhood definitely determined "how we behave in relationships"

I like to think that I have now made a healthier relationship choice.