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News & articlesFuel2023-08-03T15:05:23+00:00
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  • A couple with grey hair looking at their finances

    Advice / Relationships

    The benefits of Relationship Counselling

    Understanding The Aim of Relationship Counselling- By Jamie Edwards – [...]

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  • Children & Young People

    Counselling teenagers overtakes counselling adults at Relate West Surrey

    Relate West Surrey( RWS) has found a noticeable shift in [...]

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  • Children & Young People / Divorce

    Mindful Co-parenting Guide: Helping Children Cope with Divorce

    If you are currently undergoing – or anticipating – a [...]

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  • Boy on the beach with his head in his arms

    Advice / Children & Young People / Family / Parents

    Advice on being a parent to a teenager

    Being a parent to a teenager doesn’t always feel easy; [...]

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  • A man sat on the floor at the end of his bed looking upwards and looking sad

    Advice / Children & Young People / Family / Parents

    Good communication with your teenager

    Below are some tips on good communication with your teenager. [...]

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  • 2 people wearing hoodies sat on the beach looking out to sea

    Children & Young People

    A young person case study

    This is the story of a family that came for [...]

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  • 2 women wearing santas hat looking into each others eyes

    Advice / Family / Individuals / Mental Health / Parents / Relationships

    Christmas and mental health-Supporting others at Christmas. An article by Mind

    Explains how the period around Christmas and new year might [...]

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  • A couple stood together while one rests their head on the others shoulder

    Relationships

    Giving Your Partner the Benefit of the Doubt – The importance of seeing your partner’s perspective.

    KEY POINTS Reflect on the positive reasons that you have [...]

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  • A woman helping a man put on his dastar

    Advice / Individuals / Mental Health

    How To Let Go Of Hurtful Memories And Live A Happier Life.

    Do you ever feel like your past is holding you [...]

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  • A woman on the beach holding a chip in the air to feed to the seagulls

    Advice / Individuals / Mental Health

    How is your mental health?

    How is Your Mental Health? One in five adults experiences [...]

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  • A couple with the woman dragging her partner off of the sofa

    Advice / Relationships

    4 Unhealthy Relationship Behaviors … and how to stop them.

    KEY POINTS Marriage researcher John Gottman believes we can predict [...]

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  • A woman wearing a T-shirt that says Mental Health Matters

    Advice / Individuals / Mental Health

    The Benefits of Seeking Mental Health Support and Help.

    When it comes to our mental health, it can feel [...]

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  • Blog images with logo title

    News

    Notice of 2022 Annual General Meeting

    NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING This article is historic and [...]

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  • Relate staff members receiving an award

    News

    Relate West Surrey Was Awarded

    “Lieutenancy Certificate of Appreciation” On 13th September, at the River [...]

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  • A couple in a room, the woman is leaning against the wall looking down while the man looks at her from afar

    Mental Health / News / Relationships

    How Romantic Relationships Might Change After the Pandemic

    For some couples, the pandemic facilitated an opportunity to spend [...]

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  • A family laying on the grass , playing together and laughing

    Advice / Divorce / Family / Parents

    Family Mediation is for Adults and Children

    The Facts If you’re 10 or over you have a [...]

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  • 3 men, relaxing and lying down on brick steps

    News

    Relate West Surrey Is a Partner of Surrey’s New Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Service for Children and Young People

    Today (8th April 2021) marks the beginning of transforming emotional [...]

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  • 2 women with one women comforting the other

    News

    Relate practitioners report on the concerns that clients have presented with during the lockdown

    A new survey of Relate practitioners has asked a series [...]

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  • A group of children with rucksacks sat on a bench looking into the field and woods

    Advice / Children & Young People / Parents

    7 steps to help children calm Anxiety

    Ollie Coach, Belinda Wells, explains how she works with children [...]

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  • A couple lying on a bed talking with each other

    Advice / Relationships

    Relationships Week (20-26 July) is here!

    When we started planning the Week we could never have [...]

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  • Family sat on a sofa with laughing with each other

    News

    Love lockdown: the pandemic has put pressure on many relationships, but here’s how to tell if yours will survive

    Life in lockdown has been tough on many relationships. But [...]

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  • 2 women laughing together

    Mental Health

    Mental Health Awareness Week May 18th – May 24th 2020

    What is Mental Health? Being mentally healthy doesn’t just mean [...]

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  • Group of people around a poster on floor which says donations

    News

    Fundraising for us via your daily shopping and travelling

    Relate West Surrey is a registered charity: We offer relationship [...]

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  • Blog images with logo title

    News

    Annual General Meeting 2019

    Notice of Annual General Meeting This article is historic and [...]

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  • Group of people having a bonfire on the beach

    Children & Young People

    85% Of Kids Say Worries Impact Their Day-To-Day Life

    A large majority of children (85%) say worries impact day-to-day [...]

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  • Couple holding hands across a table

    Divorce / Relationships

    How to have a positive and amicable divorce, according to a relate relationship therapist

    New divorce laws are seeking to remove the blame game, [...]

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  • Young boy smiling

    Children & Young People / News

    Corey’s Story – iRelate

    “I now feel more open-minded and more able to talk [...]

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  • Woman standing on scales

    Advice / Children & Young People / Individuals

    5 TIPS TO HELP SOMEONE SUFFERING WITH AN EATING DISORDER

    Don’t talk about their weight It is estimated that 1.25 [...]

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  • A couple sitting on the their mobile phones next to each other

    Children & Young People / LGBTQ+ / Sex & Intimacy

    Young People Want And Need LGBTQ-Specific Sex Education – The Government Must Listen

    If it’s perfectly legal for people of the same sex [...]

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  • 3 elves in a row with glitter background

    Children & Young People / Family / Parents

    How to Talk to Your Kids About Santa When Christmas Isn’t In The Budget

    “It might be time for a dose of reality. And [...]

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  • A man wearing glass talking to someone

    Relationships

    The truth about long-term relationships revealed: two fifths of people in the South East compare their relationship to their friends

    Relationship support charity Relate West Surrey has carried out an [...]

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  • A bus with we are Londoners written on the side of the bus

    Relationships

    The truth about Londoners’ relationships revealed

    Relationship support charity Relate has carried out an in-depth study [...]

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  • Gay couple looking into each others eyes

    Relationships

    Relationships

    It’s no secret that having good relationships in your life [...]

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  • Man sat on sofa at therapy

    Advice / Divorce / Individuals

    How Men Can Move on After Divorce

    Men, after divorce often live an invisible life of pain [...]

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  • A couple facing away in bed after an argument A couple facing away in bed after an argument

    Relationships / Sex & Intimacy

    My sexless marriage is draining the love it once had

    Q:I’m 38 and have been married for nine years. We [...]

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  • A couple in bed smiling and laughing at each other

    Relationships

    Working on Your Relationship? 15 Key Areas to Explore

    To make your relationship more fulfilling, you need to identify [...]

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  • A couple gardening, cutting back plants

    Advice / Individuals / Mental Health

    Simple Ways We Can Cope In Our Nutty World

    With all of the awfulness, we forget straightforward ways to [...]

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  • A couple looking upwards with woman resting her head on her partners shoulder

    Relationships

    Madly, Deeply, Truly in Love: Will it Last?

    Here are some positive signs that your relationship is likely [...]

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  • A couple cuddling with one looking into the distance.

    Advice / Relationships

    The 10 most common problems people have in relationships – and how to solve them

    Every relationship experiences issues and pressures at one point or [...]

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  • couple with a mediating woman in the middle

    Children & Young People / Family / Mental Health / Parents / Relationships

    My life has become a battle with my husband, my mother and my daughter

    I am in my 50s and married with two teenage [...]

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  • Hipster gay woman holding lgbt banner with rainbow flag - Focus on lesbian girl face

    Advice / Children & Young People / Individuals / LGBTQ+ / Loneliness / Mental Health / Sex & Intimacy

    Transgender girl says it was change sex or die

    One week she went to school dressed as a boy, [...]

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  • A argument with 3 people

    Relationships

    The Blame Game

    Do you instinctively think it’s your partner’s fault when things [...]

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  • eye with glitter that is closed

    Relationships

    ‘I had to escape my emotionally abusive relationship for the sake of my daughter’

    After 18 years, brave Beena finally escaped her emotionally abusive [...]

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  • Elderly couple fishing

    Advice / Mental Health / Relationships

    Feel more connected – how to find the time to talk every day

    We all know that talking to your partner and being [...]

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  • A man shouting at a woman

    Relationships

    Are You In A Distressed Relationship?

    A distressed relationship is absolutely as miserable as it sounds. [...]

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  • Portrait of unhappy frustrated couple standing back to back not speaking to each other after an argument while standing on grey background. Negative emotion face expression reaction

    Divorce / Relationships

    Six Out Of Ten Separating Couples Ignore Divorce Law

    New headaches for justice Ministers follow flopped 2014 family legislation [...]

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  • A woman holding her head while her partner plays with a child.

    Advice / Relationships

    Moaning effectively: how to tell your partner you’re not happy

    Moaning can sound like a lighthearted problem, or something that’s [...]

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  • A man with his eyes closed praying

    Divorce / Individuals / Mental Health

    How do men really cope after divorce?

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  • Two people hugging and looking out at the ocean

    Advice / Mental Health / Relationships

    When crisis hits, how do you put things into perspective?

    There was a terrorist attack in Paris, 12 people were [...]

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  • two women of colour embracing

    Mental Health / Relationships

    Money, mental health and relationships – a toxic trio

    At any time, roughly 1 in 4 of us will [...]

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  • Two men looking at a phone and laughing with joy

    Advice / News / Relationships

    Love in the Time of Tinder: Chris Sherwood Interview

    The Institute of Art and Ideas (IAI) have a new [...]

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  • A young fit man with a gym shaker looking sad

    Relationships

    How do I stop hurting my wife?

    I have been with my wife for over four years. [...]

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  • A couple having therapy or councelling

    Advice / Relationships

    9 Dos and Don’ts For Living With A Partner

    A relationship expert weighs in on chores, joint accounts and [...]

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  • A couple having a fight with an older woman

    Advice / Relationships

    Avoiding Fights & Improving Understanding

    Communication problems happen in all relationships, good relationships and bad [...]

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  • A father with his young child

    Relationships

    Relationship Advice for Men

    If you are feeling that the woman in your life is a [...]

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  • elderly people having an argument

    Advice / Individuals / Relationships

    People in Wales report best UK relationships with neighbours, but 1 in 8 has no close friends, study finds

    Relate West Surrey offers tips for deepening your friendships In [...]

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  • A bus with we are Londoners written on the side

    Relationships

    Londoners report worst relationships with neighbours

    In a UK-wide study looking at the state of social [...]

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  • A red flower and lolly pop

    Relationships

    ‘Some people don’t like the phrase man and wife’ – the campaign for equal civil partnerships

    There are lots of straight couples who don’t want to [...]

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  • A group session with a family

    Advice / Divorce / Family / News

    What is Family Mediation?

    If you’re separating or divorcing, Family Mediation helps you sort [...]

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  • A woman holding her hands out in defence

    Family / Relationships

    Theresa May: I want to transform how we think about domestic violence

    Prime minister launches major consultation to result in domestic violence [...]

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  • A couple with grey hair looking at their finances

    Relationships

    The Rise of Relationship Contracts

    Relationship contracts are becoming increasingly popular around the globe, with [...]

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  • Group of young teenage women laughing

    Mental Health

    The Rising Concern of Children’s Mental Health

    The mental health of children is a rising area of [...]

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  • Teenage girl looking sad

    Mental Health

    Almost 2/3’s of children worry all the time

    At nine, Tom was so worried about not being able [...]

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  • 2 flamingos head to head

    Advice / Individuals / Relationships

    13 Things To Not Do On Valentine’s Day If You Are In A New Relationship

    So we’re only the 2nd month into 2017 and you’ve [...]

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  • 2 boys wearing glasses, hugging and laughing

    Children & Young People / Family / Mental Health / Parents

    Nurturing Positive Mental Health In Teens And Children

    The importance of instilling positive mental health habits in children [...]

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  • Advice / News

    What it’s really like to try to get therapy. Read more….

    When I finally realised I needed to get help for [...]

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  • Relationships

    Our top tips for building trust in your relationship

    Being able to trust your partner is one of the [...]

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  • News

    Virgin London Marathon 2017

    Calling All Runners – We Have one Guaranteed Places for [...]

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  • Mental Health / News

    Relate West Surrey participates in new mental health initiative for young people

    MEDIA RELEASE  Children and young people in Surrey to benefit [...]

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  • News

    RELATE CENTRE VACANCIES

    Family Counsellor needed This article is historic and has been [...]

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  • News / Relationships

    Relate West Surrey calls for relationships to be put at heart of local NHS

    Relate West Surrey calls for relationships to be put at [...]

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  • A couple sitting holding hands in bright clothes

    News

    From the Guildford and Windsor magazines

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  • News

    Our new-look charity shop needs volunteers!

    This article is historic and has been removed and may [...]

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  • News

    Signs good for our revamped charity shop

    This article is historic and has been removed and may [...]

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  • Advice / Relationships

    Spicing up Sex This Valentine

    Relate’s top tips for revitalising our sex lives As Valentine’s [...]

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  • Family / News

    Relate launches children’s art competition to celebrate families of all shape and sizes

    Relate, the UK’s leading relationship support charity, today launches an [...]

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  • Family / News / Relationships

    New Government Report Shows that Relate’s Couple Counselling Delivers 11.4 pounds of Benefit for Every 1 Pound Spent

    New Government Report Shows that Relate’s Couple Counselling Delivers 11.4 [...]

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  • Advice / Parents

    Biggest challenge yet? Relate West Surreys Guide to coping with your first baby

    Baby fever has hit the UK as the royal couple [...]

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  • News

    Our new Skype webcam counselling service is launched

    This article is historic and has been removed and may [...]

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  • Relationships

    Relationship MOTs Available

    With a Royal Wedding coming up in April and Valentines [...]

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  • Children & Young People / Family / Parents / Relationships

    Relationship support from Relate West Surrey available for parents raising a disabled child

    Subsidised relationship support for parents with a disabled child is [...]

    Read Article
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