Relationship advice & insights.
I'm Mark Ryan, a BACP Accredited Psychotherapist and NCPS Accredited Relationship Therapist working with relationships, couples, individuals, and polycules across London. This is where I write about the things that come up most often in the therapy room; jealousy, coming out to a partner, separation, sex and intimacy, and the ordinary arguments that usually aren't about what they first appear to be about.
Some of what's here is written for couples working through something together. Some of it is for one person trying to make sense of their own experience before bringing a partner into it. All of it is grounded in research and real clinical practice, not generic advice dressed up as insight.
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- Attachment 8
- Attachment and Patterns 2
- Communication 6
- Communication and conflict 9
- Consensual Non Monogamy 2
- Couples therapy London 103
- Emotional Abuse 4
- Ethical Non Monogamy 2
- Grief and Loss 1
- Infidelity & Betrayal 7
- Jealousy 3
- LGBT+ Therapy 19
- LGBTQ+ Couples 13
- Labels 4
- Mental Health and Wellbeing 20
- Money and Relationships 4
- Neurodiversity and Relationships 6
- Non-Monogamy and Open Relationships 6
- Online Therapy 1
- Parenting 8
- Polyamory 2
- Pre-Marital Therapy London 1
- Relationship Therapy London 2
- Relationship therapy London 99
- Resources 1
- Separation and Divorce 10
- Sex and Intimacy 14
- Single Session Therapy 3
- Summer 4
- Trust and Repair 8
“Object Permanence” and ADHD. Why “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” Isn't Quite Right
Why the popular term for ADHD forgetfulness gets the science wrong, what's happening when a partner feels forgotten, and what helps.
Impulse Control, ADHD, and What It Means for a Relationship
Why ADHD-related impulsivity shows up in money, big decisions, and heated moments, what the research shows, and what helps a couple navigate it together.
Why Does My ADHD Partner Interrupt Me? Focus, Attention, and Feeling Unheard
Why interrupting is one of the most common ADHD-related complaints in relationships, what's happening in the brain when it does, and what helps.
Rejection Sensitivity in ADHD: Why Feedback Can Feel Like an Attack
Why ordinary feedback can land as a devastating personal attack for a partner with ADHD, what the research shows, and what helps.
ADHD and Relationships: When It Seems Like Your Partner Doesn't Care
Why ADHD so often gets mistaken for not caring in a relationship, what the research shows is happening instead, and what tends to help.