Conflict

Whether we like it or not, conflict is very much part of life. It can occur with your partner, your child/ren, your parents, your boss, your employees, your friends, your relatives or any other person with whom you come in contact. Often, it is not the fact that conflict occurs that is the problem, but how you deal with it.

 

 

Family Conflict

All families experience times of conflict. As long as these times are managed wisely and resolution is achieved, family conflict is nothing to be concerned about. However, if conflict occurs frequently, usually turns into something resembling World War 3 or you are generally unable to reach a satisfactory outcome, it is vital to find the causes of your conflicts and determine to deal with them come what may.

 

Marriage/Partnership Difficulties

All couples experience a measure of difficulties in their relationship. These come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. They might be aspects of the other's personality that had not emerged until the knot was tied, different expectations, differences in belief and value systems, different ways of dealing with conflict and so on. If the individuals in the couple's relationship are sufficiently mature, these and other difficulties they may encounter will be overcome in time. If they are at very different levels of maturity, have extremely different expectations or very different ways of dealing with issues, they may find coming to grips with each other to be quite a challenge.