Relationships Method of modern love: The scam romances blighting the dating gameFor those seeking to find love online, the landscape of contemporary dating is fraught with potentially ruinous scams that seek to fleece the unwary – and the psychological damage can be considerable
First love can be magical, but it can also be excruciating. Here, our contributors deliver honest, heart-warming and sometimes painful stories about their experiences
Design for Life: Should I cut ties with my verbally abusive dad?This week, psychotherapist and author Siobhán Murray advises an adult child feeling rage over having to visit their irascible father
Design For Life: Should I tell my children about their parentage? This week, clinical psychologist Dr Malie Coyne advises a reader with one biological child and one adopted child who is unsure whether to tell them about it just yet
Design For Life: How do I know if I’m being coerced?This week, occupational psychologist Louize Carroll advises a reader who wants to find out more about the pernicious practice of coercive control
Design for Life: I don’t know if I can trust my boyfriend againThis week, psychotherapist Siobhán Murray advises a reader who, having reconciled with her previously unfaithful ex, is now unsure how she feels about the relationship
Making it Work: The dating agency that has figured out the plus and minus of finding loveIntro sets up around 100 dates per week, and believes its statistics-based model is a good fit for a post-lockdown world
Design for Life: Is my boyfriend gaslighting me?This week, our occupational psychologist advises a reader who thinks her other half may be emotionally manipulating her with continuous lies
Design for Life: Should I come out to my parents? This week, chartered psychologist Aisling Leonard-Curtin advises a reader on whether he should tell his conservatively-minded parents that he is gay
Design for Life: My partner wants to be more adventurous in bedThis week, Dr Caroline West advises a reader and her partner to talk to each other about what they want from their sex life
Someone to lean on: friendship in a pandemicThe pandemic may be keeping us apart, but true friendships will last through these difficult times. We talk to three sets of friends about their relationships during the lockdowns
Design for Life: My ex uses our children to encroach on my spaceThis week, a reader asks psychotherapist Siobhan Murray for advice about how to free herself from the oppressive influence of her estranged husband
Design for Life: How do I learn to be single again after a long-term relationship?It may not feel like it now, but heartbreak can take you on a journey of self-discovery, growth and the way to finding a new you
