Psychotherapy, Relationships & Everyday Life
Articles, essays and expert commentary from Ego Therapy exploring relationships, boundaries, identity, belonging and the psychology of everyday life.
Alex Iga Golabek is an integrative psychotherapist working with individuals and couples. This collection brings together her own writing and articles in which she has contributed professional insight.
Relationships, trust and connection
How couples communicate, where boundaries sit and what happens when trust is challenged.
Is Sexting Considered Cheating?
Relationship boundaries, infidelity, trust and the conversations couples need to have about what cheating means to them.
19 Questions to Ask to Get to Know Someone
Questions that move beyond small talk and reveal more about values, relationships, self-reflection and connection.
The Love Doctor
An archive conversation about psychotherapy, emotional expression, relationships and the pressure to achieve an ideal life.
If these questions are showing up in your own relationship, explore Couples & Relationship Therapy.
Boundaries, identity and the self
Writing about the ways we understand ourselves, protect our time and energy, and decide what belongs to us.
5 Books for Setting Better Boundaries
A useful starting point for thinking about what boundaries are, what they are not and why setting them can feel difficult.
I’ve Stopped Tidying Up – and I’ve Never Been More Productive
A look at productivity, tidiness, expectations and what happens when we stop measuring ourselves against an ideal.
For a more personal space to explore recurring patterns, boundaries or identity, read about Individual Therapy.
Connection and everyday life
The less obvious routes into belonging, friendship, shared living and the relationships that shape ordinary life.
Getting There Sideways
Alex’s essay on friendship, indirect routes and how some of the most important relationships arrive without a clear beginning.
How to Stay Sane in a Houseshare
Shared space, communication, expectations and the small negotiations that make living with other people easier.
Ego Therapy also runs therapy and wellbeing workshops exploring relationships, identity, work, belonging and change.
Therapy, stress, loss and change
Recovered and updated Ego Therapy articles about coping with pressure, navigating change and deciding whether therapy might be useful.
How to Stress Less
Understanding pressure, self-expectations, recovery and the difference between a difficult week and a repeating stress pattern.
Coping With Loss
Grief, bereavement, endings and the less obvious losses that can change identity, routine and the future we expected.
Should I See a Psychotherapist?
What therapy is for, what a first session can feel like and how to think about choosing a therapist.
Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Stick
External pressure, instant results and why sustainable change often starts with a more honest goal.
Mental Health and the Pandemic
A recovered archive reflection on uncertainty, autonomy, boundaries and emotional wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Want to Feel Better? Own How You Feel
Emotions, boundaries, conflict and the relationship patterns that influence how safe it feels to say what we need.
‘If I’m Not a Warrior, I’m Weak’
Men, vulnerability, emotional distance and the difference between performing strength and feeling strong.
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Psychotherapist in the media
Alex is regularly invited to contribute professional insight to articles about relationships, psychology and human behaviour.
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and the Gypsy Rose Case
Expert commentary on fabricated or induced illness, the caregiver dynamic and why these cases can be difficult to recognise.
More media contributions
Browse further articles and features in which Alex has contributed as a psychotherapist.
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