How do you show someone you love them?

How do you love?

20/6/2017

Loving people well can be a seriously daunting task! Whether it's your partner, your friend, your brother or your children, we all have moments where we get confused by other people's behaviour, or our intentions are taken the completely wrong way!

The Five Love Languages helps outline a way of understanding how you give love, and how that is interpreted by others. It takes the premise that we all have a 'language' of love, whether that is physical touch, kind words, spending quality time, doing acts of service, or giving gifts, its important to know both how YOU like to express your love, but also how the recipient receives and understands love. Ever done a job for someone and they've been incredibly grateful? Maybe they are an 'acts of service' person.

We love the book and think that even though it speaks mostly about romantic relationships, that you can take these understandings and apply them to all your relationships... enjoy!

The Five Love Languages

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Angela Colson is a registered psychologist with tertiary qualifications in counselling, along with a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons.). Her recent research explores the barriers to using psychological services for Australians experiencing chronic pain, which was awarded the National Psychology Prize by the Australian Psychological Society.

She was awarded dux in her undergraduate program, and has received a continuing scholarship, in addition to first place in both the people's choice and best student research at the 2020 ACAP Conference.

Angela previously founded The Burma Project, focussing on delivery of sustainable community development projects and education in Myanmar.

Angela has a passion for using evidence based practice to help people understand themselves better in order to lead their most fulfilling life possible. She runs a private practice in the Sutherland Shire, and currently offers telehealth services across the country.

Her areas of interest are grief & loss, trauma, PTSD, men's mental health, anxiety and core values/goal setting and management of ADHD symptoms in adults.

Her therapeutic modalities include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Committment Therapy, and Schema Therapy.

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