As therapists, we often see single-parents with the following emotional strain (although this isn’t limited to just single-parents it is often some of the most common among them).

Any counselor will tell you that one of the most common problems observed when people come for help is poor communication skills in their relationships. This isn’t their fault…communication is a skill many of us never formally learned.

In our counseling practice, it’s not only the people who see us that are sometimes concerned with their own self-esteem, but they are sometimes concerned about the people they care about. Low self-esteem can affect any relationship and it isn’t always on the person seeking counseling.

While we focus on working solely with individuals in our counseling practice, it’s very common for relationship issues and questions to come up during a therapy session. We’re providing this checklist as one possible tool you may like to use to help you identify any possible strengths and issues.

While we don’t provide couples counseling, we do help our clients with relationship conflicts to help them understand and develop skills in this area. Every relationship has conflicts. In some relationships, conflict is a serious problem; in others, differences seem to be resolved without creating a major incident.