Bradford Relate is asking couples to consider making ‘relationship resolutions’ following a ‘significant’ rise in couples seeking relationship support.

Since the start of the New Year Relate has seen the number of new clients booking their first counselling session rise by 52 per cent compared to December.

Bradford Relate counsellor, Gill Crofts, encourages couples to try the top five relationship resolutions:

  • Make gratitude lists to remember what you like and appreciate about your partner;
  • Try to make time for a date night once a week as a couple;
  • Check in on your relationship and your partner regularly. Sit down and ask each other how you are doing and feeling;
  • Take a minute or two out of your day to send your partner a sweet text message letting them know you are thinking of them;
  • Quit the blame game by avoiding what ‘they did’ and focus on what ‘I did’ and ‘what I can do ‘ to make this better.

She said: “Lots of people will be making resolutions this time of year for how they can be fitter, healthier or more successful. It’s important to remember your relationships in working out how you can be happier – it’s relationships that we all rely on, in good times and bad, so we should be remembering them in our New Year’s resolutions.”