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The Pursue - Withdraw Cycle in LGBTQ+ Relationships

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When couples begin therapy, one of the most common things I hear is:

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Many LGBTQ+ couples wonder whether virtual couples therapy can really help.

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/virtual-lgbtq-couples-therapy-in-ontario-does-it-work","title":"Virtual LGBTQ+ Couples Therapy In Ontario: Does It Work?","summary":"Many LGBTQ+ couples wonder whether virtual couples therapy can really help.","date_modified":"2026-07-01T22:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/what-to-expect-in-your-first-lgbtq-couples-therapy-session","html_content":"

Starting your first LGBTQ+ couples therapy session in Ontario can feel vulnerable, especially if you are unsure what will happen, what will be asked, or whether therapy will turn into another version of the same argument...

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/what-to-expect-in-your-first-lgbtq-couples-therapy-session","title":"What to Expect in Your First LGBTQ+ Couples Therapy Session","summary":"Starting your first LGBTQ+ couples therapy session in Ontario can feel vulnerable, especially if you are unsure what will happen, what will be asked, or whether therapy will turn into another version of the same argument...","date_modified":"2026-06-25T23:21:18Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/gay-couples-therapy-in-ontario","html_content":"

Emotional Patterns, Desire & Repair

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LGBTQ+ couples often come to therapy feeling stuck in the same painful pattern.

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/lgbtq-couples-therapy-in-ontario-what-it-is-and-how-it-helps","title":"LGBTQ+ Couples Therapy in Ontario: What It Is and How It Helps","summary":"LGBTQ+ couples often come to therapy feeling stuck in the same painful pattern.","date_modified":"2026-05-13T02:14:38Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/why-do-we-keep-having-the-same-fight","html_content":"

The Emotional Cycle Most Partners Don’t Realize They’re Stuck In

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/why-do-we-keep-having-the-same-fight","title":"Why Do We Keep Having the Same Fight? | LGBTQ+ Couples Therapy ON","summary":"The Emotional Cycle Most Partners Don’t Realize They’re Stuck In","date_modified":"2026-03-14T18:43:49Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/understanding-the-benefits-of-emotion-focused-therapy","html_content":"

Unlocking the Power of Emotions in Healing

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A Personal Beginning

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How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Love, Therapy & the Way We Connect

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/can-you-heal-an-attachment-wound-with-a-chatbot","title":"Can You Heal an Attachment Wound with a Chatbot?","summary":"How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Love, Therapy & the Way We Connect","date_modified":"2025-10-05T17:44:32Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/what-no-one-told-us-about-queer-love-%7C-lgbtq-relationship-blog","html_content":"

Discover the hidden emotional truths of queer love and how to heal what we were never taught. Author: Jace Armstrong MSW RSW, Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist & Founder LGBTQ+ Relationship Room

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/what-no-one-told-us-about-queer-love-%7C-lgbtq-relationship-blog","title":"What No One Told Us About Queer Love | LGBTQ+ Relationship Blog","summary":"Discover the hidden emotional truths of queer love and how to heal what we were never taught. Author: Jace Armstrong MSW RSW, Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist & Founder LGBTQ+ Relationship Room","date_modified":"2025-09-30T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/the-queer-couples-survival-guide-to-late-capitalism","html_content":"

Because love shouldn’t need a business plan.

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/the-queer-couples-survival-guide-to-late-capitalism","title":"The Queer Couples Survival Guide to Late Capitalism","summary":"Because love shouldn’t need a business plan.","date_modified":"2025-09-15T17:31:49Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/how-to-find-an-lgbtq-therapist-in-ontario-what-to-look-for","html_content":"

The Late-Night Google Search

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Queer love isn’t a trend. It’s a revolution of presence, of repair, of remembering who we are without the shame. - The LGBTQ+ Relationship Room.

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/what-we-long-for-the-future-of-queer-love-healing-belonging","title":"What We Long For: The Future of Queer Love, Healing & Belonging","summary":"Queer love isn’t a trend. It’s a revolution of presence, of repair, of remembering who we are without the shame. - The LGBTQ+ Relationship Room.","date_modified":"2025-07-23T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/before-you-break-up---read-this-a-new-map-for-queer-love","html_content":"

What if your relationship isn’t broken - just built without the blueprint your nervous system actually needed?

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/before-you-break-up---read-this-a-new-map-for-queer-love","title":"Before You Break Up - Read this: A New Map For Queer Love","summary":"What if your relationship isn’t broken - just built without the blueprint your nervous system actually needed?","date_modified":"2025-06-29T20:00:59Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/spirit-starved-queer-divinity-on-our-own-terms","html_content":"

A love letter to those building altars from grief, glitter, and memory

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/spirit-starved-queer-divinity-on-our-own-terms","title":"Spirit-Starved: Queer Divinity on Our Own Terms","summary":"A love letter to those building altars from grief, glitter, and memory","date_modified":"2025-06-25T12:56:08Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/we%E2%80%99ve-always-known-the-heart-could-heal","html_content":"

What Queer Spirituality’s Known for Centuries - Science Is Still Catching Up

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/we%E2%80%99ve-always-known-the-heart-could-heal","title":"We’ve Always Known the Heart Could Heal","summary":"What Queer Spirituality’s Known for Centuries - Science Is Still Catching Up","date_modified":"2025-06-18T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/born-to-bond-how-queer-men-may-be-evolution%E2%80%99s-hidden-caregivers","html_content":"

What If Gay Men Weren’t “Different” at All?

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/born-to-bond-how-queer-men-may-be-evolution%E2%80%99s-hidden-caregivers","title":"Born to Bond: How Queer Men May Be Evolution’s Hidden Caregivers","summary":"What If Gay Men Weren’t “Different” at All?","date_modified":"2025-06-04T21:38:18Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/20-years-of-marriage-equality-in-canada","html_content":"

But Are We Safer, Freer, or Just More Visible Targets?

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/20-years-of-marriage-equality-in-canada","title":"20 Years of Marriage Equality in Canada...","summary":"But Are We Safer, Freer, or Just More Visible Targets?","date_modified":"2025-06-02T02:43:51Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/the-quiet-cost-of-being-%E2%80%9Cthe-healthy-one%E2%80%9D-in-a-queer-relationship","html_content":"

There’s a role we don’t talk about enough in queer love: the one who has done the work.\nThe \"healthy one.\"\nThe regulated one.\nThe one who knows their attachment wounds and how to talk about them.\nThe one who has the word...

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/the-quiet-cost-of-being-%E2%80%9Cthe-healthy-one%E2%80%9D-in-a-queer-relationship","title":"The Quiet Cost of Being “The Healthy One” in a Queer Relationship","summary":"There’s a role we don’t talk about enough in queer love: the one who has done the work.\nThe \"healthy one.\"\nThe regulated one.\nThe one who knows their attachment wounds and how to talk about them.\nThe one who has the word...","date_modified":"2025-04-30T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/queer-love-burnout-and-disconnection-how-to-stay-connected","html_content":"

Queer Love in an Unquiet World: Staying Connected When Everything Feels Like It’s Falling Apart

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/queer-love-burnout-and-disconnection-how-to-stay-connected","title":"Queer Love, Burnout, and Disconnection: How to Stay Connected","summary":"Queer Love in an Unquiet World: Staying Connected When Everything Feels Like It’s Falling Apart","date_modified":"2025-04-09T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/why-couples-therapy-is-a-game-changer-for-lgbtq-relationships","html_content":"

Love is beautiful, complex, and ever-evolving. But let's be real; relationships take work. Whether you're a long-term couple navigating life’s ups and downs or a new duo discovering each other, therapy isn’t just for cri...

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/why-couples-therapy-is-a-game-changer-for-lgbtq-relationships","title":"LGBTQ+ Couples Therapy: How It Helps With Conflict & Reconnection","summary":"Love is beautiful, complex, and ever-evolving. But let's be real; relationships take work. Whether you're a long-term couple navigating life’s ups and downs or a new duo discovering each other, therapy isn’t just for cri...","date_modified":"2025-03-10T13:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/why-conflict-in-gay-relationships-feel-different","html_content":"

Breaking the Cycle: Understanding and Resolving Conflict in Gay Relationships

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/why-conflict-in-gay-relationships-feel-different","title":"Why Conflict Feels Different in LGBTQ+ Relationships","summary":"Breaking the Cycle: Understanding and Resolving Conflict in Gay Relationships","date_modified":"2025-02-18T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/attachment-styles-in-gay-relationships-how-they-shape-our-love","html_content":"

Relationships are where our deepest wounds and our greatest healing happen. For the LGBTQ+ community, attachment styles play an even more nuanced role, shaped by personal history, societal pressures, and past relationshi...

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/attachment-styles-in-gay-relationships-how-they-shape-our-love","title":"Attachment Styles in LGBTQ+ Relationships: How it Shapes Our Love","summary":"Relationships are where our deepest wounds and our greatest healing happen. For the LGBTQ+ community, attachment styles play an even more nuanced role, shaped by personal history, societal pressures, and past relationshi...","date_modified":"2025-02-16T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/the-unspoken-conversations-what-we-dont-say-matters","html_content":"

We often think of communication as the words we say, but the most powerful messages in a relationship are often the ones left unspoken. Silence, hesitation, avoidance - these quiet forces shape our connections in ways we...

","url":"https://therelationshiproom.ca/relationship-room-journal-1/f/the-unspoken-conversations-what-we-dont-say-matters","title":"The Unspoken Conversations: What We Don't Say Matters","summary":"We often think of communication as the words we say, but the most powerful messages in a relationship are often the ones left unspoken. Silence, hesitation, avoidance - these quiet forces shape our connections in ways we...","date_modified":"2025-02-16T16:39:28Z"}]}