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Articles & resources

Reading for the curious.

Long-form writing from the Unison team on relationships, attachment, trauma, and the ideas behind the work.

Relationships

Lorado Taft, The Solitude of the Soul (1901–1914) — four marble figures in physical proximity, each enclosed in their own solitude, none touching

2026-07-06

The Things We Do to Push People Away

In the middle of a fight, one person often does something that pushes the other away — a cruel line, a slammed door, a sudden coldness. Unison director Meg Wilson on what these distance-creating behaviours are for, and how to grow them into something healthier.

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Black and white portrait of a woman with her hand raised in front of her face, one eye visible through the gap — representing concealment and the choice to be seen

2026-06-23

The Feeling That Wants to Stay Hidden

Shame is one of the most quietly destructive forces in people's lives — not because it's rare, but because it's ordinary. Unison director Meg Wilson on where shame comes from, what it does, and what it means to let people in.

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Mary Cassatt, The Child's Bath (1893) — a mother washing a young child, painted with intimate attunement; the original secure base

2025-04-23

Learn About Attachment Theory

Discover how attachment styles shape your relationships. Improve your connections

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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, Seated Couple Embracing — two figures turned toward each other in tenderness, a drawing in pen and brown ink

2025-03-13

Rebuilding Trust After Betrayal: How Relationships Heal

Rebuilding trust after betrayal involves emotional processing and establishing

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After Michelangelo, Two Struggling Figures (1867) — two figures locked in mutual entanglement, neither able to break free, representing conflict cycles in relationships

2025-01-28

Breaking Free from Negative Cycles: A Gentle Guide to Deescalate Conflict

Negative cycles in relationships, whether monogamous or polyamorous, stem

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Amedeo Modigliani, Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz (1916) — a couple sitting side by side, close but each held in their own space

2024-12-19

What You Need to Know Before Starting Relationship Therapy

Emotion-Focused Therapy challenges traditional relationship myths, emphasising

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Auguste Rodin, Sorrow (modelled 1882) — a compact bronze figure folded into itself in grief, embodying emotional weight without performance

2024-12-16

A New Theory of Emotions

Emotions are constructed experiences shaped by our brains' predictions and

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Rembrandt van Rijn, Three Oriental Figures (1641) — three figures in close conversation, the central figure attending to both

2024-10-21

The Delicate Balance: Challenges of Being a Hinge in a Polyamorous Dynamic

"Children who are not loved for who they are become adults who believe they

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Podcast artwork featuring Meg Wilson talking about relationship patterns

2024-04-10

Does Non-Monogamy Make You Repeat Toxic Relationship Patterns? feat. Meg Wilson

Meg Wilson discusses polyamory and non-monogamy's impact on the nervous system

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Therapies

Edvard Munch, The Girl by the Window (1893) — a figure caught between the interior world and what lies beyond the glass, representing the liminal quality of preparation and integration

2026-07-03

Preparation and Integration: Where the Real Work of Medicine-Assisted Therapy Happens

The headlines are about the medicine. The evidence is about the therapy around it. An educational look at preparation and integration in Australia''s regulated pathway — and why the dose is only the doorway.

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Odilon Redon, Vision from In Dreams (1879) — a hovering disembodied form between consciousness and sleep, from the series In Dreams

2025-09-30

Medicine-Assisted Therapy in Australia

As new treatment options emerge for mental health, the need to understand

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Franz Marc, The Bewitched Mill (1913) — a mechanical structure embedded in expressionist landscape, representing technology appearing to think or feel

2025-05-20

AI Therapist: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

When is AI most helpful for our mental health, and when is it part of the

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Podcast artwork for harm reduction and psychedelic integration therapy

2024-06-17

Interview with Cory Porter - Harm Reduction with Psychedelic Integration Therapy

In this podcast, Meg and psychotherapist Cory discuss mental health treatments,

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Jan Steen, The Family Concert (1666) — family members engaged in shared musical activity, coordination and negotiation made visible

2023-05-30

What Is Mediation for Relationships?

Mediation counselling supports consensually non-monogamous relationships

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Edvard Munch, Consolation (1894) — one figure sheltering another in grief, a drypoint print representing emotional presence and attunement

2023-05-24

What Is Emotion-Focused Therapy?

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) challenges traditional relationship myths,

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