Articles & resources
Reading for the curious.
Long-form writing from the Unison team on relationships, attachment, trauma, and the ideas behind the work.
Relationships
2026-09-15
Rebuilding Trust After Betrayal: How Relationships Heal
Betrayal breaks something more specific than trust in the abstract — it wounds the felt sense that this particular person has you. Unison director Meg Wilson on what actually rebuilds it, with Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman's research, and the couple who taught her the shape of it.
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2026-09-15
Types of Attraction: A Guide to Romantic, Sexual and Other Kinds of Connection
Attraction isn't one thing. This guide walks through romantic, sexual, aesthetic, sensual, emotional and intellectual attraction — and why untangling them matters more than you'd think.
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2026-09-15
What Actually Brings Non-Monogamous Couples to Therapy
Director Meg Wilson joined The Lifestyle Lounge podcast to talk shame, compassionate honesty, and why most couples in non-monogamous relationships end up in therapy for the same reasons everyone else does.
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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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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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2025-04-23
Learn About Attachment Theory
Discover how your attachment style shapes your relationships, and explore practical, expert-backed ways to build more secure connections.
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2025-01-28
Breaking Free from Negative Cycles: A Gentle Guide to Deescalate Conflict
Negative cycles in relationships, whether monogamous or polyamorous, stem from deeper emotional needs and fears, not surface arguments.
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2024-12-19
What You Need to Know Before Starting Relationship Therapy
Emotion-Focused Therapy challenges traditional relationship myths, emphasising vulnerability and emotional connection over blame.
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2024-12-16
A New Theory of Emotions
Emotions are constructed experiences shaped by our brains' predictions and context, per Lisa Feldman Barrett's theory of core affect.
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2024-10-21
The Delicate Balance: Challenges of Being a Hinge in a Polyamorous Dynamic
A look at the specific strain of being a polyamorous hinge when you're a people-pleaser, from pressure to please everyone to setting real boundaries.
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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 and the risk of repeating relationship patterns.
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Therapies
2026-09-15
What Is Schema Therapy?
People get referred to schema therapy constantly, and almost nobody explains what it means once you're actually in the room. What a schema is, the patterns that show up most often, and what the work looks like week to week.
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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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2025-09-30
Medicine-Assisted Therapy in Australia
As new treatment options emerge for mental health, the need to understand and decide what's right for you is growing more important everyday.
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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 problem? We weigh the benefits against the risks.
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2023-05-30
What Is Mediation for Relationships?
Mediation counselling supports consensually non-monogamous relationships by fostering open communication and resolving conflicts.
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2023-05-24
What Is Emotion-Focused Therapy?
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) challenges traditional relationship myths, emphasising emotional transparency and continuous growth.
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