Healthy Relationships

Relationships

Open Ended

What do you think makes a a good relationship?

​A relationship is a connection between two or more people based on emotional, social, or professional interactions. It can take various forms, including romantic, familial, platonic, and professional relationships. Healthy relationships are built on trust, communication, respect, and mutual support. They can provide emotional security, companionship, and personal growth but may also involve challenges that require effort and understanding to maintain.

Red flags

​Controlling behaviour

• Becomes nasty and becomes personal disagreements

• Lies about things

• Twists your words

• Will never apologises or takes responsibility

• Dismisses your feelings

• Does not respect you

• Does not respect your boundaries

Green flag

​Respectful behaviour

• Kind and Trusting

• Can disagree without getting personal

• Shows Empathy

• Is supportive

• Respects you

• Listens

• Is honest

• Understands you

• Understands consent

Identify the behaviour

Multiple Choice

Emma and Jake have been dating for six months, but his caring nature turns controlling. He isolates her from friends and family, monitors her phone, dictates her choices, and manipulates her emotions with guilt and threats. When she tries to set boundaries, he becomes angry or threatens self-harm. Emma feels trapped and anxious,

• Red Flag

• Green flag

​Discussion

Emma and Jake have been together for a year, and while their relationship started strong, subtle issues have begun to emerge. Jake is generally supportive but occasionally makes comments about Emma’s friends, suggesting they don’t have her best interests at heart. At first, Emma dismisses it as concern, but over time, she realises he subtly discourages her from socialising without him. He doesn’t demand her phone password, but he frequently asks who she’s texting and becomes withdrawn if she doesn’t answer immediately. When Emma brings up these concerns, Jake insists she’s overreacting and that his behaviour comes from love, making her doubt her feelings. Despite their happy moments, Emma feels increasingly anxious about upsetting Jake and struggles to determine whether his actions are protective or controlling. She starts questioning if these are warning signs or just normal relationship challenges.

How could Emma approach this situation?

Multiple Choice

Healthy relationships require both peopleto have equal say and mutural respect

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A healthy relationship is when one person makes all the decisions

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Good communication involves speaking and listening

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It is healthy for people to spend time apart if they have different interests

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Physical affection is important, but it should be consensual and comfortable for both partners

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Individual goals do not need to be supported, if one person doesn't believe it is achievable or realistic

• True

• False