Break-up blues: How to rebuild your relationship

The new year can bring simmering tensions to the fore — couples need to focus on how the conflict is managed, not on who is right or wrong, writes Margaret Jennings.

The festive frenzy is over and we are settling into a brand new year, but while couples all around us may have raised their glasses warmly as the clock ticked towards 2020, others were on a different countdown — to the breakup of their relationship.