Not exact matches
«If a couple
goes to a
marriage counselor, who is not particularly skilled at conflict resolution,
what happens if the couple argue over an issue raised in the
counseling?»
He wants
to try
marriage counseling but I don't — a stranger is
going to tell me precisely
what?
Couples who commit
to marriage therapy after
going through discernment
counseling will have identified the core areas that each spouse needs
to work on, thereby focusing the therapy on
what each person needs
to change.
Should you have
to be a certain age, earn a certain income, have a life plan, make premarital
counseling mandatory, wait a certain amount of time after applying for a
marriage license, take a test (of
what, I'm not sure, but
go with me here), take parenting classes if you plan
to have kids (since society doesn't seem
to care too much about childfree couples who divorce), learn how
to communicate about finances, or all of the above?
We are
going to marriage counseling,
what else can I do
to rebuild trust?
That's why I say, you need
to find out
what your wife's purpose is in
going to marriage counseling.
Another thing that people come in for other than couples
counseling and
marriage counseling is sometimes people come in by themselves who are in a committed relationship because they want
to have a deeper understanding of
what's
going on, perhaps learn strategies on their own.
On the validating and supportive effect of
marriage counseling: its power
to normalize
what you're
going through and offer real help for positive changes.
You can't force your husband
to take
marriage counseling seriously, and
going alone is pretty pointless, but a good individual therapist may help you explore your own feelings about the situation so you can decide how you want
to be treated and
what you want
to do in this situation.
He is familiar with worst - case scenarios, often having been called in
to help families resolve child custody disputes after
marriage counseling, mediation, and litigation have failed, and he has gained a uniquely comprehensive per - spective of
what helps and
what hurts children
going through their parents» divorce.
What seems counter intuitive
to me, though, is that seeking
counseling after the death of a loved one has no stigma attached, while many individuals
going through divorce believe getting therapy after the death of a
marriage does.
Of course it made me wonder:
What if they had
gone to marriage counseling, could this
marriage have been saved?
Through the hardest seasons in a
Marriage, Relationship, or Partnership are the ones when it is helpful
to have someone who can provide high quality
counseling in finding the answers
to what is
going to make your relationship, partnership work better.
Do you think that if more couples
went thru pre marital
counseling that they would have a better grasp of
what marriage is
going to be all about?
When you hear of a couple who is
going to marriage counseling,
what do you think?
-LSB-...] Instead of
going to counselling, I
went to Google and ended up finding just
what I was looking for from Dr. Jim Walkup's website (a
marriage counsellor in -LSB-...]
when I asked why, he mentioned my husband is also under depression treatment and eventually we will end up divorce... I keep thinking this is how my husband had told the doctor so he just repeated
what he said
to me... I suggested
to attend
marriage counseling together with my husband in Taiwan and he reject
to do so, for the reason of thinking I m» unstable»... I really feel helpless, because I am not really that» depressed», but I feel I have been treated like a patient with mental illness... after readng your article, I feel more confident
to go back as I think we have
to face the crisis instead of avoiding it.
You've heard about couples
going to marriage counseling, but
what about premarital
counseling?
And so we asked Matt Staver, who runs the Liberty
Counsel and
goes into court for them — they're the group opposing gay
marriage that
went into court in California —
to briefly explain
to us
what arguments he is actually using in court, the legal arguments
to defend a traditional
marriage clause.
Despite
what many people think,
going to marriage counseling does not mean that your relationship is bad or that it is close
to the end.
On the other hand, if you know your
marriage is over, but you want
to understand
what went wrong, then discernment
counseling can be helpful.
The offending spouse, rather than
going to couples
counseling, tries
to fix the
marriage by having a relationship that makes up for
what is missing in the
marriage.
Marriage counseling can help you get
to the bottom of
what's
going on in your relationship.
When people think of couples
going to counseling sessions together, often
what first comes
to mind is
counseling to help couples who are already having issues or difficulties in their relationships, not couples just contemplating
marriage.
Marriage Counseling Austin — Quite often the mistake we make in relationships is that we assume the attitude «I'm right and if you will only listen
to me and do
what I say, then all our problems will
go away.»