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I help manage intense emotions & reactions
when couples are in crisis, helping uncertain couples obtain clarity
about a direction for their
marriage through Discernment
Counseling.
Couples often seek couples or
marriage counseling when relationship problems begin to interfere with daily functioning or
when partners are unsure
about continuing the relationship.
I often hear of someone trying to encourage their spouse to attend Christian
Marriage Counseling when their spouse is resistant or skeptical about the benefits of c
Counseling when their spouse is resistant or skeptical
about the benefits of
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When they face issues in their married lives, they may think about when it is going to be appropriate to go for marriage counsel
When they face issues in their married lives, they may think
about when it is going to be appropriate to go for marriage counsel
when it is going to be appropriate to go for
marriage counseling.
Typically couples start
marriage counseling when it's too late — after an affair,
when they're thinking
about divorce,
when there are years and years of anger and resentment built up.
Traditional
marriage counseling,
when infidelity is not involved, means the therapist asks questions
about strengths, weaknesses, recurring arguments, each individual's perception of the problem, what does «better» look like, etc..
When counseling ends with one spouse achieving clarity
about whether he wants to stay in the
marriage, discernment
counseling has been successful.
When working with couples in
marriage counseling, one thing I often hear is «we grew apart,» and I often wonder how much they talked
about where they were going before they got there.
All the negativity is why I'm on the internet reading a therapist blog
about when to seek
marriage counseling!
Couples I have worked with often report that
marriage counseling provides greater gains
when they are also intentional
about doing daily activities between sessions.
(See post
about when to seek
marriage counseling for more information.)