It's almost impossible to get unwilling spouses to
go to a marriage counseling therapists session with you, unless they are ordered by the court.
Not exact matches
This insightful and practical guide, written by a
therapist with nearly a decade of experience
counseling those considering divorce, will help you evaluate your
marriage to determine whether you should stay or
go.
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.
I studied business and psychology in undergrad at Louisiana State University and
went on
to receive my Master of Arts in
Counseling from St. Edwards University in Austin
to become a Licensed Professional Counselor — Supervisor (LPC - S) and a Licensed
Marriage and Family
Therapist — Supervisor (LMFT - S).
If you
go to marriage counseling — which sounds needed, trust me he will be expecting the
therapist to «fix» you.
Most people who
go to marriage counseling are secretly hoping the
therapist will change their spouse, says Harriet Lerner, PhD.
Here's another finding that just might surprise you: You will actually save more money (as much as 20 - 40 percent more) and time by
going to couples
counseling with a
marriage counselor or
therapist than
going alone
to see a psychologist or psychiatrist.
He still refuses
to go to marriage counseling even though my depression
therapist has suggested it, because he doesn't like talking
to strangers about his things.
We have been
to marriage counseling (after I insisted) but I don't feel it helped — at some point the
therapist told us he couldn't help us any further if we were not gonna change.
As a couple and family
therapist, I receive a number of phone calls each week that
go something like this: «We need
marriage counseling... We are not communicating well... We are hoping you can help give us some tools
to fix this problem.»
They imagine that when they begin
marriage counseling, the
therapist is
going to highlight all the flaws in the relationship and cast blame on one or both partners.