However, if, as you say, you have already decided to divorce your husband, please do not
go to marriage counseling just to be «nice» to him!
Not exact matches
Just like we wouldn't separate from our spouses without first trying
to make our
marriages better with
counseling, etc., maybe we can better evaluate our participation in our present church family before
going elsewhere.
Lots of us
go to marriage counseling secretly believing we're
just there
to be supportive while the counselor fixes the other person's shortcomings.
Going for
marriage counseling is a purely voluntary step
to take, and if you are there unwillingly or under duress,
just to pacify your partner then you are unlikely
to have a positive result.
They have been attending
marriage counseling and some other activities
to keep their vow, but maybe things
just didn't
go as planned.
Finally, don't throw away the idea of
going to therapy
just because your husband is not willing
to go to marriage counseling with you.
Just make it your first date night [as new parents], line up a babysitter,
go to marriage counseling and then
go to dinner!»
• Will your spouse
go to marriage counseling (and really participate in the
counseling, not
just sit there like a lump)?
«I was very hesitant
to go to just anybody for
marriage counseling especially when there are so many choices out there.
Going to marriage counseling is not
just about showing up.
I
just wanted
to thank you for
going over the benefits of getting
marriage counseling after an affair.
-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-...]
Traditional
marriage counseling tends
to be ineffective because the counselor either expects both parties
to work on the relationship — rendering the leaning out spouse, the uncooperative one — or encourages the hopeful spouse
to just let
go of the
marriage — leaving that individual feeling undercut and angry.
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.
If you and your spouse have been
going through the day -
to - day of
marriage without really communicating or connecting, while you both might sense that something is wrong, you might not realize
just how wrong until you're in a
counseling session.
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.
I really like the message this article sends:
just b / c your spouse won't
go to counseling doesn't mean that your
marriage is
going to end.
If your spouse won't
go to marriage counseling, you might feel betrayed or unwanted, but pushing your spouse into
counseling against his or her will can be
just as damaging as the problems that led you
to therapy in the first place.
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.