But individual therapy has different
goals than marriage counseling, and the two can come into conflict, especially when different therapists are involved.
Not exact matches
Enter with expectations of learning, growing and changing, and you'll find those are much more easily met
than specific end -
goals like
marriage and babies and happily ever after.
The point is that
marriage has a higher
goal than to make two people happy or even whole.
When a
marriage does not or can not serve that
goal, it becomes less
than ultimate and may well prove less
than eternal.
The
goals of a starter
marriage are going to be a lot different
than the
goals of a parenting
marriage.
And we talked about the lessons we can learn from arranged
marriages (not forced or child
marriages), where common backgrounds, interests and
goals matter more
than love at first — although as some women in arranged
marriages wrote us, love occurs when you see your husband caring for your children, being a good provider (OK, I have some thoughts on that but I'm just quoting here) and treating his family with respect and kindness.
The
goals of a starter
marriage are going to be a lot different
than, say, the
goals of a parenting
marriage.
Indeed, trying to assist someone with shape - shifting life
goals is a trickier proposition
than tending to a flock of sheep: There are many more places a
marriage can falter today.
If we are to achieve the
goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern... I promise more «effective leadership»
than Kennedy on winning full equality for gays and lesbians... and I oppose a federal constitutional amendment banning gay
marriage and I support gays serving openly in the military.
A 2013 study by Harvard and Chicago universities found that spouses who met online were both more satisfied in their
marriages and less likely to get divorced
than couples meeting offline.1 Our members are diverse, but they all share one common
goal — to find lasting love.
Chinese women prefer long - term relationships with
marriage as the end
goal rather
than dating casually.
We have more freedom and autonomy in our romantic lives
than ever and some of us have used that liberty to change the
goals: monogamy and
marriage are no longer the aims for many of us; sex, reconfigured as a harmless leisure activity involving the maximising of pleasure and the minimising of the hassle of commitment, often is.
Slightly more
than 23 percent of all respondents believe people are looking online for a committed relationship, with only a mere 5.5 percent believing
marriage is the ultimate
goal.
As the site responsible for more dates, more relationships, and more
marriages than any other site, our
goal is to help you find love.
Hi Srikanth, I am planning to invest 15K PM via SIP and my time horizon is more
than 15 years (
goal is Childern
marriage and Education).
I assume you have more
than 10 years for daughter's
marriage & son's Education
goals, so consider investing in a Balanced fund + MIP fund + Diversified equity fund.
Rather
than trying to time financial markets, it is wiser to begin with identify and setting definitefinancial
goals — be it for property,
marriage, travel, retirement, child's education /
marriage.
And we talked about the lessons we can learn from arranged
marriages (not forced or child
marriages), where common backgrounds, interests and
goals matter more
than love at first — although as some women in arranged
marriages wrote us, love occurs when you see your husband caring for your children, being a good provider (OK, I have some thoughts on that but I'm just quoting here) and treating his family with respect and kindness.
If your
goal is to reunite and make your
marriage stronger
than ever, you need to create some ground rules.
Rather
than becoming mired in a discussion of marital problems, the
goal in Discernment Counseling is to help you and your spouse decide whether to try to restore your
marriage to health, move toward divorce, or maintain the status quo.
As the Roman Catholic church does not permit divorce, the
goals of Catholic
marriage counseling may be quite different
than that of secular counseling.
It's brief — no more
than five sessions — and has the
goal not of solving marital problems but helping the couple develop clarity and confidence about a direction for their
marriage based on a deeper understanding of what's happened to their relationship and each person's contributions to the problems.
While this
goal sometimes is to save the
marriage, I think that, more often
than not, the best solution for those involved might be to end the
marriage.
Everything from different spending habits and financial
goals to one spouse making considerably more money
than the other, causing a power struggle can strain a
marriage to the breaking point.
I know that nothing is more important to people
than succeeding at
marriage, and I have the training and experience to help you reach that most important
goal.
Although the
goal of mediation is not reconciliation, nor should it be confused with
marriage counseling, because of the collaborative nature of the process and its focus on building communication skills, couples opting for mediation often decide to reconcile rather
than divorce.
Couples that go into
marriage counseling to repair current challenges and prevent future problems are far more successful in reaching their relationship
goals than couples who are seeking services in a last attempt to avoid a divorce.
It's brief — no more
than five sessions — and has the
goal not to solve the marital problems right now but to help the couple develop clarity and confidence about a direction for their
marriage, based on a deeper understanding of what's happened to their relationship and each person's contributions to the problems.
Think about it... if your
goal is to make lasting change in your
marriage or relationship, one «push - up» a day is better
than trying to do 365 «push - ups» in one day!