We couldn't have
repaired our marriage without his help.
Not exact matches
The purpose of this law is to allow couples a chance to try and work on
repairing their
marriage,
without delaying a divorce in the event that their attempts are not successful.
When a
marriage has harsh startups, the four horseman
marriage killers (criticism, contempt, defensiveness, stonewalling), flooding, negative body language, failed
repair attempts and the couple has rewritten their history, it is essentially guaranteed that the
marriage will fail
without help.
The danger is when these exchanges occur repeatedly
without any attempts to
repair,» shares Adam Smithey, PhD, Certified Gottman Therapist and Licensed
Marriage and Family Therapist.
Although there are cases in which through the mediation process, the couple makes the decision to try to
repair the
marriage, in fact, the mediation process has the purpose of resolving the issues so a divorce agreement can be hammered out
without the need for court intervention.