If your partner will
not attend counseling with you, I highly encourage you to come on your own for individual counseling.
While a crisis is motivating and a time where patterns are more easily observed, you can also
attend counseling before your marriage or emotions are at a crisis point.
Some
people attend counseling alone (sometimes by choice, sometimes not) to learn more about their relationship struggles or to make some difficult decisions about the marriage or relationship.
A judge can weigh whether he's taking steps to deal with the problem, such as
by attending counseling or getting treatment.
If attending counseling is difficult after baby, it is encouraged to complete the 6 sessions in advance of baby's birth.
If your spouse isn't interested
in attending counseling, dragging your spouse to a session probably will not turn out well.
In both counseling sessions, individuals are encouraged to express their feelings and learn how others perceive them, as well as provide encouragement and help to other
individuals attending the counseling.
Although some couples may
consider attending the counseling sessions the most important task at hand, the majority of the work on your relationship will happen in between counseling sessions.
You can
attend counselling alone, with your partner, as a family, as a parent and child, or your children can come by themselves.
Again, you can't make your
partner attend counseling with you, but you can ensure you are communicating in ways that promote closeness, openness, and connection.
Since your growth doesn't have to be dependent on others changing, you don't have to wait for your spouse or child to agree to
attend counseling too.
Family counseling is most beneficial when every member of the family
actively attends counseling, but in cases where that isn't likely, the remaining members can still benefit from family counseling sessions.
If more couples were required to
attend counseling before going through with a divorce, it could have a positive impact on the divorce rate.
Parents of children and young
people attending counselling can access our range of family support services — family mediation, relationship counselling, child contact centres and parenting workshops.
Fortunately,
by attending counseling, the couple can find ways to work through the difficult times by rebuilding trust and connecting.
There is no single treatment and often there needs to be a «village» approach in which the family must
attend counseling with the child or baby.
Studies show that couples who participate in weekly group counseling had a much smaller decline in marital satisfaction — than parents who did
n't attend counseling.
The company says that after working with Groups for six months, 95 percent of
patients attend counseling each week and 85 percent abstain from opiates.
School operations have been disrupted by the media, and several students infected with the virus reportedly have
stopped attending counseling sessions for fear that their identities would be discovered, school officials said last week.
Students
who attend the Counseling Psychology & Community Services program at UND are building a foundation for making a lifelong difference in their communities.
Don't make the mistake of constantly justifying or nagging your partner
about attending counseling if he or she is strongly against it.
Attend Individual Counseling If your partner won't budge on the issue, you should still consider
attending counseling on your own.