Marriage Counseling

Marriage counseling by Jeena Anderson

Some years ago, everything looked so wonderful - both of you felt in love and decided to get married, because none of you could imagine its life without being together. Now something has changed - endless quarrels, harassments, and tears, you feel misunderstood and deeply hurt - it looks to be a part of your daily routine. Sometimes you think that there is only one solution to stop this mess - to divorce. However, you are not right, marriage counseling may help you to save your marriage.

What is marriage counseling?

Marriage counseling is a type of psychotherapy, a kind of psychological advice for a married couple tries to solve problems in their relationship. Usually, both wife and husband attend counseling sessions together to discuss specific issues. The therapy consists of few sessions. Marriage counselor ask about bad and good sides of a concrete relationship, also about partner's roles in marriage, goals of being together, beliefs and wishes. The therapist tries to help the couple to understand their problem and when it is understood, together therapist and a couple try to solve it.

Is marriage counseling effective?

Marriage counseling enables couples to learn how to deal with problems and help prevent small, insignificant problems from becoming serious. Many researches show that this kind of therapy tends to improve individual's mental and physical health and, of course, improve relationship between partners.

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