I just asked a question about my spouse being insecure. I have thought about marriage counseling and he has agreed to go. But has anyone on here ever been and it REALLY helped? I’ve never been to any sort of counseling etc..
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November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Yes sweetie it does. Its always better to have a third person there to discuss your issues with. It is also good to have someone there who can tell each of you what you are doing wrong in your own little ways because lets face it! We always think we’re right when we fight with our spouses and vise versa. I would Definitely seek counseling. It will do a world a good!
November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Communication-based marriage counseling is a waste of time.
Ha, like Piggy said communication-based counseling makes you much better at articulating what you hate.
Emotion-based marriage counseling has a shot-in hell.
You both have to want it to work.
The worse problems you have, the quicker the counselor should separate you two for individual counseling - on the first appointment if things are bad.
If you two could talk to each other and work things out of your own, you wouldn’t need the counselor. So talking to them together is unlikely to work (at least at first).
Self-help book in the source.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
didn’t help for us. The counselor agreed with me that all the problems were “her” fault. She picked on her so bad that I started defending her. Of course, she didn’t listen and now we’re divorced. It was all her fault. I knew it, the counselor new it…..she still doesn’t see it.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
my sister and her husband went to a counselor, come to find out the counselor was having extra sessions with her male clients.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
No, it makes things worse. Just gives you more to argue about. More ‘ammunition’.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
no