May 1, 2013

Is Couples Therapy the Answer for Your Marriage

By B. Greg Sloan


The romance exists. The adventure reaches it's peak. The couple is so in love, and to be honest, they don't understand it now, but some of that love is in fact an infatuation which sooner or later dies down. The love in no way has to die with it, but regrettably often it will.

Oh, undoubtedly there are married couples that make it in today's times and they make it work in a very positive, a romantic and sustainable way. However, as we all understand, the facts are a bit greater than 50% of all married couples wind up in a divorce.

The pain is very bad. It is worse when children are in the mix as they can emerge as upset and entangled in the mess that the mothers and fathers have been unable to disentangle.

Very good people can get divorces. Great people can go through divorces. This thing called divorce is not just reserved for those "no gooders" who can't agree with other folks. Because you see, we arrive at young adulthood at marrying age and we are for some reason required to automatically be outfitted with the necessary abilities to be effective in a marital relationship.

Oh, yes, we may go to great measures to be trained for our pursuits, and we will do anything to acquire coaching for our hobbies or athletics, or a plethora of other things. However, with something as significant as our married life, we leave it to, "Hey, we can work that out. We're really good people. We will be ok.

But on too many times it's gone far beyond that. And the "Couples Therapy" success rate is not too good either. Because couples sometimes don't do their research well enough to discover the rate of success, experience, and methods used by their potential therapist. Many superb counselors have been properly trained with individual struggles such as poor self esteem, stress, depression, and loneliness. But, a lot of them are not as developed when it pertains to the substantial loads of baggage that two very different individuals have taken into a relationship.

Okay! I guess it seems like unfortunate news so far, huh? Well maybe a bit. But, it can get so much better. Your marriage, or your friend's can be brought back to life if it's in troubled waters.

Start looking for a good counselor with an awesome reputation. Sometimes that might take a while. During that process, find some top quality marital relationship material to go through. I will link to some below this article if you would like me to. Then, when you locate a suitable therapist or a clergyman well trained in couples therapy, line up a consultation. But remember, quite a few people are in need of some urgent counsel in the meantime. So if you have some quality information to begin to read and study until you get face to face help, sometimes it's very good.

But here is the primary point. Take this encouragement! Unless there is substantial misconduct, all of which we don't have time to go into here, your marriage can be restored! AND... many times even if it's only one of the spouses fighting for the relationship. Don't give up too easily. Strive to maintain your commitment and try to love your partner unconditionally. It will take some of that to make it. Don't stay in an abusive relationship where you could be harmed. That is another level (and not always hopeless either). But if it's simply about two good people who have to find out how to love each other, live, and thrive together again. Yes, you can do it! Keep your marriage alive!




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