Warning! Marriage Counseling Can Be Very Dangerous For Your Relationship - part 1
by Jeff Herring
Q: My wife wants us to go to marriage counseling. I'm not so sure it's a good thing. Many of my friends have gone, and all they did was fight more and get divorced. I don't want a divorce, and neither does she. What should I do?
A. If your wife wants you to go to marriage counseling with her, by all means, go. It's much less expensive than divorce, and when done right it can save your marriage and even make it better.
There is some thinking that traditional marriage counseling can be dangerous to your marital health.
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In a 1999 presentation to the SmartMarriages Conference, entitled "How Therapy Can Be Hazardous to Your Marital Health" William Doherty pointed out that "according to a national survey, 80 percent of all private practice therapists in the U.S. say they do marital therapy. And only 12 percent of them are in a profession that requires even one course or any supervised experience."
His point was that most therapist are trained to help individual focus on themselves and their own growth. This is good to a point of course. But if overdone, you can focus on yourself at the expense of the marriage.
So here are some questions to ask a potential therapist:
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OK so here is the deal. Married 6 years and my wife and I have been having problems for a whlie now. I am willing to work on our marriage as I think there is still something there but she keeps telling me she is indecisive and not sure if she would be better on her own. She was 23 when we got engaged and I was 26 then married when she was 25. Say she may have been too young and never "found herself". 2 times now she has told me its over and said she wants a divorce and then we talk it out and she says she will give it more time to see if we can work on some of our issues. My question is, is this a lost cause? Can this be salvaged? Need the female perspective here. I feel like I keep having to talk her back into it and she keeps running, thoughts?
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What's wrong with him?
read answers... How can i get my wife to get marriage counseling for our marriage and why is she defiant when i suggest it?
Would her defiance be something of guilt on her part or bitterness and rebellion upon me?
read answers... Is the husband or wife more open to marriage counseling? and why?
Ok do you feel that men or women are more open to marriage counseling and with your answer why do you feel this is? I want to see alot of feed back on this issue and question so I can learn!
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how can i convince my wife to go to marriage counseling?
she has plenty of excuses why we shouldnt go and i cannot convince her otherwise; she doent like to spread her buisness, she thinks everything will be the same afterwards, she thinks she will be blamed, etc, etc...
we need this. there doesnt seem to be any other option at this point. i know we can save our marriage but why wont she go? should i go alone? we're running out of time. please help (we have a baby daughter also)
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