FAQ'S
What is Marriage Counselling?
There are many contributing problems during marriage and relationships. These can range from communication, life changes, sexual difficulties, finances or even illness. Marriage counselling or couples therapy, helps couples (whether married or not) to understand and resolve their conflicts and improve their relationship with each other, providing couples with tools to help the communication process, solve problems and negotiate difficulties in a more constructive and healthy way.
Who can benefit from Marriage Counselling?
Despite what you might see in movies and read on social media, no marriage or relationship is perfect. Each spouse will bring to the relationship ideal, values, opinions and personality into a relationship which will not always directly match your partners. These differences do not necessarily mean that conflict between you both is inevitable. Differences more often than not help couples to learn empathy and better understand and respect opposing views and cultural differences.
BUT differences can be testing, where habits or traits can start to grate overtime. Issues of a sexual, behavioural or hurtful traits can cause resentment, the cause of this distress proves both unhealthy and unnecessary. These issues cause unhappiness within a relationship can be dealt with through counselling. Some examples include: Infidelity, Unemployment, Finances, Culture, Physical/mental illness, Divorce, Children etc
What happens during Marriage Counselling?
Marriage and Relationship counselling is usually done in face-to-face sessions. The sessions are usually short-term where you and your partner sit down together and, with the help of a professional, identify specific problems within your relationship that have manifested. Typically, you’ll meet with a counsellor once a week over the course of anywhere between two to several months depending on how severely your relationship has deteriorated. You’ll be given the chance to speak about your issues and will be encouraged to develop new communication and coping strategies for when things become difficult. Over time, you’ll learn to understand and empathise better with your partner and develop healthier and more constructive ways to get to the bottom of tensions between you.
Can I attend Marriage Counselling if my problems are not really serious?
It’s important to note that that many couples or individuals who simply wish to strengthen bonds with their partners or even family members, can benefit from marriage and relationship counselling, helping to plan for marriage or for the arrival of children. Achieving a deeper understanding of your partners values can help strengthen your union before embarking on marriage or starting a family.
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