Tag: marriage counseling

If you’ve been together for a substantial period of time, there’s a fair chance that at some point you’ll find yourself saying (or at least thinking) these three fateful words: This isn’t working. When that happens, these four even more dreadful words—I want a divorce (or I want out)—are just a hop, skip, and jump away. And all too often, all that’s standing between these two sentences is guidance from a professional. Before you can seek help, though, you’ve got to admit you have a problem.

If you’re like many, you may be hesitant about taking your marital woes to a counselor. This is incredibly common and the reasons people cite for avoiding counseling span from not wanting to air their "dirty laundry" to suspicion of the process itself. Unfortunately, couples often present to marriage counseling long after the initial strain and tension building shows itself in the relationship. If too much resentment and toxicity builds in the marriage, it can be a long climb back out of the abyss. But it doesn’t have to be this way.