Marriage Therapy

Falling in love, watching your relationship grow, and getting married can all be wonderful experiences, but relationships come with challenges. Unfortunately, it’s the long-term of a marriage that can be hard on a relationship. Raising children, financial stress, long hours at the office, personal struggles — just learning how to navigate the ups and downs of life together can take a toll on any relationship. Marriage counseling can help. 

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Recent research estimates that more than 40% of marriages will end in divorce. It’s true that some marriages just weren’t meant to be. Couples can grow apart, or they might realize that they’re incompatible. The truth, however, is that many marriages end because they don’t have the right tools to manage their problems.

Marriage counseling allows couples to work through their issues with the help of a trained professional. Does marriage counseling work? Are there different types of counseling? You’ll find answers to all your questions about counseling below.

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What Is Marriage Counseling?

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Marriage counseling focuses on relationships and marriages. It’s also commonly referred to as couples therapy or marriage therapy. Marriage counselors are trained and certified to help couples diagnose relationship problems and develop practical solutions. 

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Therapy will be a safe place for couples to talk about how they really feel. Open communication is vital when it comes to solving marital problems, and marriage counseling (or even premarital counseling) is one of the best ways to improve communication skills, come to mutual understandings, and figure out how to move forward as a couple — or amicably end a marriage, if that is the right choice for the couple.

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Marriage counseling aims to give couples the tools they need to understand each other and resolve conflicts. While couples often turn to relationship counseling during turmoil, it’s beneficial at any relationship stage. Marriage counselors can help couples with issues such as:

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• Resolving financial disputes

• Learning how to communicate in a relationship 

• Improving conflict resolution

• Identifying and addressing issues affecting the relationship

• Working on trust issues in a relationship

• Recapturing the spark or building intimacy

• Overcoming infidelity in a relationship

• Addressing disagreements about parenting styles

• Saving a marriage to avoid divorce

• Finding a healthy way to end a relationship