CAN A HUSBAND EFFECTIVELY COUNSEL HIS WIFE, OR A WIFE HER HUSBAND?
Couples need to accept that there’s a limit to what counseling can be done between spouses. You can’t be everything to one another, and I encourage couples not to try counseling each other. Because of the intimate relationship between them, there is often too much personal and emotional investment in what the spouse is thinking or doing. You can’t remain impartial and detached. Just accepting that limitation can go a long way toward avoiding the guilt of not being able to help. It also frees your spouse to seek counsel with someone else. Having said that, I also realize much can be done by one spouse to help another. I find my own wife to be extremely helpful as a friend and confidante. And it gets better as you get older. As you build a mature relationship, your ability to help each other increases. I’M FRUSTRATED IN TRYING TO FIND THE CAUSE OF MY WIFE’S DEPRESSION. SHOULD I KEEP PROBING? Stay in a listening mode and you’ll never make a mistake! You see, the depression may be endogeno
