Does Marriage counsling REALLY help???
If your marriage is having problems, you shouldn’t wait too long to seek professional help. Here’s help in finding a counselor and deciding if counseling will work for your marriage. Included is information on what type of couple gets the most from marriage counseling and what type of couple receives the least from marriage counseling. Answer These Questions: Did you marry at an early age? Did you not graduate from high school? Are you in a low-income bracket? Are you in an inter-faith marriage? Did your parents divorce? Do you criticize one another? Is there a lot of defensiveness in your marriage? Do you tend to withdraw from one another? Do you feel contempt for one another? If you answered “yes” to most of these questions, then you are statistically a higher risk for divorce than couples who have realistic expectations of one another and their marriage, communicate well, use conflict resolution skills, and are compatible with one another. The Effectiveness of Marriage Counseling Th