What is a Marriage Friendly Therapist and how are they different from other therapists?
A Marriage Friendly Therapist is a therapist who is trained and has extensive experience working with couples, is committed to helping couples succeed in their relationships and then accepts the couples’ ultimate decision regarding the future of their relationship. Marriage Friendly Therapists agree to abide by a values statement of The National Registry of Marriage Friendly Therapists, an advanced practitioner network (www.marriagefriendlytherapists.com) that holds marriage as an important personal, professional, and social value. These therapists believe in helping couples restore their marriages to health if that is possible. Most couples assume this is what all therapists believe. But THIS IS NOT SO. Because of their professional training, many therapists hold a “neutral” value orientation towards whether a marriage survives or whether the couple divorces. In fact, this is the most common stance even among therapists who identify themselves as marriage and family therapists. In a n
