Marriage Problems are SolvableDo you wish your marriage felt better to you? Do you have some minor relationship problems you would like to fix? Or maybe you have some problems that feel huge and you are tired of them. Either way, you want less pain and more pleasure in your marriage. This article addresses some things we know about relationships, what works and doesn't work in relationships, and offers two alternatives for creating healthier marriages. Many people are familiar with marriage or relationship counseling where you meet regularly over a period of time with a counselor or therapist. The primary focus is on your relationship rather than on individual issues. Together with your counselor, you identify and dissolve the barriers to resolving your conflicts. Benefits of relationship counseling include the privacy of the counseling session, a focus on your specific relationship needs, and flexibility in scheduling appointments. An outstanding alternative or addition to marriage counseling is relationship psychoeducation for couples. Psychoeducation is not therapy. It is the education of a couple about how to: One such program is The Fast Track to Healthy Relationships for Couples offered in workshop format. As in marriage counseling, the focus is on the relationship rather than the individual. You, along with other couples, receive information through short lectures. Following each lecture, you, with your partner, learn and practice a new skill. Some of these skills or "tools" are designed to use daily while other tools are for use as the need arises. While people sometimes express concern about sharing their problems in the presence of other couples, workshops have their own set of benefits. Usually couples value from seeing their problems are a lot like the problems other couples have. They tend to gain encouragement from experiencing not just their own immediate positive results, but also the rapid changes of the other participants. In The Fast Track to Healthy Relationships for Couples, each personal exercise is practiced alone with your partner. You share as much or as little lnformation as you want with the whole group. It is common for any initial discomfort you have to go away early in the workshop. Another benefit of this workshop: a couple is likely to spend significantly less time and money to obtain positive results. Do you have difficulty imagining transforming your relationship pain into relationship pleasure with your partner? Whether you choose marriage/relationship counseling or relationship psychoeducation, most marriage problems are solvable when both partners decide they want to have a more satisfying, pleasurable relationship together. and you will also receive a monthly email from Lighted Pathways filled with more valuable relationship help.
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