What is Marriage Counselling?

When you first fell in love with your partner, you knew they were the one for you. They made you laugh. They showed you that they cared and made you feel special. Everyday was filled with adventure and excitement. When they held you, you felt safe. You were able to be yourself – your best self – when you were with them. While every relationship starts off magical, they don’t end that way. Instead, life comes in. It’s stressful. It sucks. Words are said that can’t be taken back. There is unfaithfulness which comes like a stab to the back. Maybe you have kids which add a whole new level of crazy to your life! Whatever the case may be, things change. And that’s why marriage counselling is so important.

There are many reasons to look into marriage counselling. Sometimes it is a preventative thing – to correct issues that you could see becoming big problems in the future. Sometimes it is about a specific event – an affair or abuse – which has caused the relationship to implode. Sometimes it is just that things have gotten bad, and you want to find that love you used to have.

How Can Counselling Help with Marriage?

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At it’s heart, marriage counselling is about connection. It is about coming together to renew and strengthen the bond of love that you both share. This looks different depending on your situation. It always involves the counsellor and counselling participants examining the wider arc of the relationship – what lead to this moment. It also involves a commitment to improving the individual to improve the couple. Finally, it involves communication, giving a framework for each partner to share their feelings, so each person can feel heard and understood. And mostly it’s about change. Change for the better, change for each other – change that is lasting.