Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. -Henry Ford
Good marriages are the backbone of happy, healthy families. Keeping marriages strong and successfully overcoming challenges can help a family thrive. Marriages are constantly facing challenges today. Whether it’s communication issues, infidelity, parenting, substance abuse, or loss of a family member, marriage counseling has many benefits. Marriage counseling not only helps solve problems, but improves relationships and opens lines of communication. One of the most common complaints from couples is that they don’t feel heard or understood by their partners. A marriage therapist can help couples communicate in such a way that they can understand, accept, and respect each other. They can begin to feel safe by sharing their feelings and thoughts, releasing anger and bitterness, and trusting again. They may get closer than they ever thought possible.
Marriage counseling can also help reduce the possibility of problems escalating and relationships going astray, damaged, or ending in divorce. Research has found that professional counseling improves relationships and the physical and mental health of all family members is significantly improved.
Marriage counseling has many benefits for those who want to build strong, healthy, and happy marriages. Great relationships don’t just happen. There is investment involved, that is, investment of time, effort and sacrifice. Some of the most successful marriages are those that have been through some of the toughest times and have committed to working through it together. Persistence and commitment to the process lead to success in marriage counseling.
Getting help to improve or save a marriage is one of the wisest and most loving things a couple can do for their own well-being, their children and families, and their future. No marriage needs to suffer the pressures of unresolved issues that lead to even bigger problems. Help is available and it can make a difference for life!
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It’s threads, hundreds of tiny threads that bind people together over the years. -Simone Signoret