February 2012 Moms

Marriage counseling

Has anyone done it?  Has it worked?  DH has agreed, but has made it clear already that it "Never works."  



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Re: Marriage counseling

  • DH wouldn't go so I'm going on my own...it is becoming clear in my sessions that individual counseling isn't going to be enough though so I'm working on getting him on board. And it does work - maybe not for everyone but it does work! I know a few coupl
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  • We went.  So my experience was, DH agreed with everything in the actual sessions. When it came time to implement the things we discussed at home, he totally failed.  In our situation this was OK, I more needed him to be aware of the things he

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  • DH also wouldn't go so I'm going on my own right now.  It has really helped me because I can get things off my chest and I have someone unrelated to bounce things off of.  My counselor has come up with a plan to get DH to come to a few sessions
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  • Thanks guys... I'm really scared.  I tried counseling on my own before... but it was the wrong fit, so I'm definitely nervous that if the first counselor we find isn't the right fit, I'll never get H to go again.  I know I'm not perfect in th

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  • The only couple's experience I have is with our Pastor a few months ago.  I did most of the talking and H just got frustrated because he wasn't understand what the Pastor was asking him to do.  I ended up shutting down because H got so defens

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  • Pretty much our sessions were the counselor would ask "how are things going" and I would start crying.  Things were just that bad.  So we would start with the biggest issues that were current and work our way from there.  We always left eac
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  • Thank you so much for sharing your experiences.... I know I personally need to make the commitment to continuing to work on this.  I'm just so burnt out from being so hurt that I don't even feel like wanting to try, which is really scary.  I'm n
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  • We haven't had counseling, but I'm a believer in therapy even if there are not issues. My DH just isn't that type of guy. He comes from a family that is expert at bottling things up (strong, stiff-upper-lip sorts). What I have found is that I've learne

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  • Insurance approved it!  yay!  they had an app't for either wednesday afternoon or monday morning... so, why wait, huh?  i picked 9 am Monday morning..... scary, but necessary. 

    Thank you guys!
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  • Good luck! I hope it is a positive experience for you guys. 

    ETA: spelling. My keyboard doesn't like to type "r" or "t" and it is frustrating as phuque! 

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