Finding the Right Marital Counseling for Your Relationship
A marriage doesn't have to be close to death in order to benefit from marital counseling, in fact this kind of counseling can be beneficial to those in healthy relationships by helping to keep them that way.
With the rise in marriages year after year, and an even higher rise in divorce, marital counseling is so popular that doctors and professionals have figured out multiple ways of delivering the counseling. Not all available options are right for everyone, so it is important to understand the different options that are available, and whether these options would be right for your particular marriage.
Standard Marital Counseling
This method of counseling has been tried and tested over and over again, and is probably the only method that can work for all relationships. Although seeing a marital counselor can be costly, the end result is well worth it. You should be able to determine whether marital counseling will work for you and your relationship within the first few visits and if not, the counselor can offer advice for getting further relationship help.
The choices are wide in most places when it comes to finding a martial counselor, so it's a good idea to make initial appointments with several choices to give yourself and opportunity to ask a lot of questions and find the right therapist for you. Not all therapists are well matched for every client, so keep this in mind and don't get discouraged if your first few choices aren't the right ones for you.
Counseling Online
Marital counseling online is subjective to each individual. Some think it works wonders, while others say it doesn't work at all. It really all depends on your situation and how big your relationship problems really are. If you're getting help late in the game, seeing a standard marital counselor is probably a better choice for you. If problems have just started arising or they're not yet serious enough to think about ending the relationship, online counseling may very well work for you.
If you do decide to use online marital counseling techniques, it's important to know that these programs will not work unless you follow them exactly as prescribed. It will take self discipline and the commitment of your partner in order to make this happen, but it can be well worth the time and work put into it.
Self Help
By establishing marital counseling on your own terms, you have the freedom to decide what will work best for you. Like online counseling, the self help method will take lots of discipline and commitment in addition to the need for research in order for self counseling to be effective.
If you choose the self help method for marital counseling, reading books designed to make it happen is essential. Some suggested reading follows:
The Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide From the County's Foremost Relationship Expert- Paperback, written by John Gottman and Nan Silver.
Hope Focused Marriage Counseling: A Guide to Brief Therapy- Hardcover, written by Everett L. Worthington.
