What suggestions do couples get in marriage counseling?

[DavidAlbert]

There are certain things that a counselor asks couples to do in a marriage counseling session. A few suggestions a counselor gives couples include:

• Give your partner space
• Don't assume you know what is going on with your partner.
• Take time to affirm with your partner.
• Get to know your partner on a deeper level.
• Make a list of your disagreements.
• Work on yourself.
• Stop criticizing and express concerns effectively.

If you follow these instructions properly and regularly, hopefully, your relationship will take a u-turn, and you will end up living a happy married life.

 

[for_his_glory]

Hi DavidAlbert and welcome to CF

For a good marriage to work one should study 2 Corinthians 6:14 be ye not unequally yoked together with non-believers for what fellowship hath righteous with unrighteous, and what communion has light with darkness. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ then you need to choose a mate that also believes in the faith of Christ. In some marriages people do not enter into a relationship with Christ being the center of it, but maybe one of them come to know the Lord and the other one refuses to have that personal relationship with Christ then we go back to what 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 says. If the unbelieving partner leaves the believing partner then this frees the believing partner from the bondage of the vows of marriage and they are free to marry again.

Before ever getting married take time to really know each other and establish a friendship that consist of trust and belief in each other. Allow Christ to be the center of your friendship and this will allow you to begin a marriage that is totally Christ centered. Always resolve your problems with the Holy Ghost guidance through the word and you will always have a good marriage. Always be opened and honest with each other for this builds trust in the relationship, but if that trust is broken there is no relationship. Love each other unconditionally as Christ loves us and forgives us our faults. As long as we live in this flesh we will sin at times, but when you acknowledge those sins and ask for forgiveness God will always forgive us. Always be ready to forgive each other seventy times seven, Matthew 22:21,22, and not only forgive, but forget the sin as God remembers our sins no more when we repent of them. The outside appearance will always change and beauty may fade, but it is the heart of the person we are to love and the heart will never change as long as the love of Christ dwells within it.​

 

[Christ_empowered]

Statistically marriage counseling is a massive waste. True of most counseling and talk therapy in general.

 

[Who Me]

Far better to spend time on a marriage preparation course while a couple are thi king about getting married.
It is far easier to start right, than to try and alter something that was there before the marriage and wasn't dealt with prior to marriage.