How can the person you’ve built a life with be so annoying? Being in a couple can be exciting, fulfilling and annoying. If only the jerk would listen.
Yes, couple counseling can be very helpful, but don’t wait too late. The most important aspect of being a couple is being able to resolve issues. All the other reasons to split up–money, sex, kids, religion, in-law troubles and housework disagreements–need clear and open communication. Counseling can help with this. You’ll learn how to listen to one another and that’s a big, big thing.
Don’t wait, though, until things get really bad. Many couples come in for therapy when one partner already has his or her foot out the door. Invariably, this unhappy partner reports having repeatedly talked about the issues. Not being heard by their mates leads love to wander. People feel most cared for when they are heard. You don’t always have to agree. This is unlikely to happen and isn’t a reasonable expectation. Conflict happens and couples who know how to hear one another are most likely to make it through the relationship storms.
Couple counseling gives you a perfect place to seriously address the issues that have been there for a long time, but let’s don’t make it too long. Love can die and that hurts.
Let us help.