Counseling Marriage RelationshipCopyright Steven M. Cohn, PhD Given the importance of your family, counseling marriage relationships is an important job that you don't want to trust to just anyone.
No one has a perfect marriage or relationship. Every person brings her or his own opinions, relationship history, values, and ideas into a marriage, and they don't often match their partner's. These relationship differences don't have to mean that your marriage is steeped in conflict. Much to the contrary, relational differences can be interesting or even exciting. Differences can even help people learn to develop empathy, understanding, respect and acceptance of opposing cultures and viewpoints. But sometimes differences do cause problems. What used to seem unique or quaint about your partner may begin to grate on your nerves after several years of marriage. Sometimes specific issues (affairs, money, decreased sexual interest) can trigger problems in a relationship. At other times, couples experience a gradual disintegration of communication and nurturance. No matter the cause, distress in a relationship can create tension, depression, worry, fear or other problems. At times of high stress you might want to contact a
Relationship Specialist
, a professional therapist who understands
counseling marriage relationship.
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