Couples Therapy
A couple’s therapist is often asked to substantiate the arguments of one of the partners, as if the purpose of attending was to confirm the faults of one partner. This is not couples “therapy.” It would not necessarily foster communication but, more likely, resentment on the part of one partner or the other.
The role of the therapist is, instead, to help each partner present their objections or concerns in a manner that the other can hear, whether or not they agree. From there, dialogue and a process can happen, one that will hopefully continue beyond the sessions.
Couples do not always engage in therapy to become closer and happier. Sometimes, one or both individual feels that the relationship is not working for them and that they wish to end it.
Such use of couples therapy is preferred for acting out behaviors, such as an affair, constant arguments, or maintaining a painful distance from one another.
Couples therapy provides an environment where such feelings might be better expressed. It also allows the partner to respond, with the aid and support of the therapist, under what might be a very difficult circumstance.
Couples Therapy
A couple’s therapist is often asked to substantiate the arguments of one of the partners, as if the purpose of attending was to confirm the faults of one partner. This is not couples “therapy.” It would not necessarily foster communication but, more likely, resentment on the part of one partner or the other.
The role of the therapist is, instead, to help each partner present their objections or concerns in a manner that the other can hear, whether or not they agree. From there, dialogue and a process can happen, one that will hopefully continue beyond the sessions.
Couples do not always engage in therapy to become closer and happier. Sometimes, one or both individual feels that the relationship is not working for them and that they wish to end it.
Such use of couples therapy is preferred for acting out behaviors, such as an affair, constant arguments, or maintaining a painful distance from one another.
Couples therapy provides an environment where such feelings might be better expressed. It also allows the partner to respond, with the aid and support of the therapist, under what might be a very difficult circumstance.