‘Agreeing to therapy shows that you care’

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This week ( and last) The Guardian is running an excellent feature “Understanding People”. In yesterdays Observer, therapist Andrew G Marshall described what relationship therapy can do for couples on the rocks and what to expect from sessions.
“People often ask me how a couple can tell if they would benefit from relationship therapy; how they can recognise that their problems can no longer be dealt with at home, together. There’s no simple answer, but often we get a sense that things are reaching stalemate.

Perhaps you and your partner are arguing about the stupidest things and these rows quickly escalate into something nasty.

Or your relationship feels stale, and if the two of you were not so busy leading separate lives you feel you would die of boredom. Sometimes there is a big issue – such as money, sex, infidelity, in-laws or children – about which you cannot get your partner to understand your viewpoint.

Beginning any form of counselling is daunting, but in my experience people find it harder to start couple counselling than individual therapy. “Continue reading

Source: The Observer