Couples counseling can be so beneficial to so many people. The problem is that people often wait to long before asking for help. Often by the time they start thinking about couples counseling, they are often headed for divorce. I think that if people would take advantage of the wonderful services of couples counseling BEFORE they hurt and wound eachother beyond recognition, there would be a lot less divorce.

Men and women really do think and act differently and so many times it is tough to understand why your partner does the things they do. Couples counseling can help you both understand what motivates the other to say and do the things they do. It can also help you both learn to communicate so that the other hears you better and more clearly. So many issues and emotions get wrapped up in a couples’ communication pattern that it is really easy to get stuck and really difficult to get unstuck. Without help, people end up in ruts where they get so frustrated they want to pull out their hair. That is when they start thinking “Why am I doing this?” and that is the first step toward divorce.

So take the time, make the investment in your relationship. Couples counseling is way cheaper than a divorce or alimony or child support and much less truamatic to all involved.

You can even do couples counseling online! It works great on the phone or in the chat room, or even with video (web cam)!

I wrote an email response for ABC’s radio website Todays Best hits about a wife talking with her husband about how she felt about his behavior toward her.
You can check it out at http://www.todaysbesthits.com/thetherapistisin.asp

My webpage is http://www.asktheinternettherapist.com/online_counselor_ag.asp

Carol Agnew, MA, LMFT
Online Counselor

couples counseling, divorce, online therapy