How Couples Therapy Can Help Save Your Marriage
Did you know that up to 50% of marriages end in divorce in the US? Often, these marriages are salvageable, but the hesitance among couples to go for marriage counseling can result in the termination of these relationships.
Research has shown that couples counseling has positive long-term effects on marriages and romantic relationships. Here’s how couples therapy can help save your marriage.
It Improves Your Communication Skills
One of the biggest reasons marriages falter is the lack of communication between spouses. This may happen to newlyweds as well as couples who’ve been married for a long time. If the two of you aren’t communicating effectively with each other, then there’s greater room for misunderstandings in your relationship.
Through couples therapy, you get to explore and learn new styles of communication. This helps in improving your current communication style and gives both spouses the chance to understand each other’s communicating preferences. Once you’re able to grasp this, you’ll both be on the same page and will know when, how, and how often you need to communicate for your marriage to work.
It Strengthens Your Bond
We all dread becoming one of those old married couples who no longer experience new things or enjoy each other’s company the way they used to. Once the honeymoon phase is over (which may last from a few months to a few years), couples often find that their marriage has hit a bit of a “slump”. Monotonous routines, additional responsibilities, and lack of intimacy can often leave you feeling tired, discontent, and unhappy. This takes a toll on your bond with your spouse.
Couples therapy can help you rediscover elements of your marriage that you’ve been neglecting. It helps couples reignite the spark of their marriage and discover new ways to make the relationship interesting and exciting as it previously used to be. It also gives couples a chance to get to know their spouse all over again and rediscover interests, habits, and preferences. This helps in strengthening their bond and restoring intimacy.
It Helps You Move Past A Conflict
Have you and your spouse hit a wall that you just cannot seem to get over? Maybe you had a huge fight about a particular subject, and things just haven’t been the same ever since. Or perhaps there was infidelity involved that resulted in you feeling hurt, angry, betrayed, and bitter (and rightly so). Whatever the case may be, getting past a certain conflict can be extremely challenging. In fact, it’s often the turning point in marriages and we don’t mean it in a good way.
So, how can you prevent things from going sour? Through couples therapy! Couples counseling helps spouses address and overcome the unresolved issues and conflicts they haven’t been able to move past on their own. It gives both spouses the chance to really let their feelings out, and with the assistance of a trained therapist, work through these feelings together. This is pivotal in saving a faltering marriage.
At Comprehensive Counseling Services, LLC, we offer a range of counseling services. These include couples therapy Winder, family violence intervention, domestic abuse help, and Anger Management Winder.
Learn more about our services in Winder here.
