February 22, 2009
Individual Therapy before Marriage Counseling?
A question asked by a reader is so important I’m moving it to a post:
Q: Do you think that both husband and wife should attend therapy individually and then together to save a marriage? If addictions are involved, should that be addressed before marriage counseling starts? Or as part of?
A: No, if you look on http://www.EasyMarriageCounseling.com you’ll find the answers to these questions. You have to address the core beliefs and not behavior nor symptoms. “Same-Old” Marriage Counseling and individual therapy embroil you in the same problems over and over and over again. The problem with most therapy is that people are constantly pushed into dealing with issues they have NO tools to deal with, using the same defenses and reactions over and over again and nothing moves forward. Most therapists, even fairly seasoned marriage therapists, neither have the knowlege nor skills to handle directing a change, and in regular therapy therapists get “co-opted” into the pathology of the client, siding, having emotional reactions, getting “politically swayed” by their own belief system, biases and cultural leanings. EasyMarriageCounseling.com avoids all those issues and handicaps.
-Dr. Max
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