I need marriage counseling. How much is it?

Usually marriage counseling can run around $100 an hour. You can sometimes go to churches for free or you could even go to some colleges, with counseling departments maned by graduate students, for free as well.

Counseling residents charge less, about a third to a half less.

Some counseling agencies have a sliding scale so you can ask about that.

If you want experience you will usually have to pay for it. In most cases you do get what you pay for, but some students and residents are good.

Enter your city in google or yahoo business search and start calling places to ask questions.

Good luck and congratulations for caring enough about your marriage to take action!

For an inexpensive alternative to get an idea of what kind of counseling you might need you can take a marriage inventory at the website below…if you do, take the inventory to the counseling session when you go, it will help the counselor.

Many insurance plans (and companies) cover and/or offer counseling. There are also different churches that offer marriage counseling for a minimal price, some for free with a “donation” to the church. Look online for any that is offered in your area.

Your Marriage Can Be Saved!

The Bible abounds with practical counsel that can benefit husbands and wives. This is hardly surprising, for the One who inspired the Bible is also the Originator of the marriage arrangement.

THE Bible paints a realistic picture of marriage. It acknowledges that a husband and wife will have “tribulation” or, as the New English Bible renders it, “pain and grief.” (1 Corinthians 7:28) Yet, the Bible also says that marriage can and should produce joy, even ecstasy. (Proverbs 5:18, 19) These two thoughts are not contradictory. They merely show that despite serious problems, a couple can attain a close and loving relationship.

Is that lacking in your marriage? Has pain and disappointment overshadowed the intimacy and joy that once characterized your relationship? Even if your marriage has been in a loveless state for many years, what was lost can be found. Of course, you have to be realistic. No imperfect man and woman are able to achieve a perfect marriage. Nevertheless, there are steps that you can take to reverse negative trends.

While reading the following material, try to identify which points particularly apply to your marriage. Instead of focusing on the shortcomings of your mate, select a few suggestions that you can put into practice, and apply the Scriptural counsel. You may find that there is more hope for your marriage than you realized.

Let us first discuss attitude because your view of commitment and your feelings toward your spouse are of utmost importance.

Your View of Commitment

A long-term view is essential if you are going to work on your marriage. After all, the marital arrangement was designed by God to link two humans inseparably. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4, 5) Hence, your relationship with your spouse is not like a job that you can quit or an apartment that you can escape from by simply breaking the lease and moving out. Rather, when getting married you made a solemn promise to stick with your mate, come what may. A deep sense of commitment conforms to what Jesus Christ stated nearly 2,000 years ago: “What God has yoked together let no man put apart.”—Matthew 19:6.

Some might say, ‘Well, we’re still together. Isn’t this proof that we have a sense of commitment?’ Perhaps. However, as noted at the outset of this series, some couples who stay together are stuck in stagnant waters, trapped in a loveless marriage. Your goal is to make your marriage enjoyable, not just endurable. Commitment should reflect loyalty not only to the institution of marriage but also to the person whom you have vowed to love and cherish.—Ephesians 5:33.

The things you say to your mate can reveal just how deep your commitment is. For example, in the heat of an argument, some husbands and wives make rash statements such as “I’m leaving you!” or “I’m going to find someone who appreciates me!” Even if such comments are not meant literally, they undermine commitment by implying that the door is always open and that the speaker is ever poised and ready to walk through it.

To restore love in your marriage, eliminate such threats from your conversations. After all, would you decorate an apartment if you knew that any day you might be moving out of it? Why, then, expect your mate to work on a marriage that may not last? Determine that you will try earnestly to work toward solutions.

This is what one wife did after going through a turbulent period with her husband. “As much as I disliked him at times, I didn’t think about getting out of the relationship,” she says. “Whatever was broken, we were going to fix it somehow. And now, after two very rocky years, I can honestly say that we are quite happy together again.”

Yes, commitment means teamwork—not just coexisting but working toward a common goal. However, you may feel that at this point it is only a sense of duty that is keeping your marriage together. If this is so, do not despair. It may be that love can be recaptured. How?

Honoring Your Spouse

The Bible states: “Let marriage be honorable among all.” (Hebrews 13:4; Romans 12:10) Forms of the Greek word here translated “honorable” are rendered elsewhere in the Bible as “dear,” “esteemed,” and “precious.” When we highly value something, we make painstaking efforts to care for it. Perhaps you have noted that to be true of a man who owns an expensive new car. He keeps his precious car shining and in good repair. To him even a minor scratch is a major catastrophe! Other people take similar care of their health. Why? Because they value their well-being, and so they want to safeguard it.

Show the same protective care for your marriage. The Bible says that love “hopes all things.” (1 Corinthians 13:7) Instead of giving in to defeatist thinking—perhaps writing off the potential for improvement by saying, “We were never really in love,” “We married too young,” or “We didn’t know what we were doing”—why not hope for better things and work toward improvement, wait

U get what U pay for generally. Some free counseling is good, and some is not so good. If U R wanting to save money then start with free church counseling or even an older wiser person who has the time to spend with U. I started out by going to community mental health services because they did a sliding fee that adjusted to our income That way I felt like I was getting true professional advise. Here is am example of their fee scale. They normally charged $100.00 per session (roughly 50 minutes) and we ended up paying $46.00 per session. Then when I got a part time job that bumped us up to $58.00 a session.
When I went to a different place (only because the counselor I was seeing got a different job in another city) I had to pay $85.00 per hour.
I have paid as high as $150.00 per hour which I think is highway robbery. Only went there one time. Am now seeing a gal for $60.00 per session, and I like her very much, as she is very professional — she keeps me on track and odes not let me ramble in my talking, which is good sign of a professional therapist Her fee is half of what she normally charges. I am very lucky she is giving me a price break, as she has her own practice. She does not have to do this for me. She trusted me when I told her our annul income, but most places want some sort of proof of income (paycheck stub or tax return) I hope this helps U. As U can see there is a tremendous fluctuation in prices — so do not let someone over charge you. I would start at a government supported clinic or community mental health place. But if U do not like your therapist move on to another one. U should feel very comfortable with this person — man or woman — doesn’t matter. They should ask U a lot of questions — not just listen to your side of the story, even though listening is very important too — the counselor’s job is to draw U out and help U help yourself. I hope this makes sense, and we all wish U the best.