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Couple's therapy -- When should you seek assistance from a couple's therapist?

If you want your relationship to grow and thrive, then my advice is to have ongoing support to help you work through some of the more challenging issues in your relationship....the places where you are stuck.

I mentioned before in one of my blogs about making sure to seek couples therapy, not just when you are in crisis, but well before that time.   It is inevitable that all couples will experience difficult challenges at various points in their relationship.  Some of these challenges you will be able to work through on your own and other challenges will prove more formidable and will require some professional assistance.

What I do know is that if a couple waits too long, it is sometimes too late to repair because often one of the partners doesn’t have the energy or desire to work toward rebuilding the relationship. 

Relationships work on us, before we even know it.  There is an organic shift that occurs in relationships all the time.  Individuals in a relationship inherently want to be themselves and at the same time, want to be intimately connected to their partner.  This sounds simple, but it’s not.  There are numerous roadblocks to achieving this and it can be bewildering and frustrating. 

Again, for people who desire to be in a committed relationship, I highly recommend seeking assistance when you notice you are unable to resolve a problem(s) on your own.  If you keep having the same fight that goes round and round and you are experiencing being stuck in this pattern, seek some help. 

Stay open.  Be curious.

 

 

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