When your marriage starts to fail, you might decide that you want to try marriage counseling to get things back on track. The truth of the matter is that marriage counseling won’t work for everyone. There are some basic points that might point to marriage counseling being a viable option in your case.
In order for marriage counseling to work, both parties have to be mature, calm and commitment-oriented. They must be flexible and willing to work on the marriage. As the marriage counseling progresses, both people must be willing to make changes based on a plan of action. They also have to be willing to follow through with the plan of action.
Basic intelligence, or the ability to learn new things, is another marker that can indicate that marriage counseling will work. Anyone who is going through marriage counseling has to be willing and able to listen to and do what the marriage counselor says or they risk a final breakdown of the marriage.
Empathy, honesty and humility are the other markers that show marriage counseling might be a good fit. Each person has to think about how it feels to be the other person. They both have to be honest at all times and they have to be humble. Being humble means being able to let go of the “wrongs” done against you so that you can move forward.
There are some cases in which marriage counseling won’t work. In those cases, it is vital for you to understand the divorce process and divorce concepts that affect your case. Once you understand those points, you are more likely to be able to ensure your interests are protected.
Source: Huffington Post, “10 Ways To Predict If Couples Counseling Will Save Your Marriage,” Becky Whetstone, Ph.D., May. 06, 2015
