Your life partner may be the one whom you will live with for the longest period of your life. In this long term relationship, it is inevitable that there will be bumps and hiccups with your significant other along the way. If you are experiencing some tension in your relationship, or are preparing to step into a new phase of life, you will definitely benefit to have some guidance from a professional counsellor to resolve or manage these new challenges that you will be going through with your partner.
What is Couple or Marriage Counselling?
Some people think that couple / marriage counselling is only reserved for those who are having relationship problems. In fact, all couples, even when they are having good relationships between themselves, deserve to have some professional consultation especially when they are preparing to go through significant changes in their lives together, like getting married, deciding to adopt a child, migrating to another country or planning for early retirement, etc. During calmer times, couples can benefit from taking a “relationship health check” of their couplehood to see if there are any hidden issues or to take this opportunity to strengthen their bond and increase intimacy to ward off dangerous pitfalls. During turbulent times such as going through an inevitable divorce or when both parties have different opinions on matters relating to children, a professional counsellor may act as a mediator to facilitate calmer negotiations.
Here are some typical issues that marriage counseling can help you and your life partner to cope with:
- Infidelity
- Difficulties with In-Laws
- Disagreements on children’s matters
- Difference of opinions regarding finances
- Communication problems
- Sexual difficulties
- Different values and life goals etc
How does marriage counseling work?
You can meet your counsellor alone or together with your partner. In the first session, your counsellor will gather some background information about your couplehood and formulate the direction and plans for future meetings. Subsequent sessions will dig deeper into your self-hood to find ways of helping you work towards strengthening your ability and relationship to manage your goals.
Soul Glad provides online counselling service. Our counselling sessions may be conducted online or face to face at any time, any where. Soul Glad’s counsellors have many years of counselling experience. Our counselling team provides counseling in 7 different languages (English, Cantonese, Mandarin, German, Danish, Hokkien and Burmese). Please feel free to contact us any time. We are here to help you. Soul Glad: https://soul-glad.com
Sources: Soul Glad counsellor
