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Relationship & Couples Counseling
Most of the time couples
therapy involves two people who are married to each other seeking counseling
to save or improve their marriage. However, this category of counseling
also includes dating couples and engaged couples. On occasion, two people
seek "couples therapy" for other relationships such as co-workers or
roommates. Couples therapy is, therefore, appropriate for any two people
who agree to seek counseling to improve their relationship.
Couples therapy usually
involves working on issues such as communication skills, interpersonal
space, sexual issues, money, jealousy, infidelity, addictions of one of the
members of the couple, anger, and any other intimacy issue.
Couples therapy on a rare
occasion can involve only one or two sessions but, typically, it lasts
several months. The length of the therapy depends on the couple, the
problems, their motivation to work on the therapy, and the goals that they
have for their relationship. The couple and the therapist usually determine
when the therapy is completed. It is important for the couple to know,
however, that they may stop therapy whenever they choose.
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