Counseling for Conflict Resolution
A marriage in conflict can be the most stressful situation for the couple, their children, loved ones and family members. Conflict, arguments, fighting, no matter what words you use to describe it, the situation is positively screaming for help.
There are different types of conflict, and long term conflict is vastly different from casual arguments and fights that erupt, are dealt with and dissipate. Long term conflicts tend to be habitual and are as much a result of the desire for a partner to be right as they are for to initiator to be right.
Marital Conflicts and Strategies
Conflict resolution doesn’t always mean the healthy steps taken to avoid or deal positively with conflicts. Conflict resolution is the ways in which a couple settle conflict; that does not mean a healthy resolution, but a successful settlement, in that person’s mind.
Unhealthy settlement of conflicts can include:
Viewing concessions as a loss rather than as a strategy to gain. Any personal concession to the argument is firmly in the loss column. Any gain is in the other’s loss column.
When a person considers any concession in an argument as a personal loss then healthy conflict resolution is already damaged. Such a strategy increases the likelihood of winning a conflict if the partner resolves to accepting loss, but settlement is not resolution.
If you and your partner are experiencing severe, long term conflict, couples counseling can help you find the root causes of this conflict and help you find real conflict resolution strategies.
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