How Useful is One Session of Counseling?
So, if you cannot make time for or cannot afford regular marriage counseling, you can go for a single-session counseling? Does that even make sense? Is the counselor God to solve your marriage problems in a couple of hours? No. He/she is not God. And he/she won’t solve your problems for you. However, the counselor will help you resolve your conflicts.
A single-session of counseling does help. For starters, it helps break the ice. And the fact that both of you agreed to go for counseling says a lot. It says that you and your spouse are willing to make your marriage work. That’s a great start, right? Let’s look at how exactly the single session helps.
According to Jacqueline Summers, renowned psychologist and relationship counselor, one session intensive counseling will teach you to:
- Rebuild Trust
- Resolve conflicts in a collaborative way
- Heal past hurts and wounds
- Use powerful communication skills
Your willingness, along with the counselor’s experienced advice will definitely help bring a positive change in your mindsets, thereby helping you bring positive changes in your relationship. The first, and in the case of single-session counseling, the main counseling session opens your eyes to the state of your relationship. It helps understand what went wrong in your relationship and how you can improve your relationship.
If your relationship is in really bad state, don’t let it go before trying just one session of counseling; you will be surprised at the results. So, do give it a try before you call it quits.
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