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		<title>Marriage, Depression and Counseling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marriage counseling teaches couples how to better communicate with one another but even using the techniques of a trained counselor can fall flat when compounded by the difficulties of untreated depression.
Depression in Marriage
Depression is a major source of divorce, simply because its signs, symptoms and reactions so closely mimic unhappiness, anger and resentment in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counselors/marriage-depression-and-counseling/</link>
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		<title>Anxiety Affecting Your Marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Relationships and marriages can be difficult even during the good years, so the additional stress put on a relationship where one of the partners suffers from Anxiety or depression can have disastrous effects on marriage.  If the couple doesn’t seek help both together and on individual levels, the underlying problems in the relationship as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/therapy/anxiety-affecting-your-marriage/</link>
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		<title>Competitive Marriages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Competition has long been said to bring out the best in each of us, getting us to try harder, be better and do more in order to compete and win.  In relationships, however, competition often brings out a side of each of us that is just not conducive to a kind, healthy and understanding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counseling/competitive-marriages/</link>
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		<title>Couples Counselor Communicates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Couples therapy is a source of help for couples who find themselves unable to move forward in their relationship in a healthy way.  Finding the right couples counselor can be a source of anxiety, however, at a time when anxiety is already at a premium.
Davy and I have been together three years.  Though [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/couples-counselor-communicates/</link>
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		<title>Techniques In Marriage Counseling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many different techniques that marriage counselors use to help their clients manage their relationship, improve their communication and re-learn better ways of connecting to one another.  Two of the most useful marriage counseling techniques also work together, much as a couple needs to, in order to help a couple move past their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counselors/techniques-in-marriage-counseling/</link>
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		<title>Your Marriage And Your Fantasy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many marriages relish the extra spice added by the occasional fantasy or fantasy role play opportunity, and it is common for a person to fantasize about another person even when having sexual contact with their very real partner.  Marriage counselors talk to couples about such things all the time, but there are instances when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counselors/your-marriage-and-your-fantasy/</link>
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		<title>Marriage Counseling High Risk Groups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people talk about warning signs that can point to possible future issues.  There are warning signs for addictive behavior, mental health problems, physical health problems and more.  The warning signs are not clear cut signs that absolutely point towards an issue or problem.  They are, quite simply, possible risks that increase [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counseling/marriage-counseling-high-risk-groups/</link>
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		<title>Couples Counseling and Cohabitating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Couples counseling is often used as a phrase to replace the term marriage counseling because not every couple is married.  The truth is not every committed couple can legally be married, and not every committed couple chooses to ever marry.
Cohabitation is essentially a couple who lives together, with the intent of living together permanently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/couples-counseling-and-cohabitating/</link>
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		<title>Counseling Takes: The Story of Sandy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sandy had been married for 26 years.  She had been young when they met, a great beauty, with most women fading into the background whenever she was present.  Smart, witty and talented, she was a commanding presence.  She met her husband when she was young, he older with grown children from a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/counseling-takes-the-story-of-sandy/</link>
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		<title>Counseling Help for Infidelity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Infidelity is one of the most difficult issues for a couple to deal with head on and then overcome in a healthy way.  Affairs are damaging to a couple on just about every level.  Emotional dependence, long term trust issues and insecurity and resentment can become overwhelming even long after a couple decide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/counseling-help-for-infidelity/</link>
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		<title>Counseling Breaks Down Reactive Patterns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each of us has certain patterns that have developed in our relationships, commonly played out scenarios that seem to repeat themselves with a life of their own.  Marriage counseling is often called upon to help couples break unhealthy patterns.
David always does that.  When he doesn’t want to do something, he completely ignores it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/counseling-breaks-down-reactive-patterns/</link>
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		<title>Emotional Support In Relationships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Couples counseling deals with many different kinds of relationships and the intricate patterns of communication, love and inter-dependence that couples share. One of the most fascinating aspects of emotional interdependence is the ways in which emotional support types can vary.
Emotional Support
When beginning couples counseling, many couples are confused about the difference between emotional support and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/emotional-support-in-relationships/</link>
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		<title>Professional Marriage and Family Therapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many ongoing research that look into the effectiveness of marriage counseling and family therapy.  The benefits of therapy, while difficult to measure in a traditional sense, clearly show the benefits of counseling and therapy in helping families learn to better relate and communicate.
Marriage and family therapy cover a large range of mental [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counselors/professional-marriage-and-family-therapy/</link>
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		<title>eTherapy Brings Counseling to You!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online therapy, also sometimes eTherapy or even Email therapy, is yet another forum through which trained and certified counselors and therapists can reach out to patients and help them in an increasingly busy, but well connected world.
See Your eTherapist with Webcams
With online therapy or eTherapy, you will be able to see your therapist, literally, if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counseling/etherapy-brings-counseling-to-you/</link>
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		<title>Family Counselor Steps In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sal and Barb had been married for 22 years.  They were both calm individuals and kept their own personal dramas to a minimum.  They had a lot of interests in common, including hiking, which contributed to a better than average communication line between the two of them.  In short, they were well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/family-counseling/family-counselor-steps-in/</link>
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		<title>One Session Marriage Counseling Benefits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Financial concerns have put many couples over the edge, but help can be found in the form of one-session marriage counseling.  When you attend a one-meeting marriage counseling session, you are able to achieve real benefits and techniques to improve your relationship without putting you into medical debt.
A one-meeting marriage counseling session will help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counselors/one-session-marriage-counseling-benefits/</link>
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		<title>Older Marriage, Older Solutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For older individuals seeking out marriage therapy, there are often emotional and mental barriers that need to be addressed before real therapy for their couples issue can begin. Older patients who enter into marriage therapy often do so after many years of unhappy relationships.  They are often stuck in decades-old habits of faulty communication [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counseling/older-marriage-older-solutions/</link>
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		<title>Busy Marriages are Lasting Marriages!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boredom is one of the silent killers in even those marriages that start off strong and motivated.  Over the years, boredom is a small but growing voice suggesting that you turn to something or someone else in order to create that exciting rush of chemicals and adrenaline.  Boredom, however, is also the work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counseling/busy-marriages-are-lasting-marriages/</link>
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		<title>Pre-Marital Counseling Makes a Difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jill and Jared has a problem in their relationship and the were not willing to go through to the next step, marriage, unless they could get to the core of he issue.  After much discussion, they came to the conclusion that they did love each other, they wanted to be with one another, they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counselors/pre-marital-counseling-makes-a-difference/</link>
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		<title>Couples Counseling for Your Happiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traditional couples counseling is often the best resource for troubled relationships, but you may be surprised to find out just how many couples are reluctant to take that step.  Be it from a hesitancy to air out their issues in front of someone unfamiliar or from a refusal to admit that the relationship is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/couples-counseling-for-your-happiness/</link>
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		<title>Counseling at the Right Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the many roles of a marriage counselor is that of a guide and supporter.  When Debby and Charlie first came to marriage counseling they admitted that, though new to this counselor, they had in fact been to counseling a few years prior for mostly the same issues.  They had chosen to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/counseling-at-the-right-time/</link>
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		<title>Woods&#8217; Marriage Counseling Takes Center Stage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When your partner is unfaithful it may seem that there is little love or trust left in your marriage.  Marriage Therapy can help you and your partner reestablish those bonds of trust and love again even when it seems like hope is lost.
Infidelity Hurts
Infidelity is a problem that has affected marriages and relationships throughout [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counselors/woods-marriage-counseling-takes-center-stage/</link>
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		<title>Couples Counseling and Communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Couples counseling helps you and your partner learn and develop skills that you may have forgotten you even had, such as the ability to truly listen to your partner.  One of the most common complaints when a couple comes into counseling is that their partner never listens to them anymore.  Interestingly, almost always, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/couples-counseling-and-communication/</link>
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		<title>Counselors, Therapists and Methods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Counselors and Therapists are individual people and, as such, have their own individual preferences for certain therapy types.  It should be noted that there is no one certain therapy type that is better than all the others nor is there one at the bottom of the pack.  Different therapies work best for certain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/counseling/counselors-therapists-and-methods/</link>
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		<title>Marriage Advice from the Masses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marriage advice can come from many different sources.  From friends, family and work associates, sometimes it seems like you can’t turn your head without being offered marriage advice.  Of course, advice from these sources is generally dependent upon the advisor’s one source of information, you!
Most people who are going to give you advice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counseling/marriage-advice-from-the-masses/</link>
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		<title>Working Your Marriage Skills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apologizing to your partner can help you mend some of the hurts in your relationship and start again the right way.  An apology in and of itself isn’t going to be enough, however, if both you and your partner are at fault.  Just one person saying sorry doesn’t help if both people had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counseling/working-your-marriage-skills/</link>
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		<title>Apologize and Begin Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the lessons that marriage counseling teaches and guides clients through is finding the strength to say “I’m sorry” and mean it.  It really isn’t easy to say you’re sorry, especially when you truly mean it.  The entire point of apologizing to someone is to admit that you were wrong, that you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/relationship-counseling/apologize-and-begin-again/</link>
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		<title>Healthy Marriage Healthy Body Image</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Married couples often come to marriage counseling when their relationship is already tired and out of shape, left on it’s own to develop unhealthy communication and response habits.  You see, a marriage is almost a thing of its own accord, separate from each individual because it is made up of a combination of both. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counselors/healthy-marriage-healthy-body-image/</link>
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		<title>Therapy for the Overwhelmed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More and more individuals are seeking individual therapy to help deal with the stress of taking care of aging loved ones, especially parents.  In fact, it is increasingly common to see middle generation families taking care of themselves, their parents and their own children all at the same time while simultaneously working on their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/therapy/therapy-for-the-overwhelmed/</link>
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		<title>A Relationship in Stress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are different signs that become more obvious when a couple is in dire need of marriage counseling. The arguments may increase dramatically or, in some severe cases, stop altogether in an icy silence.  Resentment and anger may have led to eventual emotional distance, which in turn resulted in the couple leading completely separate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://themarriagecounselingblog.com/marriage-counselors/a-relationship-in-stress/</link>
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