Opening up your Perspective in Couples Counseling
Many couples comment that they experience a shift in perspective after couples counseling. After learning new ways to communicate and express themselves, there’s a real need to apply these new skills to other life situations. An expansion of sorts begins to occur.
Here’s what one client has to say:
“It was strange, how much counseling was changing my life in general. Not only was my relationship with my girlfriend improving but suddenly my work situation began to change, too. See I couldn’t stand my job. Honestly, I know it was contributing to my relationship issues, because every time I’d go home at the end of the day, I’d feel drained and angry. That’s when Gloria really expected me to be “on” for her and I didn’t have anything left to give!
Couples counseling taught me to be more assertive, to speak my mind more freely. I found myself making more demands at works, ones that would make my work life easier and help me not to feel so drained. At first it wasn’t easy. As a matter of fact, I thought I might get fired. But pretty soon, I thought, “Too bad. My mental health comes first. I’m tired of worrying about this job all the time.”
Couples counseling isn’t a finite process that only helps couples in crisis. The lessons you learn apply to your life in general, whether it be professionally or personally. Ideally, counseling should encourage you to become more accepting of yourself and your needs, more in tune. Once that happens, many areas of your life are bound to improve.
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