Young Marriages and Couples Couseling
Young couples often have particular problems associated with their partnership for many reasons. Many young couples are experiencing issues for the first time. When couples have experienced problems repeatedly with their current partner or previous partners, they have some knowledge base on which to draw, some seasoned familiarity. Couples counseling is often ideal for young, new couples because counseling will offer guideposts in the art of communication and other interpersonal dynamics that may be new to them.
Caroline and Liam are a young couple on their 9th month of marriage counseling. Caroline, 20 and Liam, 24 were married a year ago and began experiencing problems almost instantly. As a matter of fact, their first fight was at their wedding, during what they call “the cake incident.” The wedding cake, that is usually lovingly either fed or gently mashed on the partner’s face, turned into an unrivaled cake fighting match, where the two had to be separated by family members. Of course, this cast a certain pallor over the rest of the wedding.
The couple, while competitive and argumentative, were willing and open to repair their marriage if possible. Both wanted the marriage to work out, no matter the work….and work they did.
The couples counselor found this case particularly difficult because of the tense and toxic dynamic between the two but slowly made headway by teaching the young couple healthier ways to communicate their feelings and how to handle their responses when triggered. Both were even taught meditation techniques as a form of relaxation, since they were known by their families as “hotheads.”
The couple now practice meditation together and really value the time. As Ian put it, “Its a lot tougher to want to kill her after we’ve been meditating.” And they plan on continuing with their counseling for quite some time.
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Self mediation is a great suggestion. Being able to recenter and bring yourself back down to a more reasonable state of mind is key is resolving conflict. I am glad they find this is working for them.