Laughing Through Marriage Counseling
The hard work and dedication involved in saving your marriage through marriage counseling is an often talked about subject, but less attention is paid to the humorous side of counseling, which is just as important an ingredient. As any couple will tell you, the ability to laugh together can transform a moment into something shared.
As people, we know the power of laughter and we know how good it feels to just let loose and laugh, especially when we’re feeling down and out. Laughter itself is deeply therapeutic and its benefits are taken advantage of in counseling. The ability of a couple to can laugh together, even amidst an argument, shows that they still have a connection and stand a much better chance of succeeding in the long run.
Chris had this to say about an incident during marriage counseling:
Edie and I have had always laughed a lot together. We have similar senses of humor and she is very funny, especially when she isn‘t monitoring what she‘s saying. Actually, she‘s the funniest when it‘s not planned. For the past few years, we had just stopped laughing together. Something that would have made us laugh before, we stopped laughing at. Almost like it was a gift that we refused to give ourselves out of resentment. But one day in counseling, she just started talking and every single thing she said had a double entendre but she didn‘t realize it. After a few minutes, even the counselor‘s lips were starting to twitch. Once Edie caught on to what she was saying, we all just burst out laughing, and it was the best we‘ve felt in years.
Shared laughter is often enough to dislodge hurt and pain and help the couple move on to deeper examination of their issues
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