The Marriage Counseling Blog

The ways in which we communicate with our partner is one of the ways in which we define our relationship. There are a myriad of ways we communicate with people every day, whether its through our body language or through our words and it affects how we interact.

While communication is one of the major subjects of marriage counseling in general, many times it goes unmentioned that the lack of communication is also a form of communication itself. People aren’t kidding when they talk about the “weight of the silence,” or the even the common phrase “silence is golden.” Both of those things are true and relevant, depending on the situation.

For couples who have been living in a relationship of silence, that silence begins to take on a world of meaning. Every missed chance for simple support or laughter in response to a well-timed quip begins to take on a life of its own until finally, that silence is the same as yelling “I just don’t care about you anymore. You aren’t worthy enough to talk to.”

On the other hand, in a relationship where one person is doing all the talking and the other is constantly listening, listening and eventually tuning out, then silence could very well be a welcome relief from the constant chatter.

Silence is actually a powerful and sometimes detrimental form of communication and, as with other forms, another touch point for healing in marriage counseling.

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