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We all dream of "Happily Ever After," but with a divorce rate over 50% in the United States, is there truly hope? Many couples are turning to premarital counseling to iron out the basics before walking down the aisle.

For couples who are married, the implication of substance abuse can lead to adverse marital outcomes. The use of a two-prong approach to therapy is important.

For couples who are considering marriage, couples counseling may provide information to encourage a more successful relationship

This guide explains to the average couple what to expect in marriage therapy, how it can benefit their relationship, and what marriage therapy is not. It explains that any couple can benefit from such counseling and what benefits they should expect.

With divorce rates statistically high in the United States, many couples are turning to pre-marital counseling. This is an overview of the "business model" method many premarital counseling programs are considering

Some people believe that marriage counseling is only for couples that are in trouble. In reality, a marriage counselor can be beneficial to any couple - regardless of problems - and will help strengthen your bond.

Relationship advice columnist Zuri helps a man move past the indecision that keeps him from ending his marriage and moving out.

For couples who are considering marriage, there are a variety of pre-marital counseling topics that can be considered, including those that teach the couple to "fight fair".

Couples therapy, marriage counseling; clearly there are options for people who are experiencing problems in their relationships. What if there was something that could be done before the troubles arise?

Divorce in the United States seems to be inevitable. The divorce rate currently stands slightly above 50%, causing a million new children each year to be affected by a broken home. My research involves the negative effects divorce has on children.

Premarital counseling is not the same as post-marital therapy. Premarital is educational and preventive while post marital is reparative.

This is an overview of the growing trend involving a change in counseling services involving cohabitating couples who do not seek to marry.

Marriage counseling can be very expensive, but if it saves your marriage, it is worth it.

No one ever wants to admit that they may be in need of Christian marriage counseling. Admitting you need help is always hard. It means there is a flaw within your marriage or relationship, and exposing your pain and emotions make you vulnerable. But it should empower you.

Pre-marriage counseling is designed to prepare couples for an impending marriage. Since this type of help is not required to get married, some couples skip the step all together. How important is Pre-marriage counseling to a couple?.

For couples who are engaging in a second, third or even fourth marriage, it is important to consider couples therapy.

When one spouse has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, it may be necessary to pursue couples therapy to aide the other spouse in assuming new roles and responsibilities

For military personnel, it is quite common to experience PTSD. When the spouse of the serviceman or servicewoman also experiences PTSD, there is a need for intertrauma couples therapy.

This articles discusses what couples can expect from premarital counseling and why it is an important investment in their future.

For couples who are working through the dynamics of a progressive or chronic illness, sexual intimacy can be compromised. Couples therapy provides for some degree of improvement.

Too many people don't take marriage seriously anymore. It seems that many take the easy way out instead of working through their problems.

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For couples who desire a unique approach to therapy, try guided or unguided imagery

This article shares the feelings of someone who is hearing impaired and how counseling and other avenues can assist them in this time of change.

Are you planning to get married? Do you live in Ohio? Here is all the information you will need to get your marriage license in the state of Ohio.

Strengthen your marriage, your communication skills, and your intimacy with a Marriage Encounter weekend.

Infidelity in a marriage is usually devastating to the other partner. The cornerstone of marriage, which is trust, is destroyed upon the discovery of an affair.

Marriage separation can be formal or informal, depending if the parties can resolve their differences. A court has the power to resolve any & all issues of separation. Sometimes a couple may remain legally separated for financial or religious reasons.

Moving through the stages of grief can often lead to depression. Read about how grief counseling helped our family.

Marriage was a mystery that Dr. McKenney experienced first hands. Her parents had started as a team and gone their separate ways when she was a teenager. They had stayed married in name only.

A Series of Articles on the Marriage Issue Coast to Coast.

About a year ago, Associated Content writer Dmitri took a comical stab at "10 Wedding Day Signs That Your Marriage May Be in Trouble." Here are my top 10 reasons a marriage may be in trouble.

Getting a Tennessee marriage license is simple, but a lot of couples do not know that there is a way to save $60 on the cost of the license.

Marriage is an "interpersonal relationship" and defines as "a state of being united as husband and wife in a consensual and contractual relationship" recognized by law.

This article is about how to deal with your partner's refusal to do marriage counseling.

Arguments have been made for and against the government allowing homosexual couples to marry. Some have called for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman. While I agree the government should not provide homosexual marriages...

Communication is a key part of marriage. Here are five tips on keeping and maintaining communication.

Money, sex, and communication are frequently cited as the most common reasons for a marriage failure.

Today, the emphasis is on having a beautiful and memorable wedding. Unfortunately, the divorce rate speaks to the lack of an emphasis on how to have a beautiful marriage. This article will lay out the necessity for and the process of good pre-marital counseling.

Men are usually blamed for marriage problems, but marital difficulties are not always the fault of the husband. Sometimes the wife needs to take responsibility.

Every marriage and wedding needs one essential effort flowing through it and that is communication. In this article, the writer seeks to delve into the benefits of communicating.

Many rewarding careers in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Sciences are available to those with the proper training and credentials.

Premarital counseling insure that couples are informed about the strengths and weaknesses of their relationship foundation.

Many Professionals call themselves "counselors". Counseling has evolved to be many things. Things such as legal counselors, real estate counselors, financial counselors, and many others. However, this review will focus on the traditional helping counselors.

A couples massage is a nice way to relax with your loved one. Whether you plan a surprise date months ahead, or get a gift certificate at the last minute, your mate will not try to return this welcome gift.

7 weeks into The Biggest Loser, Couples Edition, was as emotional as it gets on reality TV.

Understanding the marriage annulment law is tricky. However, this article will highlight facts about annulments and how to obtain one.

A scholarly analysis of competing theories regarding covenant marriages. Covenant marriage as fault divorce, covenant marriage as contract and a synergistic view of covenant marriage

No matter how you plan it, every aspect of a wedding ends up costing [big]. Even if you long for simple, sweet nuptials, you will still likely spend thousands. We see pictures and videos from weddings that remind you of Princess Di and Charles.

This article is a case study of a couple who grow apart and divorce. The break is hardest for the husband who eventually develops Post Marital Stress (PMS) disorder. The story describes the symptoms and talks about an E-book that helps you get over PMS and back into life.

"Do you take this man/woman to be your partner for the rest of your life?" You say "I do". But in the back of your mind are you thinking I will until it gets to hard. Divorce rates are rising. What are the reasons why?

For many engaged couples, pre-marriage counseling works through issues involving communication, sex and money. But, who will clean the house?

Article will help couples determine whether a separation could save their marriage.

Anyone who has ever been through a divorce knows how hard it can be. Divorce is like death. In order to heal from the terrible pain I was feeling, I would have to mourn the death of this relationship.

This article discusses how verbal and nonverbal behaviors can be used by the therapist to gain insight as to how the client is feeling and identify possible discrepancies in the client's story.

there are important facts to keep in mind to avoid burn-out and stress in your own life

Give a fabulous present you both will enjoy - a day at the spa. Be pampered without guilt because your partner will be spoiled, too. Instead of invasive procedures, think romantic doubled massages or side-by-side pedicures.

My wife and I had an argument recently. We prefer to call them marital spat disagreements. Some psychologists say that arguing is good for a relationship. I don't know if I agree with that.

This article will offer tips on choosing a good marriage counselor.

A new study published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology suggests that when solving problems within a marriage, it is the women that wield all the power.

When the need arises, families often don't know how to get started finding an appropriate family counseling program. This article offers some of Eugene's resources, specializing in helping families.

Bad things happen and issues develop. It is very important to deal with these bad things and face them. We can't always do that on our own. Therapy can help us to do that. That is the only way to heal or to learn to live with what happened.

This paper discusses the various perspectives and processes in ending business and romantic relationships and how it can affect your romantic relationships later in the future.

The Gay Marriage Amendment debate has tended to focus on the conflicting moral issues. But what about the legal issues? What does this amendment mean for transgendered individuals? And will those who perform same-sex marriages face jail time?

The problem statement is being proposed for research: How do people in marriage relationships detect deception?

An adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse who seeks counseling is going to demand more of a counselor than an adult who did not encounter that kind of trauma as a child.

Once again analyzing the advice from the advice givers

Studies found only 16 percent of couples that experience the death of a child end up getting divorced. Of that 16% less than half reported the impact of the death of their child had a factor in the decision to divorce

In the field of domestic violence treatment, many practitioners believe the victim and perpetrator need separate treatment. However, some practitioners believe conjoint (couples) therapy is necessary in order to work on the relationship.

For couples who are adversely affected by a terminal illness, a loss of intimacy may occur, resulting in the need for couple's therapy.

Many couple's therapy programs utilize language therapy to improve intimacy and sexual health

Knowing what kills a marriage, and how to prevent or fix it.

How can you save your marriage when it is seemingly so easy to give up and move on? Read on for a no holds barred approach to keeping your marriage alive.

Marriage Mediation is a relatively new concept. While mediation has been around for ages, applying it to conflict in marriage is a recent development.

Many married couples stayed married even though they are unhappy. When should couples finally end their marriage? This is my own personal account of why my marriage failed and why we divorced.

Sometimes couples that are engaged focus so much on the wedding they forget they have a relationship to build. After you get engaged, learn how you can prepare for marriage.

The classic form of psychotherapy is a one-on-one contact with the client and the therapist. Group therapy, however, is a form of treatment that involves the simultaneous treatment of two or more clients and may require one or more therapists.

The reversal to the gay marriage ban in California was overturned by the California Supreme Court on May 15th, 2008. Already, it is in trouble.

When the Honeymoon might be over.

When two people fall in love and marry they enter into a bond of joy and shared hopes of being together forever. However, marriages encounter change....and change can create feelings of resentment.

Getting married is one of the most exciting things which will ever happen to you, but you should learn how to handle money together to avoid that nasty 'D' word. Here are things that you can do to have open communication and to learn how to handle money as a couple.

This article will offer helpful tips for helping couples understand the process of obtaining a legal separation.

For many women, the excitement of a wedding day overcomes the potential for depression. Following the wedding nuptials, many women find they are overwhelmed with sadness and depression for unknown reasons.

it is important that parents be married before a child is born

Why we think this week's headlines weren't news to Mrs. Spritzer.

This piece came to me as I thought how often the words "I love you" spoken so casually, mean nothing.

Bret Michaels is down to his final two chances for love on VH1's new hit reality series 'Rock Of Love'. Who will win Bret's heart?

These tips will help you keep your love relationship fresh, exciting and new!

Have you ever wondered why you love someone so badly that sometimes it hurts? ever thought or asked yourself why you have felt this way to this person and this person alone? maybe you need not ask. No need to question the truth about life and love.

We may stop with "Love Works" or "Prayer Works" or "Meditation Works. They may indeed. But they are also potentially just on the path to a greater treasure awaiting us.

I love you enough to see you happy, I love you enough to set you free,

Facts about love bugs.

"Romeo and Juliet" is often referred to as the greatest true love story of all time. But is it actually a tale of raging hormones and teen infatuation?

In 1967, music reflected a youth movement that emphasized love, freedom and peace. Today, we are as far from that message as we can be.

Love inspires art. But as a writer, I know that I come with a unique set of annoying habits and sensitivity that makes being in a relationship challenging. This article offers advice for creative types in love, as well as for those who love them.

It was apparent from the faces of the runners that each and every one had put the note on as a symbol of their love, care and concern for their family and friends who were fighting or had fought this disease.

I would always question my "I Love You" Never really knowing if I meant it