Marriage Counselling Does Not Help You

Marriage And Beyond

oi-Sruthi Appu

By Sruthi Appu

Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 10:48

Marriage is a special bond that is shared between two souls. According to a new British report it was said that Seeking marriage counseling may not be the best idea to save your relationship. As per the Department of Education , they said that marriage counseling is said to cause more harm than good as it makes couples feel like a failure and that their relationship is already over.

Like wise many people whose marriage is on the rocks have believed that they would rather save their relationship problems privately between themselves or with the help of close friends and family.

The reports have stated that if however they do not resort to professional help then it was 'intrinsically linked with feelings of failure and defeat.

It was said that ," Many of the participants felt that a couple should be able to deal with their relationship problems privately... without having to rely on external relationship support."

Marriage counseling has made people feel weak and that by the time the couple decided to attend relationship counseling it was often too late "to repair a relationship".

“ A few of the participants suggested that if a couple required formal or professional relationship support to solve a relationship difficulty, then the relationship was not worth saving and unlikely to be successful." This was said in regard to the report. In order for help to save their marriage , most of them reported that they would not use a relationship counseling service and that the support from friends and family was more acceptable than formal support such from a relationship counselor.