Bobby Scott & Associates Professional Counseling
Marriage/Couples Counseling
Does marriage counseling help?
Studies show that roughly 70% of couples stay together after counseling, and many have a better relationship because of the time they took to understand themselves and each other.
What happens in the first session of couples therapy/marital Counseling?
The initial session is simply a "get to know you" time where the counselor gathers information about you and your spouse. He or she may ask questions about each of you and discuss possible goals for the therapy and for your relationship. Knowing what you each want to accomplish is very important to your success in marriage therapy. You may also discuss things like confidentiality and basic policies of the office.
How long do most couples do therapy?
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy reports: “Marriage and family therapists regularly practice short-term therapy; 12 sessions on average. Nearly 65.6 percent of the cases are completed within 20 sessions."
What happens in the follow-up sessions of couples therapy?
That largely depends on your goals, where you currently are in your relationship and the severity of the issues you are dealing with at the time. Your therapist will utilize his or her training and interventions to move you toward the initial goals you set or to modify them as needed. Some likely interventions might be identifying the "road blocks" preventing intimacy or that are damaging your relationship, learning to manage your emotions more effectively, learning new communication skills, addressing how past traumas like infidelity, past relationships or even childhood traumas might negatively impact your marriage and intimacy.
How often should you have couples Counseling?
Through the course of the sessions, the therapist will help the couple apply new communication patterns and approaches to problem solving. The therapist and the couple usually meet every two or three weeks, but it is also possible to meet more often depending on the severity of the case.
For an appointment
call us at 662-483-1114
Can we survive an affair?
Infidelity is crushing to a marriage, especially to the spouse/partner who is the victim. In fact, we believe it is actually traumatic for that spouse who usually experiences Post-Traumatic Stress like symptoms. Our goal is to help that spouse to heal AND at the same time to be non-judgmental with the partner to figure out what happened and to restore the security of the relationship as well as to address underlying problems. We have seen that with time and therapy, couples can restore these deep hurts and in fact can build a NEW relationship that can be better than before.
