Anyone successfully done marriage/ relationship counseling?
A little about our situation. 3 year old and 4 month old. Together for 14 years. Since becoming a mom I feel like Ive grown sooo much. I think he has too but still struggling with a lot of unprocessed trauma.
His father used to be a addict and his mom is addicted to prescription medication and very verbally abusive to him but they are super close. Honestly hes great if you look at where he started. But still i want the most for our kids and find him and my son butting heads more and more and can see its because of alot of the same pain points i struggle with. Thats why i think us doing some counselling to help him reflect on why my sons acting out or why im always voicing my issues.
Ugh i donno what I hope for here but maybe some guidance on if you did counselling and what type, how often, together etc?
Ive also done therapy for years so i do feel more “emotional advanced” and in tune with my triggers and needs. However he is not very into therapy. My hope is maybe this will be a gateway for him 🤦♀️🤷♀️
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@Madison thanks for sharing!! Was your husband more keen to start therapy solo after counselling or he started before?
we started around the same time but i think his solo one started first. he was more keen to starting solo first i think just because of what we were going through there was stuff he had to work on himself and didn’t want to share with me
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my husband and i did marriage counseling and he did therapy on his own (i’ve done my own therapy in the past but not when we were doing this) personally i feel like his therapy helped with our issues more than the couples therapy did, not to say it couldn’t thought if you find a good marriage therapist! the one we had mostly just talked and didn’t give us opportunities to talk so im sure a different one would have helped more