marital counseling
Relationship repair sessions
Marital counseling is professional therapy for couples experiencing problems in their marriage.
A counselor helps partners communicate, resolve conflicts, and decide whether to stay together or separate.
Also called marriage counseling or couples therapy: After the affair, they started marital counseling.
- active listeningFocused, responsive attention to speech
- trust-buildingEstablishing mutual confidence
- love languagesPreferred modes of expressing affection
- attachment stylesCategories of relational behavior
- shared goalsAims pursued together
growing apart · cognitive-behavioral therapy · trial separation · second chance · personality assessments · power dynamics · stress management · emotional regulation · mindfulness practices · couples therapy · mental health awareness · psychological resilience · emotional intimacy · quality time · date night · communication skills · conflict resolution
- family therapyfamily therapy, family dynamics, family intervention, family mediation, co-parenting
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- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
- sex therapysex therapy, sex therapist, sexologist, sexual dysfunction, couples therapy
marital counselingdivorce proceedings
Legal process ending marriage
divorce · legal separation · divorce mediation · filing for divorce · annulment
marital counselinginfidelity
Disloyalty to a partner
cheating · adultery · domestic abuse · betrayal · emotional abuse
marital counselinggiving up
Choosing to stop trying
neglect · abandonment · denial · avoidance · emotional withdrawal
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