What Are the Types of Catholic Marriage Counseling?
Marriage is one of the most traditional Christian values. “Marriage is honorable among all,” says Hebrews 13:4 NKJV. In Genesis 1:26, God told Adam and Eve to “be fruitful and multiply.” Lastly, in Malachai 2:14, it says “For the Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce, for it covers one’s garments with violence.”
Therefore, it makes sense that there would be such a thing as Catholic marriage counseling to help preserve that most sacred union between man and woman. What people may not know is that all denominations are welcome in this type of counseling for marriage, without fear of conversion.
Let me go on with this short post. One form of Catholic counseling happens before you even get married. Pre-marriage counseling is generally part of any Christian ceremony. Counseling for couples may be done in sessions, as a weekend retreat or as a group seminar. As with any other marital counseling, you will learn about conflict management, identifying wants or needs and strengthening communication skills.
Often this opportunity is partially covered by insurance, with a small fee based on an income-sensitive sliding scale. The idea is that pitfalls can be prevented with a little bit of skill building and knowledge prior to tying the knot.
Marriage Counseling
Another type of Catholic marriage counseling is for crisis intervention. Sometimes God’s sheep lose their way and succumb to anger or violence. The Catholic Church can help couples learn to forgive, reform and reconcile. In some cases, the damage or the destructiveness may require another intervention from licensed professional counselors, but the local pastors and priests have community resources at their disposal to deal with whatever discord comes their way.
Couples can also hook up with marriage family counselors through their local church for a small fee. If a child has witnessed fighting, domestic violence, drug/alcohol abuse or other ungodly situations, then they may need help. There are Catholic marriage counseling programs to help kids communicate, channel their emotions through positive outlets and receive basic necessities like food or clothing, all of which are available through community churches. As for the parents, they can learn better communication skills and conflict management techniques to help minimize the damage to the family unit and begin a fresh start.
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I'm ready for divorce after twenty-seven years. Will marriage counseling help? I can't believe it, but I'm seriously considering walking away from my marriage of twenty-seven years. I love my husband dearly, but he has hurt me so bad and I just can't quite get over the pain. We've been together since middle school. He's (or at least was) my best friend. Our marriage was almost perfect except for the fact that we couldn't have children. My husband was told by three specialists many years ago that the chances of him having a biological child were impossible. We tried everything under the sun including adoption, but nothing worked. Every opportunity smashed, every door slammed in our faces. 7 years ago, we had a heart to heart and agreed that we loved each other and that if we had to live our lives without children, it would be okay as long as we had each other. Its so weird looking back on that not knowing that even though we were suffering, it was some of the happiest times in our marriage. The hell started the April of '09. I discovered I was pregnant. I can't explain how happy I was. I wanted to have a baby so long and finally at fourty-two I was getting one. My husband was surprised but happy, or so I thought. I first noticed the distance after I had our daughter. He just wasn't the sweet loving guy he normally was but I thought he was just trying to adjust to fatherhood. We started fighting and we pretty much never fight. He became very suspicious, looking through my phone, my mail, throwing all out fits when I went out. I couldn't understand why it was happening. He's always been a but jealous, but his behavior was getting out of control. I got pregnant again a couple months before our daughter's 1st birthday. He left me after that and accused me of cheating. I mean, he left. Took all his things and filed for divorce. I felt so hurt and angry. He said he'd been suspecting me of cheating since I had first gotten pregnant. It all made since, his paranoia, the fighting, everything. I couldn't believe after everything we'd been through he's accuse me of cheating. I was so over all the crap he put me through and I told him if he wanted out, I wouldn't stop him. We’ve two beautiful children. This was supposed to be the highlight of our marriage and he has f*cked it all up. We don't live together, but he does come over to see the children. I've already proven that both the children are his and now he wants to come back. I'm so angry at him, more angry than I've ever been. Why couldn't he trust me after twenty-seven (really 31) years? He could have at least talked to me instead of keeping it bottled up for almost two years. I get it, he thought he couldn't get me pregnant so when I got pregnant he thought I was cheating, but that doesn't make me feel better.
I can not get my husband to go to a marriage counselor? He says he’s in mindlife and is not happy with his life home and work he has file for the big d and I don’t want it.i
Since he refuses counseling, I would strongly advise you to go yourself. I've been to a LOT of counseling over the yrs. It DOES help. You know what the main problems are, go & seek professional help & don't put it off. Could there by any chance be someone else involved in his life you're not aware of. His “excuses” are mighty lame! Counseling just could help save your marriage & it's well worth giving it a try…all the best to you…:)