Premarital and Marital Therapy

According to Seligman and Reichenberg (2014), “CBT combines myriad treatments and techniques that all share a common principle that thoughts, rather than external circumstances, cause feelings and behaviors” (p. 344).

Of the various marriage and couple therapies and models I have studied, I gravitate to the behavioral and emotion-centered approaches namely: Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT).

In my opinion, one of the key contributory factors to marital conflict comes directly from personality conflicts.

Couples, Premarital & Marital Therapy

Making decisions impact every facet of life and are sometimes made unilaterally.

Communication, as an overarching principle, is arguably extraordinarily complex because of its multi-faceted and multi-layer variables, particularly in the context of interpersonal and intrapersonal communication.

Evidently, there is much that can be said on this topic.

The are several factors that impinge economic and financial pressures associated with couples considering marriage.

Contemporary marriages face a plethora of stressors and risks that daily threaten the stability of marital relationships.

I share some personal experience, and examples of typical "hot spots" in the communication process, and free premarital counseling wisdom and advice.