Category: Premarital & Marital Therapy

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Wondering whether premarital or remarital counseling is worth it? The debate on the practical benefits of this type of counseling is ongoing. Dr. John explains.

As an eclectic practitioner, whenever possible, I seek to integrate my Christian faith based on contextual circumstances. In this regard, I have successfully integrated CBT and EFT with my Christian faith using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to achieve several positive client interventions and outcomes.

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.”

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).

As a decision-maker, visionary, and thinker, I tend to be very analytical, systematic, and logical. I submit that at the corpus of the decision-making process is developing a methodical and analytical approach to reduce the number of alternatives with which decision-makers are faced.

In my opinion, one of the key contributory factors to marital conflict comes directly from personality conflicts. I posit that effective communication may often be undermined and disrupted because of a lack of personal knowledge about one’s personality type.

According to Dildar and Amjad (2012), conflict is an unavoidable phenomenon that occurs because of disagreements, dislikes, and arguments that prevails at all levels of human interaction including personal, professional, family, and social relationships. Gottman, (1994) asserts, “If there is one lesson I have learned...

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.

I posit that pastoral counselors, Christian counselors, professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists should be used as resource mechanisms to assist in bringing stability, transformation, and restoration to marriages.

Between 1980 and 2008 statistical data indicate that multicultural marriages are significantly on the rise.

Unfortunately, many marriages that face challenges regarding domestic and/or substance abuse result in separation and ultimately divorce. One of the most preventable substances abused is alcohol.