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How to Find a Good Marriage Therapist

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Planning to go into marriage therapy? According to studies, nearly half of couples in therapy head straight to divorce, but the problem does not lie with the marital therapist, but rather with the wrong choice of a marital therapist. There are just so many unqualified people out there preying on unsuspecting couples. Hence, if you decide to go into therapy with your spouse, be careful. Never start when you're not both ready. It's amazing how people usually spend more time choosing a plumber than someone who can repair their marriage. 

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Here are the most important concerns you should focus on in your search for the right mason ohio marriage counselor:  

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Special Training 

Do you believe so many therapists out there see couples, even if they never took one course or workshop in marriage therapy? Most of these professionals are trained to handle individuals, and the approach in individual therapy is mostly detrimental when applied to couples. That's why you must choose someone who actually works with married partners, not individuals and not even unmarried partners. 

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Together or Separately?

When a couple spends too much time with a therapist separately, there are risks involved. Therapists, humans as they are, will be more inclined to go with the partner with whom they spend more time.


In such a case, the other partner may think the two are ganging up on him or her, even if it's not true. Yet another problem is when one partner reveals something to the therapist, who cannot say it the other partner, forcing the therapist to violate the basic rule of transparency. Most of the time, couples should be in therapy together.

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The Client

You can ask the counseling in mason ohio therapist who his or her client is, and the answer should be the marriage. If the therapist says the client is one of the couple, that only creates more problems. It suggests that the therapist will work more in the favor of the "client" than the partner. A marriage therapist should treat a married couple as one. 

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The Therapist on Marriage

Finally, and probably most importantly, you need to consider the therapist's own views about marriage. People come to therapy to save their relationship, so if a therapist starts suggesting you get a divorce, that wouldn't sound right. Like other couples, you and your partner are in therapy to save whatever it is that is worthy of saving. Don't let another person, not even the most qualified marital therapist, to change your mind about wanting to work things out. Find someone who will help you achieve your goal of saving the marriage.

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