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Communicate Your Needs
- It is common for partners to assume that if their spouse really loved them,
they would know their needs or wants without telling them.
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Men Want To Be Understood
- It may surprise you to know that men want to be understood, just like women
want to be understood.
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Meaningful Discussions With Your Spouse
- Brain researchers have found that when people are scared, hurt, or angry, stress
hormones will flood their body and this results in the rational part of their brain shutting down.
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Do What Is Right
- An important step in communication is letting go of your need to be right.
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Accepting Other Points Of View
- To completely accept your spouse, you also accept and respect their point of view,
even if you don't understand their point of view.
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Other Messages
- Communication involves much more than words. The tone of your voice and your body
language create messages as well.
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What Are Your Expectations?
- If you expect to get along with your spouse, you will.
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Disciplining Children
- Since the majority of parenting disagreements are about how and when to discipline
children, it's important to discuss your parenting plan in advance and in private.
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Family Meetings
- Did you know that if you have a family counsel or meeting every week it will
help keep your family connected, strengthen your family relationships and keep your marriage strong?
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Discussing Differences With Teenagers
- Although it is "common" for teenagers to rebel and have conflict, it is
not "normal".
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Marriage Counseling Fears
- Many People feel that getting counseling is admitting defeat, or implies that they
are weak in some way.
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Finding The Right Counselor
- Finding the right therapist is two fold.
You need to find one with expertise in the area of your concern and they
also need to have the personality, therapeutic style and values that
match yours as well.
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Keep Problems From Escalating
- Counseling keeps problems from escalating.
If conflicts are resolved early on, it prevents a couple may stew over
these problems for years.
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It May Get Worse Before it Gets Better - It is important to realize that
your time in counseling may become very intense at times as you explore
the causes and solutions to your problem.
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Consider A Male Therapist
- Men typically don’t seek outside help for
their relationships. They hate not being able to figure something out on
their own. Men, by nature, are trained to be independent and
self-sufficient.
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