It is never too late to develop healthy relationships in life. If you are in a dysfunctional relationship, trying to fix it on your own usually doesn't work to the point of hopelessness because oftentimes we need to develop healthier skills in order to fix such issues relationship skills that we may not posses on our own.
The word therapy literally means healing so relationship counselors may focus on two particular areas: healing and education. Sometimes marriage partners say and do things that hurt their partner such as name-calling and having affairs and healing is needed. Many times people need to learn better communication, anger management, intimacy and negotiation skills for the marriage to become healthy. Too often we have the same arguments over and over again without resolving them.
Each type of relationship may have special problems to discuss and overcome. Learn the fundamentals and concepts necessary to negotiate a healthy relationship. Learn the basic principles of marital success and what successful marriages do differently from dysfunctional ones. Does your relationship need better anger management skills? Or, on the other hand, do you hold everything in to avoid an argument?
Learn about healthier ways to stay calm and discuss the problems. Did you know that the first principle of every negotiation is that you need to stay calm in order to negotiate with another person?
We grieve many losses in life, such as the loss of another person, the loss of health, the potential loss of a marriage, loss of a job, loss of income after an accident, the loss of trust after an affair, or even the loss of a dream unfulfilled. Rick is well-versed in helping people grieve their losses in life.
