Top Couples Counseling Questions

In 1953, the American public was introduced to couples counseling in a featured article in Ladies Home Journal. Since that time, the field has evolved into an institution that saves countless marriages every year.

However, at the end of the day most couples still have many of the same questions about how couples counseling can help their partnership.

To help answer these questions, we broke down many of the common questions into two parts below. The first is on the questions you have for using couples counseling. The second focuses on the questions you will probably need to answer to have ensure success.  

Couples Counseling Questions for Psychotherapist

What is couples counseling? Simply put, couples counseling helps couples in any stage of their relationship with goal and present oriented relationship counseling.

Every session helps you clarify the root causes of your current problems, and create goals to improve that relationship. Why do you need couples counseling? Couples come to us for many reasons. Some are as basic as couples drifting away and needing to reconnect. Other deal with sexual affairs or partners who have medical illnesses. Coping with these changes in your relationship might require a third party to help settle your differences.  

Will my counselor solve our marital problems? Counseling is not a miracle cure. Instead, it is a safe place for both parties to talk with each other to help improve their relationship.

What are different types of therapies that counselors use for couples? While a number of different types of therapies exist, a few common therapies for couples are the following: attachment theory and emotional freedom technique (EFT).

The attachment theory is great for couples with kids, while EFT focuses on improving the couple’s emotional health.

What is the education and experience of your marriage counselor? Another question, you need to ask your therapist is what is their education and training background? Is your therapist licensed? What experience do they have with your situation?

The last thing you want to do is have a therapist who does not have the right skills to help you with your relationship. While therapy for individuals requires a thoughtful person, couples therapy can sometimes become heated.

You need someone who knows how to mediate a session between a couple that can sometimes become heated.

What are the fees for each session? Are they covered by insurance? Not to be crass, but money is important. You are spending money on therapists to make sure they can help you. Therefore, you need to know how much it costs ahead of time. Additionally, you want to know if the fees are covered by insurance.

Couples Counseling Questions for you

In the second part of this article, we have some questions you should answer in a couples counseling session. Since these are questions we cannot answer for you, take some time to think about your answers.

What do you feel is the major challenge in your relationship?

What do you want to achieve with couples therapy?

What changes are you willing to discuss in therapy?

How do you feel couples counseling can help your relationship?

What is your ideal outcome?

Final Thoughts

We hope that this article helps you ask questions you need to start you on the right path. If you still have other couples counseling questions, then please feel free to call us at 847-824-8366.