Choosing Appropriate Couples Empowerment Therapy

By Robert Young


Romantic relationships are not easy to maintain. There are so many factors that could affect a partnership today hence the high rate of divorce. The one thing people should always remember is to constantly work at it together. Couples empowerment therapy helps partners in romance interact in a way that strengthens their connection. It also reinforces the self-worth and personal power of each partner. Partners should not wait until the problems blow up to seek some help, they should be proactive.

Before the partners can work at being good together, they must learn how to be good on their own. This means that personal issues must be addressed and demons exorcised. These little personal things tend to hang over the relationship like a dark cloud threatening to burst all over the rosy relationship. The first place to start is the root, a professional will know this and do exactly that.

For that reason, the partners may be asked to have some single sessions. Of course, the first one will involve both partners and a few others in the course of treatment. The professional will ask to see each partner separately if he or she feels like there are some deep-rooted personal issues threatening the health of the relationship.

It is important to understand and appreciate difference and diversity. Like poles do not attract. One will usually be attracted to another person because they are drawn to their different views. It would be unfair to prosecute the partner for the same different views later. Appreciate them and respect them. The professional will help the partners develop an ability to provide a safe space to express all the different opinions without judgment or prosecution.

There are two types of power in relationships. The first is the power to. This is the power to be in charge of emotional reactions and the general self. The other is power with. This is the power that the relationship holds when the partners act and work as a team. If the partners can learn to balance these two aspects of power, all will be well. It is imperative that power struggles stay out of the relationship.

There are always choices and options in any scenario. What a person chooses is determined by his or her own views and perspective of the situation. Partners need to learn to recognize how each decision they make could possibly affect the other partner. The professional will urge the partners to choose each other every day.

Learning these skills is paramount to the survival of either partner together or separately in the society. They learn to present a united front to the world even when it may be a different story at home. They learn to weather external storms together without creating distance.

When one chooses to seek out a doctor, it is expected that they will open their mouth without asking questions about why that needs to be. Trust the professional to help make things right. However, listen to your gut feelings when choosing an expert.




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