Post-Marriage Counselling
Understand the fundamental issues and find a constructive way forward.
Post Marriage Counselling
A space for growth
Support that meets you where you are.
A Safe Space
Open, non-judgmental and supportive.
Greater Clarity
Understand the situation and perspectives better.
Conscious Thinking
Examine choices, expectations and implications.
Constructive Way Forward
Move forward with greater understanding.
A little more clarity can change a lot.
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Post Marriage Counselling
1. Why does Post-Marriage Counselling matter?
Marriage evolves over time. Expectations change, circumstances change, responsibilities increase and differences that once appeared manageable may sometimes become sources of recurring conflict. Marriage inevitably involves differences in expectations, personalities, habits, priorities, families and circumstances. Some differences are manageable; others gradually become sources of resentment, recurring conflict or emotional distance.
However, most often we have observed that the visible problem is not the fundamental problem.
For example:
repeated arguments about household responsibilities may actually arise from an underlying lack of appreciation or even acknowledgement;
disagreement over finances may actually be about trust issues, control or even lack of decision making before spending;
conflict with in-laws may actually be about not setting clear boundaries / expectations with them;
reduced communication may be a consequence rather than the cause of emotional distance;
disagreements about children may reflect fundamentally different expectations about marriage itself.
\>> Social Counselling plays a pivotal role here since we believe in - Finding the fundamental issue, rather than merely treating the presented symptom.
2. Issues creating a potential disconnect in a marriage?
Working across diverse range of people across multiple regions and for multi-cultural societies, our counsellors have suggested consolidation of some 15 to 16 key potential areas which creates disconnects in a marriage
Potential areas could include:
Ego, false pride and lack of understanding / cooperation;
excessive external influence (social connects / social media) leading to unconscious negative thoughts including comparisons etc;
expectations mismatch from one another; failure to live up to expectation;
perceived / compromised respect and dignity;
trust issues including financial management;
roles and responsibilities as partner;
career priorities;
external / internal interferences from family / relations;
children and parenting;
lifestyle and cultural differences not getting adjusted / neutralized;
personal independence and space;
lack of healthy communication / quality of communication;
lack of emotional connect and intimacy;
personal habits or behaviours affecting the relationship;
differences in values, principles or priorities.
3. Role of Social Counselling in Post Marriage stage
Our Counsellors do not become an advocate for one spouse against the other.
Instead:
Once the fundamental issues and material points are identified, the Counsellor brings them clearly to the respective individual’s attention, explains the potential implications and facilitates conscious consideration of what may need to change, be accepted, adjusted or better understood.
This is powerful way of counselling since as an outcome:
Sometimes - Partner A may be required to change somethings at his end.
Sometimes - Partner B may be required to change somethings at her end.
Sometimes - Both may need to certain things at their end.
\>> And sometimes the important intervention is not a change in behaviour at all, but acceptance of a reality that cannot reasonably be changed.
Target Outcome
Target Outcome\* — To provide a compassionate and objective analysis of the situation, remove the fog created by immediate concerns, perceptions and individual narratives, and bring out the genuine areas of discontent and underlying issues. The objective is to bring greater clarity to the relationship and the understanding between the individuals, enabling them to consciously determine an appropriate path forward.
\*Attention is drawn to the Client T&Cs and it is expressly communicated that Social Counselling cannot guarantee any particular outcome post counselling due to multiple external factors involved not in control of Social Counselling. Please refer Client T&Cs for more details. Target outcome gets fine-tuned for each individual case.
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