Marriage Counselling and Couples Counselling can be a very effective way of dealing with relationship difficulties ranging from minor irritations within the relationship to more significant issues that are threatening the existence of the relationship.
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Being in a relationship can have a profoundly positive effect on your sense of self and wellbeing. While being in an unhealthy relationship beset by problems can have a crippling effect on one’s self-esteem, and capacity to live life to it's fullest.
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When distressed, partners get overwhelmed by their feelings, so they defend by discharging their pain through attacking their partner or venting their frustration, often causing resentment and pain. These defensive reactions are used to ward off underlying feelings.  Couples often become stuck in these defensive behaviours and have no way to deal with the hurt, finding it difficult to express themselves and unable to move past those issues which have become destructive to the relationship.
 
Many people get so caught in powerfully charged emotional states, that they can lose grip of themselves. Often couples find that with the help of a counsellor, problems that seemed insurmountable can be dealt with effectively and harmony can be restored to the relationship.
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