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The Only

Pro-Commitment, Experience Required

Marriage Counseling Resource in the Nation

Marriage Friendly Therapists

 

Finding a well qualified counselor, especially one who is marriage friendly, when your relationship is suffering can be challenging (or overwhelming). It can be downright hazardous to have a therapist who lacks the training and experience to work with couples. Many counselors lack training and experience working with couples. Many couples experience marriage therapy as lukewarm in supporting life-long commitment.

Marriage Friendly Therapists, founded by two marriage counselors, only accepts:

Marriage Friendly Therapists is here to help your marriage. Have you

  • been part of bad marriage counseling or
  • known relatives or friends experience poor marriage counseling
  • done a Google search and can't find a marriage counselor you trust with your marriage?

We at Marriage Friendly Therapists are unrelated to any religious or political organization so you can find marriage counseling across the spectrum from secular to religious. Our marriage counselors also practice many models of counseling so you can find a wide range of marriage therapy styles.

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Our latest marriage therapists include:

 

 

 

"This website is providing a clear service to couples and I am grateful I found a therapist with so much experience." -husband

"As a clergy person I will share your website with my colleagues. We need to know which counselors to send our people to and this is one of those gems which needs to be broadcasted more completely."-Minister in Minnesota

 

Questions to Ask a Marriage Counselor (all) or open a question below

"Can you tell me about your background and training in marriage counseling?"

"What percentage of your practice is marriage counseling?"

"What percentage of married couples break up while they are seeing you in marriage counseling?"

"What percentage of married couples do not improve in marriage counseling?"

"How do you see the importance of keeping a marriage together when there are problems?"

"What is your experience working with married couples in my situation?"

 

Questions about Marriage Friendly Counseling (all) or open a question below

What do you mean by "marriage friendly"? Are some marriage therapists "unfriendly" to marriage?

Is Marriage Friendly Therapists anti-divorce? Are you saying that all marriages are worth saving?

Why do you claim that many marriage counselors are not competent in marriage counseling?

Is individual counseling safer for marriages than marriage counseling?

Is Marriage Friendly Therapists a religious enterprise?

Does Marriage Friendly Therapists have a political agenda?

Are non-married couples excluded from Marriage Friendly Therapy?

What to Look For in a Marriage Counselor

Most people don't know what to expect in good marriage counseling. Here are some qualities and actions that researchers have found to promote effective marital therapy.

 

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