Seven Signs for Relationship Problems and Their Solutions

Troubled Relationships, Seven Signs for Relationships Problems and Their Solutions by Dr. Nili Sachs.

In the best of intimate relationships, there are those subtle and not so subtle waves of difficulties. Some disagreements make sense; his words against hers, her values in the face of his values, old traditions vs. new ideas and so on. However, over few years living with a partner, attempting and working on intimacy, you could see few patterns emerging. Those patterns might be complicated for you to detect when you are a part of the ‘drama’.

For me, after thirty years of marriage-therapy and relationship-coaching, I find them simple to detect. Solving relationships’ problems take commitment, education and good will. From here the solutions are pretty much straightforward.

Some of these patterns are signs of troubled relationships. Here is the list of the seven most damaging intimate relationships’ troubles and their solutions:

1. Inability to be emotionally open; the uniqueness and secret of intimate relationships in comparison to other social, workplace and family relationships is in staying emotionally open. By exercising daily confiding with each other, couples learn to become emotionally open towards each other.

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Welcome to our new Marriage Friendly Therapy blog. Marriage problems are draining emotionally and physically. When you're in a time of need it can be very hard to sort out where to find a competent therapist and what questions to ask of a potential marriage counselor.

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We hope to get all your questions answered - along with questions you never thought to ask! We hope to feature different forms of therapy, different ways of doing therapy (called therapy models), and share some of the reasons why marriage counselors are joining the only pro-commitment resource in the nation, MarriageFriendlyTherapists.com.

We are grateful for all the help couples have been receiving over the course of our existence (launched in June 2005). We continue to grow our marriage counselor listings across the nation and look forward to being in relationship with you, through this blog.

Warmly,
Elizabeth