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#2889588 11/06/16 04:03 PM
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Do we have factual studies on the effectiveness of marriage counseling? TIA

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Do we have any studies showing the effects of individuals counseling on marriage?

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Have you read this and listened to the clips in here?
Beware of Bad Counselors


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Too much hurt and pain on both sides that my brain hurts just thinking about it all.



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I was trying to convince someone else who wanted factual studies. I can't find any. Only Dr. Harley's anecdotal experiences, which were not convincing to them.

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Here is one of the most in depth studies done on the subject: http://www.dearshrink.com/psychotherapy_consumer_report1995_seligman.pdf

Another good resource is One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance by Christina Hoff Sommers, Dr. Sally, M.D. Satel


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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