Has anyone had success with couples therapy?

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Haven't tried it yet. But I did just convince my husband to follow 'Jimmy on Relationships' on facebook....and I think he's finally starting to understand some things that I've been trying to explain to him for years.

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It’s only successful if both parties are willing and honest. My ex was manipulative and two therapist said he has narcissistic characteristics so both times didn’t work. First time he wasn’t honest, blamed me and kept this cool composure while I was emotionally damaged and angry so it made me look like the problem. He also had a separate session with her and was saying he wanted to be single. We separated and then he wanted to try again and asked me to book therapy. When I did and she asked what he wanted out of the sessions, he said to be good coparents and that he didn’t want a relationship 😒 so I looked stupid yet again

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The “success” is often that you realize you guys need to break up. I think a healthy relationship can resolve itself usually.

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I wouldn’t say that every healthy relationship can resolve their own issues. I think sometimes it helps because you can get a third party perspective or learn how to communicate better. The issue is most people go to couples therapy as a last resort rather than before they’ve caused a lot of pain/heartache that makes it hard to work through.

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Yes - my husband and I have very different communication styles and it’s been a game changer for us.

It’s successful if it’s not used as a last resort and if both people are invested in it.

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