When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
– Viktor Frankl
This is an excellent forum to work through issues such as emotional disconnection and lack of intimacy. Skills for healthy communication, validation and conflict resolution can be taught and practiced, and psychotherapy can address the roadblocks that are standing in the way.
Infidelity and betrayal are especially difficult but can be worked through in many circumstances.
Parenting and financial conflicts can damage a relationship and psychotherapy can often provide a new perspective and game plan.
Premarital counseling can give you insight into ways to improve your communication and affirmation of one another, and target potential areas that might need extra focus or be hard to talk about. It helps reinforce healthy communication skills and ways to handle disagreements and conflict.