Marriage Therapy Quotes

“Canadian researcher Donald Dutton . . has written that marital work with a man who has a history of relationship violence may be a “conflict-generator” and that individual work . . should come first for both husband and wife.
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Marital therapy does not provide the battered woman the kind of safety she needs for rebuilding her strength and finding her identity. The consequences may be severe if she is truthful in a couple’s session. She may be too afraid. Moreover, many upscale batterers can be charming and persuasive and may convey a far different image of themselves to the therapist than the one that reflects the woman’s reality at home.”
― Susan Weitzman, Not To People Like Us: Hidden Abuse In Upscale Marriages

“It is only human to want to be honestly seen, acknowledged, and adored by the one who captures our hearts.”
― Dr. Arlene Krieger

“Lover lost in love
is their own therapist.
It's only the half-lovers
who need psychoanalysis.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“In controlling or neglectful marriages, marriage counseling will overburden the partner who takes responsibility for the marriage and embolden the one who doesn’t to behave even worse.”
― Ngina Otiende, The Newlyweds: Pursuing Mutuality, Health, and Happiness in Marriage