A marriage coach can help couples improve communication to build a healthier, lasting life together.
With life comes experience which also means emotional baggage. For Sunshine Coast couples, a marriage coach can provide the counselling needed to overcome issues at the source.
Much like a mechanic for your vehicle, a coach can help you identify the root causes of issues so that they can be addressed.
Unfortunately, life does not come with an instruction book. And even couples deeply in love may need an expert to help them sort out situations in the marriage that persist.
To ask for help is not a sign of defeat, but the opposite. It means that both of you are serious about solving the problems that both of you are facing.
Unlike a mechanic, a marriage coach does not replace a part for an instant fix. Instead, the coaching provides specific benefits that a couple can use to help overcome issues.
This includes the following five benefits.
Insight of a Marriage Coach
You will learn more about yourself, your point of view which helps guide your behaviour from a marriage coach. Proper coaching creates more understanding of where difficult emotions originate.
The techniques you learn create the distance necessary so you can react without being overwhelmed by the emotion.
This means that if a crisis arrives, you can help stay calm and sort through the situation with greater confidence.
Confidence from Couples Counselling
Couples counselling is not just about the negatives. It is also including the positives in you and your relationship. The more you learn, the more confident you become, using a marriage coach the greater your self-esteem will be.
The result is that you and your partner can reignite the bond that you felt at one time. Which makes overcoming issues that much easier.
Marriage Conflict Management
When you know where your emotions come from, you can better handle conflict situations that arise in your marriage. This management means you do not act out of fear, but rather towards the mutual goal of resolving the situation.
Therefore, you have the tools to know what to say and find the willingness to compromise when it is needed.
Marriage Coach Goals
Marriage is not just the here and now, it is also about the future. A marriage coach on the Sunshine Coast can help you and your partner set goals towards improving your relationship.
Whether it is about spending more time together, reducing the conflict, or working towards the same priorities.
The benefit is of goals provides accountability and support that keeps your marriage together even over the tough times.
Facing Your Inner Self
The more you know about the darker parts of your personality, the better you can connect with your partner. Although the dark areas are useful to protect you from harm, they can also mislead you to believe harm that doesn’t exist.
The better you know yourself, the better you can deal with issues facing your marriage.
Marriage Coaching or Counselling?
A marriage coach provides you with basic tools and techniques that help manage the relationship better. While marriage counselling is geared towards specific issues that are threatening your relationship.
Knowing which one you are facing will help you make the best-informed decision about who to choose for help.
For Sunshine Coast couples facing issues in their marriage, choosing between a marriage coach or counselling can help with better knowing yourselves. Hence, building confidence, and resolving issues in your relationship.
Australian Professional Counselling Services are qualified for marriage coaching. I offer one on one coaching if you prefer to work individually on your own personal development and self-esteem.
Contact me on 0409 380 375. My name is Robert I’m a Marriage Counsellor on the Sunshine Coast.
