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Why Counseling? |
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You should consider marriage and family counseling because it is proven to work.
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Quick facts about marriage counseling and family therapy: |
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In a survey of clients from 526 marriage and family counselors: |
- 98.1% rated services good or excellent
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- 97.1% got the kind of help they desired
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- 91.2% were satisfied with the amount of help they received
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- 93% said they were helped in dealing more effectively with problems
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- 94.3% would return to the same therapist in the future
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- 96.9% would recommend their therapist to a friend
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- 97.4% were generally satisfied with the service they received
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- 63.4% reported improved physical health
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- 54.8% reported improvement in functioning at work
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- 73.7% indicated improvement in children’s behavior
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- 58.7% showed improvement in children’s school performance
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| Data from: "Clinical Practice Patterns of Marriage and Family Therapists: A National Survey of Therapists and Their Clients", Journal of Marital and Family Therapy--Volume 22, No. 1 |
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While these are encouraging statistics, the motivation of people to want to achieve success through counseling is also very important. If you want to improve your life as well as the lives of your loved ones, counseling can help you achieve your goals. |
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Studies show that clients are highly satisfied with services of marriage counselors and family therapists. People report significant improvement in work productivity, co-worker relationships, family relationships, partner relationships, emotional health, overall health, social life, and community involvement
In a recent study of consumers, marriage and family therapists are the mental health professionals they would most likely recommend to friends. As you can see in the above statistics, over 98 percent of clients of marriage and family therapists report therapy services as good or excellent.
After treatment, almost 90% of clients report an improvement in their emotional health, and nearly two-thirds report an improvement in their overall physical health. A majority of clients report an improvement in their functioning at work, and over three-fourths of those receiving marital/couples or family therapy report an improvement in the couple relationship. When a child is the identified patient, parents report that their child's behavior improved in 73.7% of the cases, their ability to get along with other children significantly improved and the child's performance in school improved. |
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What are some of the things that can cause counseling to not be effective? |
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- Waiting too long to seek counseling when problems arise can harm the chances of counseling being as effective as it can be.
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- Not being motivated to gain from the counseling can also hurt the chances of success.
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What kinds of problems do marriage and family counselors treat? |
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Studies have repeatedly demonstrated the effectiveness of marriage and family therapy in treating a full range of mental and emotional disorders and health problems including Infidelity, Divorce, Substance abuse, Physical or mental conditions, Same-sex relationship issues, Cultural clashes, Finances, Unemployment, Blended families, Communication problems, Sexual difficulties, Conflicts about child rearing, Infertility, Anger, Changing roles, such as retirement, adolescent drug abuse, depression, alcoholism, obesity and dimentia and much more. |
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