How is NIM's Intensive Marriage Counseling Programs different from weekly marriage counseling?
- Intensive Marriage Counseling Format: Committing to an extended amount of concentrated time like the Intensive allows people to get to the root of the problem and stick with it in order to work through it. If you’ve been in traditional marriage counseling before, you may have experienced how you spend the first half catching up from the week before or the drive there, the second half getting into the real issues, and then the time is often up. The Intensive format is designed so that people have the chance to go deeper without many of the other distractions of daily life and stay there long enough to consider solutions. (Not to discount traditional marriage counseling because it is appropriate for many situations).
- Efficiency: One of the first steps in the process is a pretty extensive assessment with some questionnaires so that the therapists gather background information and can get an idea of the best way to proceed before you even arrive for your session.
- Marriage Counselors: They are specialists in this area. One analogy we like to use is that of the Mayo Clinic: people go to their regular physician but may be sent to a specialist to work with specific areas. The The Institute marriage therapists have been trained in this format to maximize its effectiveness. Also, the The Institute marriage counseling programs provide the perspectives and insight of two professionals rather than one.
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