Taking advantage of premarital counseling can put your marriage on the fast track to success. Whether you’ve been married before or this is your first experience, you will need to make sure you and your fiancé are prepared for the journey ahead. At Perspectives Of...
Perhaps the biggest question we get from couples calling our counseling centers is: “Does marriage counseling work?” Can you really benefit from talking to your spouse with a professional marriage counselor or therapist? Before you spend money on marriage counseling,...
Why do people cheat? What would make someone want to stray from their marriage and seek comfort in another person? There are a number of answers to these questions, many of which we will discuss below. Understanding the common causes of infidelity is one of the first...
Why do married couples get divorced? What are the most common reasons for divorce, and what can do you do to avoid them? There were 29,708 divorces in Michigan in 2014, at a rate of 6 people per 1,000 residents in the state. That’s lower than the national average of...
Infidelity can put an incredible strain on a relationship. It is one of the most common causes of divorce, affecting thousands of couples throughout the world every year. Approximately 41% of marriages experience infidelity from one or both spouses, and many of them...
Anxiety and bouts of stress are surely a toxic combination that can leave your mental and physical equilibrium in tatters. It is something that permeates from the mental and emotional levels to create problematic physical symptoms and affects your feelings and...
I have heard many concerns related to disorganization. “I just can’t get organized.” “My son is so disorganized, I don’t know how he finds anything in his room.” “My grades are bad because I lose my homework.” Disorganization comes in many shapes and sizes but...
Do you feel like you always end up with the wrong type of person? Just when you think you’ve found the perfect guy or girl, something happens to make you question your judgment abilities. There are several reasons why your “relationship picker” may not be acting in...
Job loss can be very overwhelming. It’s as if your chair has been pulled out from under you, and then you get smacked in the face with a bat. Not only do you have to worry about income loss, but you also have to think about your future job pursuits. All of this stress...
The Background “Pull yourselves up by the bootstraps.” “Pound the pavement.” Those are common phrases that are floating around our lexicon in our society, and that have been for some time. Many would say they describe the values that we hold dear in our American...
