Much of marriage counseling involves helping people feel more empathy, and understand the negative emotions of their spouses.

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As Major Holcombe said, marriage counseling has become a key component of the California National Guard's mental health strategy.

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Many states mandate that health insurance cover all sorts of ailments and conditions, as well as such things as massage therapy and marriage counseling.

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My wife and I were separated at the time, and were in the midst of a possible divorce and experiencing some financial distress, including an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) increase and out of pocket costs for advanced marriage counseling.

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For 30 years, Dr. Markman has researched conflict and communication in relationships and offered relationship counseling and marriage seminars.

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Most people are driven to counseling because of relationship problems with marriage and children, depression and anxiety.

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The couple had tried counseling in the first six months of their marriage, and the experience had only made things worse.

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Marriage and divorce rankings were double-weighted, while counseling was given half weight.

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