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Monday, January 19, 2015

HELP FOR FAILING MARRIAGES


Some sex problems are due to ignorance or misinformation and often clear up readily in the light of truth. Others are more complicated. If you need information which we have not provided, or if you have any worries about yourself, your spouse, or any aspect of your marriage, is sure to talk things over with a trained person. We suggest that you talk to your physician first if that is possible. Not all physicians are expert in sexual and marital matters, but more and more today are taking an interest and attending special postgraduate courses in this area.

Sometimes, the physician may be able to provide guidance and advice that will be enough to help you settle a problem with the aid of your spouse. When your physician feels that specialized knowledge and experience are required, he can direct you to the proper person-a psychiatrist or a marriage counselor. Marriage counselors are relatively new. They concern themselves with every aspect of marital and premarital problems. 

There are a bewildering number of professional counseling services in most communities. If your own physician is unable to advise you on finding the right specialist, the heads of departments of psychiatry and gynecology at any medical school usually can make informed local referrals. To find a qualified marriage counselor, you can write to the national referral service of the American Association of Marriage Counselors, which is directed by Dr. Edward Rydman.

The Family Service Association of America at 44 East 23rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10010, can direct you to social workers throughout the country who do marital and sex counseling.  There are many kinds of troubled marriages and many sources of help. Help is worth seeking. Not every marriage in trouble can be saved; not everyone should be. But even some of those which seem most likely to founder, to be most hopeless, can be saved with almost surprising ease once an expert sits down with a couple, helps them explore their problems on a realistic basis they may not have been able to find on their own, and helps them set up channels of communication between them which may well be all they need to be able to work out a solution.


 If yours is a sex problem, don't be ashamed to ask for help. It isn't easy, nor may it even be necessary, to solve every problem that can be involved in achieving sexual fulfillment in marriage. You may find that you have been worrying unduly about a problem so minor that it has assumed significance only because of your worry. You may find that you have difficulties that can be solved with relative ease before they congeal and perhaps lead to further difficulties. But even when a sex problem is not one that can be solved easily, it is worth solving.